DC vs RCB Today Match Prediction: Who will win Today's IPL Match?

Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 46 Preview

DC vs RCB Match Prediction 2025: Both Team’s Recent Form

The current form of both teams is almost the same, winning three matches out of their last five games. Delhi Capitals are coming off a win against Lucknow SuperGiants in the last match while Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first home game in the last match against Rajasthan Royals. Both teams are high on confidence with wins in their last matches.

DC vs RCB Head-to-Head Records in IPL

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played a total of 32 matches against each other in IPL history. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have an upper hand over Delhi Capitals with 19 wins to their name. Delhi Capitals have won just 12 matches against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. This match will present the opportunity for Delhi Capitals to reduce the head-to-head lead while RCB takes revenge for the last match against Delhi this season.

Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team Previews

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals is having a season to remember with six wins in eight games so far in the IPL 2025. Delhi Capitals are placed at the second spot in the points table. Delhi have three wins in the last five games. They won their last match against Lucknow SuperGiants by eight wickets courtesy of a well-played anchoring innings from KL Rahul of 57 runs. Mukesh Kumar did well in the bowling department picking up four wickets by giving away just 33 runs. He bowled well alongside Mitchell Starc who took the main wicket of the dangerous Nicholas Pooran. Delhi Capitals are looking very solid with their players in top form, this match will be a must-win game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as they don’t want to lose their second position to them.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Royal Challengers Bengaluru is also having a good season so far with six wins in nine games in the IPL 2025. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are placed at the second spot in the points table. RCB have won three games out of their last five games. They are coming off a two-match winning streak against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. The last match against Rajasthan Royals was an absolute thriller till the last ball of the match. While batting first, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 205 runs in 20 overs all thanks to good innings from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal. While chasing Royal Challengers Bengaluru was out of the game due to a fine start from Rajasthan Royals' top order but Josh Hazlewood had other plans with his insane figures of 4 for 33 runs, he stopped Rajasthan 11 runs short of winning the match for his team.

DC vs RCB, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Pitch Report and Weather Report

The weather in Delhi will be very hot with a temperature between 31-38°C. The clouds will be clear with no chances of rain whatsoever. This is the third match at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi this season and the 94th overall match with an average score of 170 runs, which is a high score.

DC vs RCB Session Score Based on Scenario

• In the first case, If Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins the toss and bowls first, then Delhi Capitals are expected to score a total of 60-70 runs in the powerplay. DC will score a total of 200-210 runs in their 20 overs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will chase down this total in the season innings to win the match.

• In the second case, If Delhi Capitals wins the toss to decide bowling first, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will score 50-60 runs in the powerplay and a total of 190-200 but Delhi Capitals will chase down this target in the second innings.

So, in both situations, the Chasing Team are predicted to win the match.

DC vs RCB Match Prediction Today Match Predicted Playing11

Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI

Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Players: Jake Fraser McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay

Injury Update: None

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted Playing XI

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singhok

Injury Updates: None

DC vs RCB Match Prediction Key Performers

Top Batter: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is having a great IPL 2025 and in the last few games, he has been unstoppable with the bat. He has scored 392 runs in 9 matches at a strong average of 65.33. He already has five fifties in this season showing his top form. In the recent games, Kolhi scored 70 against RR and 73 not out* against PBKS, both in winning cause. Virat Kohli is the highest run-getter against Delhi Capitals. Virat Kohli averages 49.05 against Delhi Capitals having scored seven fifties so far in the IPL history. He also has great records at his home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium, scoring 483 runs in 10 matches. He holds an average of 69.00 with six fifties at this ground. His top score at Arun Jaitley Stadium is 99.

Top Bowler: Josh Hazlewood

Hazlewood has been brilliant with the ball for RCB. He delivered a match-winning spell of 4/33 against Rajasthan Royals in the last match to bring the match back into RCB’s hands. Josh Hazlewood has taken a total of 16 wickets in 9 matches which is the highest by an RCB player this season. He also took 3 wickets against Punjab Kings. Hazlewood has dismissed KL Rahul twice in his T20 format making him a good matchup versus Rahul in this match. Against Delhi Capitals, Hazlewood has a decent record. Hazlewood has taken 7 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 25.86. These records show his importance in this match for RCB.

DC vs RCB Today Match Prediction

The recent form of both the teams is good and they are very solid teams looking for a win in this match. The two points are very important for both teams as the points table looks more poised with each passing day. This match is at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi and Delhi Capitals have done well at this ground so far. Chasing has been a favorable option at this ground and the chasing team will win this match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.