RCB vs DC Highlights, IPL 2021 Match Today: Bharat stars as Bangalore beat Delhi by 7 wickets

FOUR! It was a good start from Chahal just five singles in first five balls. But Shaw manages to find a boundary to end the over.

A bouncer from Siraj hits Shaw on fingers. That must have hurt, Ouch!

FOUR! Garton gets room on off stump and he has sliced it to the midwicket for another boundary. Brings up 50 for DC.

SIX! Glenn Maxwell smashes the ball to the stands for the maximum - first six of the match.

Just 6 runs in his over - with one no ball. Good over from Garton. If he can keep this up, he may get a chance in the playoffs.

Poor delivery from Siraj. He just bowled a jaffer to Dhawan but the follow up was on the pads. It was easy pickings for Dhawan, who just used his wrists to hit it over the in-field and into the boundary. Good positive start by DC. 

Wide outside off stump straight up from Siraj, Shaw gets the room, gets on top of ball and slices it to the ropes. 

FOUR! Shikhar Dhawan plays an inside out shot and the ball races to the ropes. First boundary of the match.

Good over for DC, 10 off it. 

Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw are out to bat for Delhi Capitals. Royal Challengers Bangalore start the attack with Glenn Maxwell. HERE WE GO!

RCB bowling first means that there is no mathematical chance for them to qualify for top two.

Teams:

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ripal Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, George Garton, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

“Pitch looks dry, would've looked to bat. Looking to improve each and every day as a batting unit. Right now we're going fine. Same team.”

— DC's Rishabh Pant

“Going to have a bowl. The pitch does look a little bit dry. They've left enough grass in the game to sustain. Later in the second half the pitch settles down a little bit. It's been hard work adjusting to all kinds of surfaces, and the teams that have done so have qualified. Some experiments come off, some don't. We come into this game feeling balanced about our lineup. Same team.”

— RCB captain Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli wins toss, elects to bowl against Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals in Dubai.

"Same pitch which was used yesterday in the game between CSK and PBKS. It is a little drier. These cracks are quite open and may play a role. Zero complaints about the hardness. Seamers have taken 83 wickets, and a quarter of those have been off slower balls. It's an even contest between bat and ball here"

— Matthew Hayden and Anjum Chopra on Star Sports

"It's another important game leading into the playoffs, always important to win matches before the playoff stage and take the momentum into it. It's been a bit up and down, I haven't been as consistent as I'd like to be, but I still want to contribute. Looking to improve withe very game I play. It was a great experience, playing for the country is a great dream and to be able to do it at such an young age is a great achievement for me, hopefully, I'll continue to do that. Last season was disappointing to out of the tournament at that stage (Eliminator) and it wouldn't be any easier this time around as well. We have worked hard and have played some good cricket to reach this stage, hopefully we'll continue with the momentum. The wickets here have definitely slowed down a bit towards the latter stages of the season, it's something we expected, the same happened last year as well. It is something we have got used to it. It's always a pleasure to play amongst some legends of the game, the experience they share and the knowledge gained is unmatchable. You can't ask for anything more as a 21-year old."

— RCB's Devdutt Padikkal speaks

TOSS in 30 minutes between Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals. Are you ready?

There is a very small chance that RCB will be able to finish in top two. They need to win by around 200 runs to reach 2nd spot and overtake CSK. 

Rishabh Pant may make a change.

DC Predicted XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Sam Billings, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje

Will Virat Kohli make a change?

RCB Predicted XI: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, George Garton, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.

- Harshal has bagged 21 of his 29 wickets in this IPL in the slog overs while Avesh has taken six in the Powerplay, six in the middle overs and 10 in the end overs.

(Source: Cricbuzz)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, George Garton, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dushmantha Chameera, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga, Navdeep Saini, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Pavan Deshpande

Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ripal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Sam Billings, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Curran, Ben Dwarshuis, Lalit Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Lukman Meriwala

Matches: 26

Won: RCB-16, DC- 10

HS (RCB) vs DC: 215

LS (RCB) vs DC: 2

HS (DC) vs RCB: 196

LS (DC) vs RCB: 95

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