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This is that the form of both the teams is mind blowing however Delhi Capitals are more consistent with their winning form. Delhi Capitals have won their last four matches including a match from the last season. Bengaluru have three wins out of their last five games.
The pitch at Bengaluru is a batting friendly wicket historically having hosted a total of 98 matches in IPL. Chasing team have been brilliant at this venue, winning 51 matches out of 98 matches. The average first innings score is 153 runs at this venue. This venue has seen few highest scores as well, for instance Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 287/3 which is the highest score of IPL history.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals are the two top teams of the Tata IPL 2025 with three wins in their banks. In the rivalry between these two teams, both teams have played a total of 31 matches. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won a total of 19 matches while Delhi Capitals could only win 11 matches so far. Delhi boy Virat Kolhi loves playing against his hometown franchise.
Also Read: RCB vs DC IPL 2025 Match Prediction
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Players: Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Swastik Chikara, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Injury Update: None
Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Impact Players: Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay
Injury Update: None
Virat Kohli has faced Kuldeep Yadav across three IPL seasons and has scored 61 runs off 53 balls. He has been dismissed only once by Kuldeep. Kohli has hit 6 fours, no sixes, and has a strike rate of 115.1 with an average of 61 against him.
KL Rahul has scored 44 runs off 32 balls when facing Josh Hazlewood and has been dismissed once. He has smashed 3 fours and 3 sixes in those encounters. His strike rate stands at 137.5 while averaging 44.
Virat Kohli loves playing against Delhi Capitals scoring 1057 runs in just 28 innings against Delhi Capitals. Virat holds an average of 50.33 against DC and an average of 40.09 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru making him a vital pick for this match. He is also in great form in this year's IPL, scoring 164 runs with an average of 54.67 in four games.
Josh Hazlewood is a brilliant powerplay bowler who can provide his team early wickets which will help to build pressure early on the opponent team. Hazlewood has an strike-rate of 16.29 against Delhi Capitals and an strike-rate of 23.00 at Chinnaswamy. He has taken seven wickets against Delhi Capitals in just five games.
KL Rahul is a former RCB player and has good experience of playing at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru for so long. Playing at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, KL has scored a total of 382 runs with an average of 34.73 including two half centuries. He has an average of 64.80 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru with three 50s and one hundred.
Captain Axar Patel is a consistent performer against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, scoring 249 runs with the bat with an average of 41.50 runs per match in just 14 innings. He averages one wickets per match against RCB making him a vital pick in this match for Delhi Capitals
Abhishek Porel was the find for Delhi Capitals in the last season, scoring 327 runs in 12 innings with an average of 32.70. He scored two fifties in that season. In the last game against CSK, Porel scored 33 runs off 20 balls with four boundaries and one maximum and will be important in this match as well for Delhi Capitals on a batting friendly wicket of Bengaluru.
Rajat Patidar has just played two matches against Mumbai Indians in the IPL history, scoring 83 runs with a highest score of 52. Rajat is a good player of spin and he can dominate Delhi Capitals’ spinners at his home venue. Patidar has an average of 41.50 against Delhi Capitals with the bat.
Rasikh Dar Salam was given his chance in the first few matches but he couldn’t impress much and was benched. He should have been given more chances rather than testing in one match but the return of Bhuvneshwer Kumar has made it difficult for him to make a place in the playing 11. However his chances are bleak at the moment. Karun Nair will not be tried in this match because Abishek Porel is doing well for Delhi Capitals since the last edition.
Keeper: KL Rahul, Phil Salt
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Jake Freser McGurk
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Keeper: KL Rahul, Phil Salt, Abishek Porel
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Jake Freser McGurk
All-rounders: Axar Patel
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Kuldeep Yadav
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