IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals – Dafanews Match Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Delhi Capitals in the 20th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday. RCB have won a solitary match of the three games they have played whereas DC is the only team in the tournament that is yet to win a game.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form for RCB: L L W

The Faf du Plessis-led team made a winning start to their campaign but haven’t been at their absolute best against KKR and LSG. RCB were absolutely blown away by KKR whereas they could not close out the game against LSG despite putting 212 runs on the board.

Current form for DC: L L L L

Delhi Capitals haven’t batted at their best in the first four matches of the season and they are reeling at the bottom of the points table. The Capitals are clearly missing a potent batter in the middle order and it will be difficult for them to stay alive in the tournament if they don’t turn the tables quickly.

Head to Head: Matches: 29, Won by RCB: 18, Won by DC: 10, NR: 1.

RCB clearly holds the advantage against DC in the H2H battle.

Players to watch out for: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj, and Dinesh Karthik will hold the key for RCB.

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rilee Rossouw, Mustafizur Rahman, and Anrich Nortje will be the key players for DC.

RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.

Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Michael Bracewell.

All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG), Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Himanshu Sharma.

DC IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt (ENG), Abishek Porel.

Batters: Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner © (AUS), Rilee Rossouw (SA), Manish Pandey.

All-rounders: Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel.

Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Vicky Ostwal, Chetan Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma.