IPL 2021, DC Vs RCB: Clash Of Heavyweights In IPL Today, Predicted Playing XI & Match Preview

Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant lock horns against each other for the top spot of the IPL. Read this Match Preview of Delhi Capitals vs Royals Challengers Bangalore.

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IPL 2021: Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) play against each other in Match 22 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, at 7:30 pm IST. Currently, RCB and DC both have the same number of points but Delhi are a step ahead of Bengaluru based on the better net run-rate.

On 27 April, 2021, these two teams will go up against each other for the first time in this IPL. Virat Kohli’s men lost their previous match to CSK as they failed to chase 192 runs at the Wankhede Stadium while Delhi Capitals are on a winning run. Both teams have won four out of their five matches so far and would love to secure yet another win at the Modi Stadium.

This is the second match at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The pitch will be in focus as the pitch in first match was behaving low and slow. Thus, the batsmen will be tested. However, the openers of both the teams have played well. Shikhar Dhawan for DC and Devdutt Padikkal for RCB have been magnificent at the top of the order. The bowing would be a cause of concern for RCB.

Few players from both the teams have left the IPL due to the rising Covid-19 cases. Ravi Ashwin being one of them. Thus, some changes would be expected in both the teams.

Full Squads of both teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed

Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Lalit Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Chris Woakes, Aniruddha Joshi, Sam Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Tom Curran, Praveen Dubey, Anrich Nortje, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Shams Mulani, Ripal Patel