DC vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2022: Karthik, Hazlewood shine as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals by 16 runs

A fourth four for the Aussie all-rounder! Short from Mustafizur and Maxwell gets in line of the ball before slamming it near the deep fine log boundary. End of Powerplay.

RCB 40/2 in 6 overs

Quite undeterred by the early wickets, Maxwell makes a brisk start to his innings. Third boundary for him in 10 balls.

RCB 34/2 in 5.2 overs

The left-armer returns to the attack to bowl his second over in the Powerplay.

Fuller and outside off from Khaleel Ahmed and Virat Kohli opens his arms to guide this delivery past the man at mid-off for his first boundary.

RCB 30/2 in 5 overs

Khaleel to bowl his second over inside the Powerplay.

Axar Patel bowls the fourth over.

Update: 7 off Axar's first.

RCB 24/2 in 4 overs

On his 100th IPL game, Maxwell has begun his run-scoring with a four.

RCB 17/2 in 3 overs

What a start for the Delhi Capitals! Faf du Plessis departs on 8. Khaleel Ahmed strikes!

Short-pitched from Khaleel and Faf charges down the track before slicing it towards point. Axar takes a comfortable catch near the deep point position.

RCB 13/2 in 2.3 overs

The former RCB captain joins the current RCB skipper at the crease. The fans and the team management, both would be hoping for him to make it big tonight.

RCB 12/1 in 2 overs

Shardul Thakur picks the wicket on his first delivery! WHAT A START!

Anuj Rawat falls on a duck! A lethal inswinger from Shardul and Rawat is all at sea. No feet movement on show from the left-handed batter as he mises the flick and gets struck on his front leg. Plumb!

RCB 5/1 in 1.1 over

Poor from Mustafizur on this occasion. Down the leg side and all Du Plessis needed was to flick this one down to deep fine leg.

RCB 5/0 in 1 over

Faf du Plessis looks to flick this delivery but Mustafizur gets the ball to swing into the right-hander. Too much movement and review rightly not taken.

RCB 0/0 in 0.3 overs

Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat open for the RCB. Mustafizur Rahman to bowl the first over for the DC.

Let the action begin!

The Royal Challengers Bangalore could potentially jump to second spot with a win over Delhi Capitals tonight.

DC, meanwhile, will be aiming to storm into top-4.

Watch the moment as DC captain Rishabh Pant hands Mitchell Marsh his debut Delhi Capitals cap!

Glenn Maxwell makes his 100th Indian Premier League appearance as he is confirmed in the RCB playing XI.

“Harshal Patel is back which is great. Very sorry about his sister passing away. It's great to have him back in the side. He's an experienced X-factor player for us. Akash Deep goes out of the side,” said RCB captain Faf du Plessis.

“The wicket is looking on the drier side, we want to make use of it. Mitch comes in for Sarfaraz Khan. Not decided yet (on Marsh's batting order), maybe he'll bat three and I'll bat four,” Pant said at the toss.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Harshal Patel will return to the XI for the game against Delhi Capitals, confirms Faf du Plessis.

Delhi Capitals win toss, opt to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Confirmed! Mitchell Marsh makes Delhi Capitals debut.

“It's almost the same to me (playing for CSK and then RCB), I have been with the RCB boys for probably a week, the atmosphere has been great, it's been relaxed and have had plenty of fine,” says Hazlewood.

At this point, this shouldn't even be a question. No team has opted to bat after winning the toss, and it is unlikely that the trend will change tonight.