IPL 2020 RR vs RCB, DC vs CSK Live: It's Steve Smith vs Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni vs Shreyas Iyer today. (BCCI/IPL)IPL 2020, DC vs CSK Team: In the second match of the day, CSK’ campaign is back on track, courtesy MS Dhoni’s smart captaincy but a stiff test awaits Chennai when they face a dominant Delhi today. Every tactic that Dhoni employed against Sunrisers Hyderabad, worked, and they are expected to continue in the same vein as they battle to salvage the season. (DC vs CSK Live Score, Live Updates)
However, they are up against a team which is high on confidence and well-served by the South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje, who bowled a 156.2 kmph delivery during his spell against Rajasthan Royals. Add the wily R Ashwin and Axar Patel to the mix and DC has a rather impressive bowling unit.
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Chennai Super Kings opt to bat first against Delhi Capitals in the second IPL match of Saturday.
Teams:
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma
CSK Predicted Playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav/Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma
DC Predicted Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane/Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey/Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Tushar Deshpande
Playing XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Playing XI: Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi
Rajasthan Royals win toss, elect to bat.
Brett Lee has predicted the winners of Saturday.
The Virat Kohli-led RCB has won five of its eight games on the back of all-round performances but seemingly blundered in the eight-wicket defeat to laggards KXIP.
The Virat Kohli batting juggernaut continued to roll as the RCB skipper scored a steady 48 against KXIP. The right-hander has close to 290 runs against his name in his last five innings and will once again be someone that RCB will bank on to power the team through.
In their last meeting, it was RCB who had come out on top. While RCB will be eager to make it 2-0 against RR in IPL 2020, the Steve Smith-led unit will be itching to level the head-to-head scores and in the process, register their fourth win of the season.
Pakistan speedster Umar Gul on Saturday announced he will retire from all forms of cricket after the end of the ongoing National T20 Cup. The 36-year-old Gul, who played his last match for Pakistan -- an ODI -- in 2016, featured for Balochistan team in the National T20 Cup, which ends on Sunday. His side lost against Southern Punjab (Pakistan) in Rawalpindi on Friday to be out of reckoning for the semifinals. "With a very heavy heart and after a lot of thinking, i have decided to bid farewell to all formats of cricket after this National T20 Cup," the 36-year-old wrote on his Twitter handle. [Read More]
Hello and welcome to our live blog on today's doubleheaders buildup where two high voltage contests will be played. In the first match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, both the teams will be eyeing a winning return. While RR lost their last game against Delhi Capitals (DC), RCB were beaten by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in their last game but occupy a spot in the top four having registered five wins from eight games. Meanwhile, RR are currently on the seventh position in the points table having won three matches.