Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are taking each other on in Match 46 of the IPL 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium today. RCB skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl first.
DC vs RCB playing 11 today:
DC playing 11 vs RCB: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Impact players: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay
RCB playing 11 vs DC: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact players: Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh
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The Capitals have been in impressive form this season, securing six wins from eight outings and currently sitting in second place on the points table. Their most recent victory came against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, where they dominated with a convincing performance.
RCB, on the other hand, also boast six victories but have suffered three losses, placing them just behind DC at No. 3 in the standings. Led by Rajat Patidar, the team is riding high after back-to-back wins—first over Punjab Kings in Mullanpur and then against Rajasthan Royals in Bengaluru.
The last meeting between these two teams earlier this season saw Delhi chase down a target of 164 runs with six wickets in hand and more than two overs to spare, highlighting their dominance in that encounter.
Axar Patel captaincy record in IPL 2025
Matches: 9
Wins: 5
Losses: 4
Tied: 0
Win percentage: 75
Rajat Patidar captaincy record in IPL 2025
Matches: 9
Wins: 5
Losses: 4
Tied: 0
Win percentage: 66.67
DC squad for IPL 2025: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Donovan Ferreira, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, Tripurana Vijay, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
RCB squad for IPL 2025: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Check out the players' match-up ahead of the DC vs RCB match here. The players' battle stats will help you create Delhi vs Bangalore fantasy playing 11 based on facts.
DC vs RCB Key Player Battles
| DC Batters vs RCB Bowlers | |||||||
| Batter | Bowler | Format | Inns | Runs | Outs | Avg | SR |
| Faf du Plessis | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | IPL | 17 | 106 | 1 | 106 | 143 |
| Faf du Plessis | Krunal Pandya | IPL | 7 | 69 | 1 | 69 | 123 |
| Faf du Plessis | Lungi Ngidi | T20s | 5 | 28 | 3 | 9.3 | 117 |
| KL Rahul | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | IPL | 10 | 109 | 1 | 109 | 111 |
| KL Rahul | Josh Hazlewood | T20s | 8 | 104 | 2 | 52 | 171 |
| KL Rahul | Krunal Pandya | T20s | 10 | 85 | 1 | 85 | 105 |
| KL Rahul | Yash Dayal | IPL | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | 205 |
| KL Rahul | Lungi Ngidi | T20s | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | 50 |
| Karun Nair | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | IPL | 5 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 121 |
| Tristan Stubbs | Romario Shepherd | T20s | 5 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 191 |
| Axar Patel | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | IPL | 11 | 60 | 2 | 30 | 177 |
| RCB Batters vs DC Bowlers | |||||||
| Batter | Bowler | Format | Inns | Runs | Outs | Avg | SR |
| Phil Salt | Axar Patel | T20s | 4 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 113 |
| Phil Salt | Mitchell Starc | T20s | 2 | 44 | 0 | - | 232 |
| Virat Kohli | Axar Patel | IPL | 12 | 90 | 1 | 90 | 118 |
| Virat Kohli | Kuldeep Yadav | IPL | 6 | 61 | 1 | 61 | 115 |
| Virat Kohli | Mitchell Starc | T20s | 9 | 88 | 0 | - | 173 |
| Virat Kohli | T Natarajan | IPL | 6 | 54 | 1 | 54 | 169 |
| Virat Kohli | Mohit Sharma | IPL | 12 | 90 | 0 | - | 145 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Axar Patel | IPL | 4 | 40 | 0 | - | 182 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | T Natarajan | T20s | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | 159 |
| Rajat Patidar | Axar Patel | IPL | 3 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 167 |
| Jitesh Sharma | Axar Patel | IPL | 3 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 87 |
| Jitesh Sharma | Kuldeep Yadav | IPL | 4 | 31 | 2 | 15.5 | 111 |
| Tim David | Mukesh Kumar | T20s | 6 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 242 |
| Tim David | Mukesh Kumar | IPL | 2 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 320 |
| Tim David | Axar Patel | T20s | 9 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 119 |
| Tim David | T Natarajan | IPL | 2 | 47 | 0 | - | 294 |
| Krunal Pandya | Kuldeep Yadav | IPL | 4 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 100 |
| Krunal Pandya | Mohit Sharma | IPL | 2 | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 189 |
| Krunal Pandya | Mukesh Kumar | T20s | 5 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 95 |
| Liam Livingstone | Axar Patel | T20s | 9 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 94 |
| Liam Livingstone | Kuldeep Yadav | T20s | 5 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 89 |

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