Indian Premier League 2020: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Delhi Capitals, Match No. 19

Match predictions

Winners Prediction: Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are having a superb tournament and are currently at the top 2 positions in the points table. Delhi Capitals have a good batting and bowling attack to form a good all-round team. RCB on other hand has a strong batting line-up & bowlers are attacking the opposition batsmen upfront in their innings. We expect Royal Challengers Bangalore to win this contest and will predict it to be a thriller on cards. 

Score Prediction: Dubai is expected to slow down a little due to the used nature of the track. Spinners might enjoy the slowness especially in the second innings. We can expect it to have 160-180 runs on this pitch.  

Toss Prediction: Teams bating first has won all the 7 matches played at this venue. We expect both teams to bat first if they win the toss. 

Predicted Playing XI

DELHI CAPITALS: Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishab Pant (Wk), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Amit Mishra/Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Ravi Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Marcus Stoinis

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti

MATCH FACTS

• Both teams have 6 points with 3 wins in their 4 matches so far and are in top 2 positions in the points table. 
• DC has won both their both matches played here while RCB has won one and lost one in this match.  
• RCB has 15-8 win-loss record over DC but DC has won their last 3 matches against RCB.  

Players to Bet on

DELHI CAPITALS 

1. Prithvi Shaw – Shaw is looking in great nick this season with 2 fifties in 4 matches. He will look to continue his good form against the RCB team in this match and impress Indian skipper in the opposition ranks.
2. Shreyas Iyer – Shreyas was magnificent with the bat scoring 88* runs in the last match to take their team to a massive total. Shreyas will be a vital cog in the middle order for the team.
3. Harshal Patel – Harshal Patel used his slow balls and variations to great effect  to pick 3 wickets against KKR. He will look to operate street smart in this match too. 

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

1. Devdutt Padikkal – Devdutt Padikkal has been the find of the season for RCB this season and he has score 3 fifties in 4 matches so far. We expect him in continue his brilliant form at the top.
2. Virat Kohli – Virat ended his string of low scores to do what he is best at- take his team home in the chase with an unbeaten 71 runs last match. We expect this to be the big change in Virat`s fortunes this year.
3. Yuzi Chahal – Chahal is the biggest match winner with the ball for RCB. He has picked up 8 wickets in 4 matches and are putting the opposition under pressure in the middle overs.   

DREAM XI Picks

Wicket-Keeper: AB De Villiers (RCB), Rishab Pant (DC)

Batsmen: Devdutt Padikkal (RCB), Virat Kohli (RCB), Shreyas Iyer (DC), Prithvi Shaw (DC)

All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis (DC)

Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada (DC), Harshal Patel (DC), Yuzi Chahal (RCB), Navdeep Saini (RCB)

Captain: Virat Kohli (RCB) or Shreyas Iyer (DC)

Vice-Captain: Yuzi Chahal (RCB) or Kagiso Rabada (RCB)

DC – Delhi Capitals

RCB – Royal Challengers Bangalore

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