Royal Challengers Bangalore (166/3) defeat Delhi Capitals (164/5) by seven wickets at Dubai

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Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time : 2:00 PM GMT, 6:00 PM LOCAL, 7:30 PM IST

Squad :

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

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Current standings

 

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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

Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[Ab Fan]

Good win by RCB and amazing inning by KS Bharat. Thought of him as an extremely limited player like Saha. But I think he is a good anchor and likes to attack spin very well.

To me, ODIs looks his best bet. He is technically solid and can be a good backup option for Pant in Tests and ODIs also( alongwith Kishan).

 

[Ab Fan]

Surprisingly a rare year for RCB where Kohli and AB haven't been anywhere close to be their best player and they have managed to qualify to the playoffs.

Maxwell has been phenomenal this year and bowling attack( Harshal, Yuzi and Siraj) has been their best ever in this season.

Delhi won't be hurt with this loss as they are still on top and will play the qualifier.

 

[RamLakhan]

RCB did all their heroics & had their moments in the last match (they almost celebrated it like winning the finals). Expect them to lose easily in the 1st eliminator...