IPL 2021, DC vs RCB Live Score: With a one-run win RCB climb to the top of the points tableIPL 2021, DC vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on an AB de Villiers special and a solid final over from Mohammad Siraj to inflict a one-run defeat on Delhi Capitals. The ever-reliable de Villiers scored an unbeaten 42-ball 75 to power RCB to 171 for five before their bowlers, led by Harshal Patel (2/37), Mohammed Siraj (1/44) Kyle Jamieson (1/32), restricted Delhi to 170 for four. Needing 14 off the final over, Delhi fell agonisingly short as Rishabh Pant’s back-to-back fours off the remaining two balls did not prove to be enough.
Shimron Hetmyer (53 not out off 25) displayed some sensational hitting while batting alongside Pant (58 not out off 48) but they could not take their team over the line. The victory propelled RCB to the top of the table while the Capitals slipped to the third spot.
Chasing 172, the Capitals were reduced to 28 for two in 3.3 overs as all-rounder Kyle Jamieson and Siraj and sent Shikhar Dhawan (6) and Steve Smith (4) packing respectively. Just when it looked young Prithvi Shaw (21) and Pant, who survived a leg before scare on 9, were navigating their way, Patel, the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, struck, getting rid of the former with the Capitals managing 43/2 in the first six overs. As boundaries dried up, Pant and new-batsman Marcus Stoinis (22) kept the scoreboard ticking by taking singles and doubles on offer. With the required run rate increasing both batsmen indulged in shot making. Stoinis took on Washington Sundar in the 12th over, hitting two fours while Pant smashed Patel for back-to-back boundaries in the next over.
However, an edge resulted in the Australian all-rounder walking back to the dug out as wickets continued to tumble at regular intervals.
The big-hitting Hetmyer joined his skipper in the middle. The West Indian was dropped on 15 by Devdutt Padikkal. With the Capitals needing 46 of the last three overs. The Men in blue plundered 21 runs that included three massive sixes by Hetmyer in the 18th over bowled by Jamiseon but it wasn’t meant to be.
Earlier, Delhi bowlers — Ishant Sharma (1/26), Axar Patel (1/33), Kagiso Rabada (1/38), Amit Mishra (1/27), Avesh Khan (1/24) — who all picked one wicket apiece, put up a collective effort to restrict RCB. De Villiers, who hit three fours and five sixes, was the top scorer for RCB. The veteran South African hit 22 runs off the last over bowled by Stoinis (0/23) that included three sixes. Rajat Patidar (31) and Glenn Maxwell (25 off 20 balls) also provided valuable contributions. Put in to bat, Devdutt Padikkal (17) and skipper Virat Kohli (12) were off to a flying start, amassing 30 runs in 3.5 overs.
Pacer Avesh provided the Capitals with the first breakthrough, dismissing the RCB captain for 12 in the fourth over. In the very next ball, Ishant, playing his first match of the season, got rid of the dangerous Padikkal. With two new batsmen in the middle, the seasoned speedster went on to bowl a wicket maiden to slow down the proceedings as RCB collected 36 runs for the loss of two wickets in the Powerplay.
Maxwell played a short cameo, smashing two maximums and a boundary but was caught at long on by compatriot Smith off leggie Mishra as RCB reached 68 for three at the hallway mark. Patidar, who hit 31 off 22 deliveries, and de Villiers steadied the ship by stitching a 54-run stand but all-rounder Axar Patel, who accounted for the Indian in the 15th over. Barring de Villiers all RCB batsmen were guilty off not capitalising on good starts.
Delhi Capitals
170/4 (20.0)Royal Challengers Bangalore
171/5 (20.0)Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals by 1 run
Mohammed Siraj bowls the final over. Rishabh Pant flicks the full toss off his pads but gets just a single. Siraj bowls the perfect yorker and Shimron Hetmyer gets a quick single. Pant struggles to hit the full delivery and a dot ball from Siraj. RCB need 12 runs from 3 balls. FIFTY! Pant gets to his fifty from 46 deliveries. A couple of runs off that ball. This is his 14th IPL fifty. FOUR! Pant goes for the wild slog off the full toss and the edge travels over short third man for a boundary. DC need a six off the last ball. FOUR! Pant gets a boundary but it is not enough. RCB lose the match by 1 run. DC 170/4 after 20 overs
Harshal Patel bowls the penultimate over. Rishabh Pant gets a quick single first ball. Shimron Hetmyer hits through covers and gets a couple of runs. FIFTY! Hetmyer gets a single and completes his half-century. He gets to his second IPL fifty from just 23 balls. FOUR! Pant plays the helicopter shot and gets a boundary as Daniel Sams fails to keep that one inside. He takes a single off the next one. Patel bowls a yorker and Hetmyer digs it out, gets a couple of runs. DC need 14 runs off the last over. DC 158/4 after 19 overs
Kyle Jamieson continues. Rishabh Pant tries for the scoop shot but outsmarted by the yorker. Pant rolls over on the ground trying to play that shot and manages just a single towards square leg. SIX! Hetmyer gets hold of the full toss and hits it deep into the stands over deep mid-wicket. That was a 92-metre six from the Caribbean. Jamieson pulls his length and beats Hetmyer's bat, a dot ball. SIX! Length ball from Jamieson and it is dispatched with disdain by Hetmyer over mid-wicket. A couple of runs off the next ball. Pant and Hetmyer are batting on 41 now but the Caribbean has taken half the deliveries. SIX! Pant gets on one knee and hits it over long-on for a huge maximum. The game is pretty much alive. 21 runs from Jamieson's final over. DC need 25 runs from the last two overs. DC 147/4 after 18 overs
Harshal Patel back in attack. Shimron Hetmyer digs out the yorker, just a single towards long-on. Rishabh Pant shimmies down the wicket and hits it straight to covers, a dot ball. Patel bowls another yorker, just a single for Pant. Hetmyer flicks it in the gap and gets a couple of runs. FOUR! Hetmyer hits it over cover for a boundary. Full toss from Patel but Hetmyer hits it along the ground, a couple of runs towards deep mid-wicket. DC need 46 runs from the final three overs. DC 126/4 after 17 overs
Kyle Jamieson back in attack, Shimron Hetmyer on strike. DROPPED! Jamieson bowls a full toss and Hetmyer hit it too high. Devdutt Padikkal makes a lot of ground but drops it in the end. A single for Hetmyer. A dot ball to follow from Jamieson. Rishabh Pant has not scored quickly tonight. A single off the next ball. Hetmyer flicks but Washington Sundar gets hold on to it and throws it back fast, just a single. Another single from Pant. He has not scored a boundary since the 13th over. Jamieson bowls another yorker, just a single. The required run rate is no 14 runs per over. DC need 56 runs from 4 overs to win this game. DC 116/4 after 16 overs
Mohammed Siraj back in attack. Rishabh Pant slices it over in-field for a single. SIX! Shimron Hetmyer did not time it that well but just gets it over long-on fielder for a maximum. DC need several of these to win this one. FOUR! Slower one from Siraj and Hetmyer pulls it for a boundary. Siraj follows up with a yorker, Hetmyer works it towards square leg for a single. Another yorker and Pant plays it towards long-off for a single. Hetmyer gets a single off the last ball, retains strike. DC 111/4 after 15 overs
Shimron Hetmyer comes in to bat. He gets off the mark off the last ball of the over. Another good over from Harshal Patel. Washington Sundar continues. Hetmyer gets a single off the second ball. Rishabh Pant gets a single as well. The required run rate is almost 12 runs per over now. Hetmyer drives towards long-off, gets a single. Just one more single from the over. Just four runs from Sundar's final over. DC need a big over to get this run chase back on track. DC 97/4 after 14 overs
Harshal Patel back in attack. FOUR! Rishabh Pant plays his typical whip off the hips and gets a boundary as the fielder misjudged it completely. FOUR! Pant beats the backward point fielder this time and gets a boundary. Patel bowls wide down the leg side. The next one was hits the pads, no run but umpire signals wide. AB de Villiers is not happy. Pant hits over the in-field for a single. WICKET! Stoinis edges it to ABD. Just when he was starting to look dangerous, Stoinis departs for 22. Patel gets another wicket. DC 92/4 after 12.4 overs
Washington Sundar continues. Marcus Stoinis plays it towards deep cover for a single. Rishabh Pant plays towards on side for a single. FOUR! Stoinis hammers it down the ground for a boundary. Stoinis works the next ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single. He gets down the track and gets another single. FOUR! Stoinis hammers another one down the ground. Pant does well to duck at the non-striker's end. Good over for DC. DC 81/3 after 12 overs
Yuzvendra Chahal continues. FOUR! Marcus Stoinis plays the sweep shot and gets a boundary. Marginally short from Chahal and Pant works it towards point for a single. Pant sweeps but finds the square leg fielder, a dot ball. Googly from Chahal and Pant scores a single towards point. Just a single more from the over. DC 69/3 after 11 overs
Washington Sundar continues. Marcus Stoinis gets a single. Rishabh Pant plays smartly towards mid-wicket and gets a couple of runs. Pant comes down the track and takes the aerial route but miscues. The ball lands safely and Pant gets a couple of runs. Pant plays with soft hands again and gets another couple of runs. He plays the next one towards long-off for a single. Stoinis gets on the back foot and plays towards deep point for a single. The required run rate is now 11 runs per over. DC 62/3 after 10 overs
Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack. Chahal traps Marcus Stoinis in front of the stumps with a googly. No appeal from RCB considering the height factor. He pushes the ball towards long-on for a single. Rishabh Pant muscles it hard and even Glenn Maxwell could not stop that one. A single for him. Stoinis comes down the wicket and is beaten by Chahal. The ball hits his front pad and the umpire says no. Virat Kohli opts for reviews. Umpire's call saves Stoinis. He takes a single off the next ball towards long-off. Googly from Chahal and Pant could not hit in the gap, dot ball. DC 53/3 after 9 overs
Marcus Stoinis is the new batsman in. He gets off the mark with a single. Rishabh Pant gets a single as well. Meanwhile, the required run rate has gone over 10 runs per over. One more single to Stoinis from the over. Pant-Stoinis need to score quickly now to stay in the hunt. DC 50/3 after 8 overs
Harshal Patel introduced into the attack. Rishabh Pant gets a single off the first ball. WICKET! Prithvi Shaw with a wild swing edges the ball to the wicketkeeper. Another big wicket for RCB, Shaw departs for 21. DC 47/3 after 7.2 overs
Washington Sundar into the attack. First ball, a huge shout and the umpire raises his fingers. Rishabh Pant reviews it straight away. The decision gets reversed as there was an inside edge. Pant goes down the track and gets a single towards mid-wicket. Sundar comes around the wicket to Prithvi Shaw as well. Sundar cramps him for room, two dot balls. Shaw hits it on back foot towards long-off, gets a single. Pant takes a single and retains strike. DC 46/2 after 7 overs
Daniel Sams back in again to bowl the final over of the powerplay. Prithvi Shaw flicks but did not get timing on it. Just a single as it falls short of Rajat Patidar. Rishabh Pant drives but Virat Kohli stops it at short cover, a dot ball. FOUR! Pant gets on one knee and hits it over mid-wicket for a boundary. His first of the innings. The next ball hits his pads, Shaw's early call to not take a single saves Pant. Slower one from Sams, Pant pulls it for a couple of runs. Slower bouncer to end the over, just a single off it. DC 43/2 after 6 overs
Kyle Jamieson continues. Rishabh Pant defends the first ball on the front foot. Jamieson angles it towards leg side but Pant could not get on top of the bounce, no run. Pant defends another one. The skipper guides the ball towards fine leg for a single. Prithvi Shaw plays with soft hands, wanted a single but denied by Pant. A single to end the over, just two runs from it. DC 35/2 after 5 overs
Rishabh Pant comes in to bat. Pant gets off the mark with a quick single. Back of the length delivery from Siraj, Shaw defends it. FOUR! Low full toss from Siraj and Shaw hits it for a boundary towards covers. DC 33/2 after 4 overs
Mohammed Siraj continues despite the 16-run first over. Prithvi Shaw gets a single off the first delivery. Steve Smith pushes the ball towards covers but Virat Kohli dives to stop the single. WICKET! Edged and taken, Siraj gets Smith out for a score of 4. Huge wicket for RCB! DC 28/2 after 3.3 overs
Steve Smith is the new batsman at the crease. Smith pushes the first ball towards covers, a dot ball. He defends the next ball, no run. FOUR! Short ball from Jamieson and Smith gets on top of it. He gets off the mark with a boundary. DC 27/1 after 3 overs
Kyle Jamieson introduced into the attack. Jamieson bowls around the wicket to Shikhar Dhawan. He starts off with a dot ball. Dhawan comes down the track but defends, no run. WICKET! Dhawan falls into the trap. He goes for the pick-up shot but gets caught at fine leg by Yuzvendra Chahal. The in-form DC opener departs after scoring just 6 runs. Big wicket for RCB. DC 23/1 after 2.3 overs
Mohammed Siraj opens the bowling from other end. FOUR! He bowls a full delivery and Prithvi Shaw plays it towards mid-wicket for a boundary. Shaw defends the next one and gets a quick single. Dhawan plays it behind square leg for a single. FOUR! That was going down the leg side. Four leg byes for DC. FOUR! Slower ball from Siraj and Shaw smashes it down the ground for a boundary. Siraj is struggling. Shaw punches it on the offside and gets a couple of runs. DC 23/0 after 2 overs
The winds are still strong. Daniel Sams bowls his first ball for RCB, Prithvi Shaw plays it towards covers, a dot ball. Shaw plays it towards deep point for a single. Virat Kohli has a slip in place for Shikhar Dhawan. He defends it towards off side and gets a quick single. Shaw gets another single. Short ball from Sams, Dhawan tries the uppercut but did not get bat on it. FOUR! Short from Sams and this time Dhawan gets on the back foot and pulls it for a boundary. DC 7/0 after 1 overs
The sandstorm has cleared and the visibility is normal. DC openers and RCB fielders are ready for the play to being. Capitals need 172 runs to win. Will Prithvi Shaw fire again? Meanwhile, ex-DC player Daniel Sams opens the bowling for RCB.
All of a sudden there is a sandstorm in Ahmedabad. Delhi Capitals' run chase has been delayed. They need 172 runs to get to the top of the points table.
Marcus Stoinis has been given the responsibility to bowl the final over. AB De Villiers on strike. Stoinis starts off with a wide. ABD flashes his bat and gets a couple of runs behind square. SIX! ABD hits the ropes on the full. He muscles it over Stoinis for his second maximum. A dot ball to follow. SIX! Short from Stoinis, ABD shuffles across and hits it over fine leg for another maximum. SIX! This time he slices it over the offside boundary for a maximum. He is finishing with a flourish. A couple of runs to end the innings. ABD remains unbeaten for 75. RCB 171/5 after 20 overs
Marcus Stoinis has been given the responsibility to bowl the final over. AB De Villiers on strike. Stoinis starts off with a wide. ABD flashes his bat and gets a couple of runs behind square. SIX! ABD hits the ropes on the full. He muscles it over Stoinis for his second maximum. A dot ball to follow. SIX! Short from Stoinis, ABD shuffles across and hits it over fine leg for another maximum. SIX! This time he slices it over the offside boundary for a maximum. He is finishing with a flourish. A couple of runs to end the innings. ABD remains unbeaten for 75. RCB 171/5 after 20 overs
Avesh Khan continues. He bowls a yorker and AB de Villiers manages to keep it out. The ball clearly hit the bat but Khan wants a review and Rishabh Pant obliges. Poor review as the ball was clearly hitting the bat. De Villiers gets a single next ball towards long-on. Daniel Sams is the new batsman in. He is capable of producing a cameo here. Sams plays the first one wide of long-on and gets a couple of runs. Khan bowls another yorker and Sams manages a single. FIFTY! Marginally short from Khan and ABD pulls it towards mid-wicket for a boundary. He reaches his 40th IPL fifty. A single to end the over. RCB 148/5 after 19 overs
Kagiso Rabada bowls his final over. AB de Villiers manages to play the yorker towards mid-wicket and gets a couple of runs. ABD plays the next one towards long-on for a single. Washington Sundar plays the short ball towards third man for a single. SIX! ABD smashes the short ball from Rabada for a maximum. It has not been a good day for Rabada so far. A full delivery and ABD plays it towards long-on for a single. He is nearing his half-century now. WICKET! Rabada ends his spell with the wicket of Sundar. An easy caught and bowled for him. RCB 139/5 after 18 overs
Avesh Khan back in attack. Washington Sundar flicks it off his hips, gets a single. Khan bowls a bouncer and AB de Villiers could not get bat on that, a dot ball. ABD lofts but did not get timing on it, just a single towards long-off. Sundar plays the next ball towards point, no run. Sundar finds the gap on the covers but gets just a single as Marcus Stoinis cuts it off. Another short ball, ABD works it towards off side for a single. Excellent over from Khan, just four runs from it. RCB 128/4 after 17 overs
Kagiso Rabada back again. Washington Sundar gets a single off the second ball of the over. FOUR! AB de Villiers converts a yorker to a boundary guiding it between backward point and short third man fielder. A single to follow as this time he finds Prithvi Shaw. Sundar takes another single. He has struggled with the bat in the tournament so far as well. A couple of runs off the last ball as a result of misfield. RCB 124/4 after 16 overs
Axar Patel bowls his final over. Two singles off the first two deliveries. SIX! AB de Villiers hits it straight over the sight screen for a maximum. His first six of the innings. ABD also completes his 5,000 IPL runs and becomes second overseas player after David Warner to do so. He gets a single off the next ball. WICKET! Rajat Patidar takes the aerial route again but this time gets caught by Steve Smith wide of long-on. Patidar out for 31. It is certainly an improvement over his last two innings and a crucial one under circumstances. Washington Sundar comes in to bat and he gets off the mark with a single. RCB 115/4 after 15 overs
Ishant Sharma back in attack. Delhi Capitals need a wicket here to prevent RCB from finishing with a flourish in death overs. AB de Villiers works the first one towards leg side for a single. Rajat Patidar plays it towards long-on for a single. ABD plays it towards short cover, a dot ball. ABD uses his feet but mistimes the ball, just a single towards point. SIX! Short ball from Sharma and Patidar pulls it for a maximum. 100 up for RCB! Patidar comes down the wicket and plays it towards mid-wicket for a couple of runs. RCB 105/3 after 14 overs
Change of ends for Axar Patel. AB de Villiers plays it back to the bowler, a dot ball. De Villiers hits it towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. He plays the ball towards long-off for a single. Rajat Patidar rotates the strike as well. De Villiers hits it wide of long-off fielder and gets another couple of runs. A single to end the over. RCB 94/3 after 13 overs
Kagiso Rabada back in attack. Rajat Patidar works it towards deep square leg for a couple of runs. Patidar picks up a quick single and makes his ground despite the direct hit from Shikhar Dhawan at mid-wicket. FOUR! De Villiers hits it wide of the mid-off fielder for a boundary. ABD plays the next one towards mid-wicket for a single. Patidar pulls and the ball was in the air for a while but lands short of Steve Smith, a dot ball. RCB 87/3 after 12 overs
Amit Mishra continues. Rajat Patidar surprised by the low bounce but gets a single towards long-off. AB de Villiers plays the cut shot but Ishant Sharma puts in a dive, a single. SIX! Patidar hits his first IPL maximum lofting the ball over Mishra. Patidar gets a single off the next ball. De Villiers drives hard but finds the long-on fielder, just a single. Googly from Mishra and Patidar plays it towards long-on for a single. RCB 79/3 after 11 overs
Axar Patel continues. AB de Villiers plays the first one towards covers, a quick single. Rajat Patidar plays it towards long-on, gets a single. ABD uses his feet but defends the ball back to Patel, a dot ball. Two more singles to follow. ABD beats the covers fielder and finds the gap, Stoinis cuts it off but not before a couple of runs. RCB 68/3 after 10 overs
Amit Mishra has a slip for Rajat Patidar now. Patidar plays it towards mid-wicket and gets a single. AB De Villiers is the new batsman in. De Villiers gets beaten by the googly, a dot ball. He gets a single towards long-off. RCB 62/3 after 9 overs
Amit Mishra continues. Rajat Patidar plays it towards deep mid-wicket gets a single. Glenn Maxwell hits it wide of long-on and gets a couple of runs. WICKET! Maxwell goes for the big shot again but did not get to the pitch of the ball. Steve Smith takes an easy catch and Mishra gets Maxwell's wicket for the fifth time in IPL. The Aussie departs for 25. RCB 60/3 after 8.3 overs
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel into the attack. Glenn Maxwell plays it towards covers, a dot ball. Maxwell plays it towards midwicket, runs hard and gets a couple of runs. Good running between the wickets. Patel darts that one in to Maxwell pads, a dot ball. SIX! Maxwell hits another maximum, this time over long-on. 50 up for RCB in the eighth over. Maxwell plays too early and mistimes, just a single. Rajat Patidar gets a single off the last ball, retains strike. RCB 57/2 after 8 overs
Amit Mishra into the attack. He has got Glenn Maxwell out four times despite being expensive. Meanwhile, Mishra gets first warning from the umpire for using saliva. Maxwell plays it towards long-off, gets a single. Rajat Patidar waits for the slower one and punches it through covers for a single. Maxwell plays it off the back foot and gets a single. RCB need a partnership here. Patidar is not taking any chances either, gets a single towards long-off. SIX! Maxwell picks the pitched-up delivery early and hits it over Mishra for a 85-metre six. A single to end the over. RCB 47/2 after 7 overs
Avesh Khan continues. Rajat Patidar plays it towards on side and gets off the mark with a single. FOUR! Glenn Maxwell crunches it through covers for a boundary. Khan follows it up with a slower one, a dot ball. Maxwell tries to muscle it down the ground but it hits the non-striker's bat, just a single. Patidar plays it towards short third man, no run. End of powerplay overs. RCB 36/2 after 6 overs
Glenn Maxwell and Rajat Patidar are the two new batsmen in the middle. Maxwell drives towards covers but gets no run. Maxwell defends the next ball, no attempt for a quick single. Maxwell flashes his bat on the next delivery but gets no timing, another dot ball. Maxwell plays it back to Ishant. Excellent bowling from Ishant so far. Maxwell plays five do balls in a row. Delhi Capitals on top. Wicket-maiden for Ishant. RCB 30/2 after 5 overs
Ishant Sharma sets up Devdutt Padikkal. The RCB opener expected it to move away from him but it hits the stumps. Back-to-back wickets for Delhi Capitals. Padikkal out for 17. RCB 30/2 after 4.1 overs
Avesh Khan introduced in the attack. He starts off with a dot ball to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Kohli waits and plays it fine of the wicketkeeper for a boundary. Kohli comes down the track and drives towards mid-off, a dot ball. Short ball from Khan and Kohli misses it trying to play an uppercut. Kohli drives but mistimes, another dot ball. Khan bowls down the leg side, wide ball signalled. WICKET! Kohli chops it on back to his stumps. Kohli out for 12. RCB 30/1 after 4 overs
Ishant Sharma continues. Virat Kohli plays it square of the wicket for a single. Sharma bowls on pads and appeals for caught behind. The umpire signals no and Rishabh Pant decides against taking the DRS. DROPPED! That was hit high by Padikkal and Axar Patel had a lot of time to get to it. Patel misjudges and Padikkal gets a reprieve early on in his innings. FOUR! Ishant follows it up with a short ball and Padikkal pulls it towards deep square leg for a boundary. Padikkal gets a single off the next ball towards point. Kohli takes a quick single towards mid-on. Direct hit and he would have been in trouble. RCB 25/0 after 3 overs
Kagiso Rabada opens the bowling from the other end. Rabada hits Devdutt Padikkal's pads, a dot ball. FOUR! Similar delivery from Rabada and Padikkal flicks it away for a boundary. Rabada changes the line and Padikkal gets beaten outside off stump. Fuller delivery from Rabada and an inside edge off Padikkal's bat, just a single towards fine leg. FOUR! Virat Kohli flicks it towards mid-wicket for a boundary. Kohli gets a single off the last ball as Avensh Khan misfields at deep mid-off. RCB 16/0 after 2 overs
Ishant Sharma opens the bowling for Delhi Capitals. This is the first match of the season for veteran fast bowler. Virat Kohli flicks the first ball towards square leg for a single. Sharma shapes the ball away from Devdutt Padikkal, a dot ball as it misses the bat. Sharma beats him again. He is getting some help with the new ball. FOUR! Too much width from Sharma and Padikkal lofts it over backward point fielder for a boundary. A dot ball to follow. Padikkal inside edges and gets a single off the last ball of the over. RCB 6/0 after 1 over
Rajat Patidar gets his third chance of the season. This might be Patidar's last chance to prove himself after a fantastic domestic season. Daniel Sams is making his RCB debut. The bowling all-rounder will be replacing Daniel Christian in the side.
RCB XI: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
DC XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan
Rishabh Pant wins toss and opts to field first. Ishant Sharma plays his first game of the season replacing R Ashwin.
Daniel Sams was unavailable in the first few matches after testing for Covid-19 before the season. Sams can replace Daniel Christian in the RCB side as the veteran Australian all-rounder has been struggling with the bat.
R Ashwin took a break from his family after Capitals' win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his absence, Lalit Yadav is likely to play as the right arm off-spinner. If Capitals chose to go with an extra seamer, either Umesh Yadav or Ishant Sharma can play the first match of the season.
Hello and welcome to Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore live blog. This will be their first match in Ahmedabad. The first match played at this venue showed that the surface has some help for the fast bowlers with the new ball. Both teams may be inclined to play an extra seamer today to make use of the new ball.