Rajat Patidar and Axar Patel. | (Image Credits: IPL X)
Updates:
The toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium went in favour of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Rajat Patidar and he opted to bowl first against the Delhi Capitals. Both sides announced one change, with Jacob Bethell debuting in IPL in place of Phil Salt, who is down with fever. Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis has returned for the Capitals and is likely to open the innings.
DC playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
RCB playing XI: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Preview:
An in-form Delhi Capitals will meet the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 27, Sunday as both sides look to increase their chances of a top two finish at the end of the group stage of IPL 2025. The Capitals, who are in the 2nd position will square off against RCB, who are currently at the third spot.
RCB sparked a remarkable comeback against the Rajasthan Royals at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The narrow 11-run triumph also proved to be their first home win of IPL 2025, with Virat Kohli’s form getting better with each game bringing in an added plus to RCB’s fortunes. However, they will remember the convincing defeat the Capitals handed them in their clash earlier this season.
Meanwhile, the Capitals have arguably been amongst the best sides of the season, captained expertly and shrewdly by Axar Patel. Along with the Gujarat Titans, Delhi have lost the least number of games in IPL 2025 with two of them and almost all their players have chipped in with vital contributions in their six victories thus far. A win for either of the teams on Sunday means they will have their win foot in the playoffs.
DC vs RCB IPL 2025 squads:
Delhi Capitals squad: KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
