DC skipper Axar Patel has won the toss and elected to bowl first in Bengaluru tonight. Both skippers after the toss: Axar Patel: We will bowl first. My fingers are fine, protecting it, but if needed, I will bowl all four overs. Faf is fit, he's in and Rizzie is out. We've decided on our order and KL will bat in the middle-order. Spinners will have a role here, but the fats bowlers can also take wickets. They'll have to play thee roles they've been selected to do, we've two good leg-spinners, they're our attacking options, we have defending options as well, so we'll have to play according to whatever the match situation demands. Rajat Patidar: We would have loved to chase, but the surface looks hard, we'll look to put up a good total and defend it. I always back my instincts, but I do plan as well. It's important to win home matches as well, important to have the momentum going. No changes for us.Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing 11: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood.
Impact Substitute: Suyash Sharma.
Delhi Capitals playing 11: Faf Du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Substitute: Mohit Sharma.
| IPL 2025 RCB VS DC broadcast details | |
| Country | IPL 2025 Broadcasters |
| India, Bhutan | Star Sports Network (10 channels in 6 languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada)) |
| Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives | Star Sports, Yupp TV |
| Pakistan | Yupp TV |
| UK & Ireland | Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event |
| USA, Canada | Willow TV |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV |
| Australia | Kayo, Foxtel (via channel 501, Foxtel App) |
| Afghanistan | RTA TV (Radio Television Afghanistan) |
| Malaysia, Brunei | Astro |
| South Africa & Sub-Saharan territories | Supersport |
| MENA / UAE | CricLife1 is available on eLife |
| Hong Kong | PCCW |
| Singapore | StarHub |
| Caribbean | Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2) |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport NZ |
| Papua New Guinea | EMTV |
| Arab World | BeIN Sports |
| Maldives | Yupp TV, Medianet |
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