Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) host Delhi Capitals (DC) on, Saturday, in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 clash at the M.A Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
After a winning start to their campaign against Mumbai Indians, RCB suffered back-to-back defeats against KKR and LSG respectively. They will hope to get back to winning ways on Saturday against an under-fire DC.
David Warner’s Delhi, on the other hand, are off to a nightmarish start losing all of their first four games. They will be desperate to register their maiden win of the season against RCB.
The two teams have met each other on 27 occasions in the past with RCB winning on 16 occasions and DC winning the remaining 10 games.
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Here is a comprehensive guide on the pitch report, live toss, predicted lineups and team news ahead of RCB versus DC.
RCB vs DC pitch report
The match between RCB and DC will take place at the M.A Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Established in 1969, it is one of the oldest cricket stadiums in the country.
The venue in Bengaluru has a batting-friendly pitch in T20 matches with the short boundaries facilitating the batters.
RCB’s last game against LSG was the first that the team played at their home this season. Batting first, the home team posted a formidable total of 212 for the loss of two wickets but LSG managed chased down the total in 20 overs.
RCB vs DC live toss
The toss between RCB and DC is scheduled to take place at 15:00 IST in Bengaluru.
Whoever wins the toss would prefer to field first in the batting-friendly pitch of the M.A Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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RCB vs DC team news
DC are likely to bring in England international batsman Phil Salt in place of Rovman Powell to strengthen their underperforming batting unit.
There is good news from the RCB camp as star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has joined finally joined the squad and will likely be included in the starting lineup in place of Wayne Parnell.
RCB vs DC prediected lineups
RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C), Dinesh Kartick WK), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
DC: David Warner (C), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel (WK), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman.
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