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In Match 22 of Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad today. Both teams are on eight points, with DC just above RCB in second place thanks to better net run rate (NRR). Delhi Capitals has picked pacer Ishant Sharma in place of R Ashwin while RCB make two changes in its playing 11.
RCB vs DC final playing 11
RCB playing 11: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel
DC playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steve Smith, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
RCB vs DC head to head record
- Overall: 25
- RCB won: 14
- DC won: 10
- No result: 1
DC highest score vs RCB: 196
RCB lowest score vs DC: 137
DC lowest score vs RCB: 95
Delhi Capitals' top five batsmen
| POS | PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 259 | 92 | 51.8 | 182 | 142.3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 5 |
| 2 | Prithvi Shaw | 5 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 72 | 33.2 | 104 | 159.6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
| 3 | Rishabh Pant | 5 | 5 | 1 | 125 | 51 | 31.3 | 95 | 131.6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | Steve Smith | 3 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 34* | 38 | 66 | 115.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Lalit Yadav | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 22* | 54 | 55 | 98.18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Delhi Capitals' top five bowler
| POS | PLAYER | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| 1 | Avesh Khan | 5 | 5 | 18 | 137 | 11 | 3 for 32 | 12.5 | 7.61 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Amit Mishra | 3 | 3 | 11 | 82 | 5 | 4 for 24 | 16.4 | 7.45 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Woakes | 3 | 3 | 11 | 82 | 5 | 2 for 18 | 16.4 | 7.45 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 4 | 14 | 123 | 4 | 2 for 30 | 30.8 | 8.78 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Axar Patel | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 2 for 26 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
RCB's top five batsmen
| POS | PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell | 5 | 4 | 0 | 198 | 78 | 49.5 | 133 | 148.9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| 2 | Devdutt Padikkal | 4 | 4 | 1 | 171 | 101* | 57 | 108 | 158.3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 5 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 72* | 37.8 | 118 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | AB de Villiers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 129 | 76* | 43 | 75 | 172 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Kyle Jamieson | 5 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 14.3 | 30 | 143.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
RCB's top five bowler
| POS | PLAYER | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| 1 | Harshal Patel | 5 | 5 | 20 | 167 | 15 | 5 for 27 | 11.1 | 8.35 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Jamieson | 5 | 5 | 17 | 157 | 6 | 3 for 41 | 26.2 | 9.23 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 5 | 19 | 123 | 5 | 3 for 27 | 24.6 | 6.47 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Shahbaz Ahmed | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 for 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Washington Sundar | 5 | 5 | 12 | 90 | 3 | 1 for 7 | 30 | 7.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Squads:
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Sam Billings, Shimron Hetmyer, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Umesh Yadav, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Ripal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Vishnu Vinod (wicketkeeper), Aditya Tare (wicketkeeper).
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen (wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (wicket-keeper), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.
