Another High scoring encounter at Chinnaswamy Stadium?, Kohli vs Warner, Pitch Report, Playing 11

The 20th Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 15th April. Royal Challengers Bangalore were too close to win the match in their previous match as on batting first, KGF which means Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis displayed outstanding performance with the bat as all 3 scored more than fifty runs as RCB Scored 212 runs in the first innings and in defending the target in the powerplay their Bowlers bowled amazing as they picked up 3 wickets but later on in the middle overs bowlers leaked runs but in the end it was a close match as DK fumble and Harshal Patel missed the stumps as RCB lost the match by just 1 wicket. On the other hand Delhi Capitals are yet to win a match this season as they have lost all the 4 matches. In the previous match they were also too close to win the match as on batting first scored 172 runs, David Warner again scored runs but again at a low strike rate but Axar Patel form has been superb as he scored 54 runs in just 25 balls and in the bowling Mukesh Kumar is picking wickets in regular interval and other bowlers although didn't picked up wickets but were economical and in the end 2 runs were needed in 1 ball, but unfortunately Delhi Capitals could not defend as they lost the match. Delhi Capitals batting has been the reason for their consecutive defeats.

MATCH DETAILS:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Delhi Capitals:

Date: 15th April 2023, Saturday 

Time: 03:30 PM (IST)

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Capacity: 40,000

Live Streaming Platform: Star Sports and Jio Cinema (for online streaming).

PITCH REPORT :

In Chinnaswamy till now 2 games have been played and both have been won by team chasing, in the previous match too over 420 runs were made. Good batting surface to bat on and it is a day game so we might see spinners getting turned. Win the toss and bowl first will be the template again.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

Faf du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.

DELHI CAPITALS :

David Warner(C), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Abhishek Porel(wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 29

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 18

Delhi Capitals: 10

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 1