Nothing is going for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s way in this season. They have lost all their five matches in the Indian Premier League 2019 and are on the verge of a humiliation. They will host the Delhi Capitals in the next game, which will be played on Sunday afternoon at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both teams are coming from a defeat in their last game. While Delhi wasn’t even in the contest, RCB looked to register their first win of the season until they hit into Andre Russell, the new Universe Boss. But things will be different when both teams will collide in their next game.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Also Read: Who will be the X factor for RCB in IPL 2019?
Bengaluru played against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday night, where they almost won the game. Just almost. Andre Russell was the main reason behind their humiliating defeat who turned his beast mode on towards the death overs and smashed 13-ball 48 runs, where he hit seven towering sixes along with one four. This serious heroic of Russell handed RCB a five-wicket defeat and made things next to impossible for them.
RCB can stick to the same lineup as every player gave their best. It was something unimaginable while lost them the game. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers looked in great form against KKR and they are likely to hold the success key against Delhi as well.
Probable XI: Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel (WK), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Delhi Capitals
Also Read: Who will be the X factor for DC in IPL 2019?
DC’s last game was against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which they lost by five wickets. Delhi’s batting lineup blew up like a pack of cards and Shreyas Iyer was the only batsman to show any intent to score runs. This was his 43 runs, which took their total to 129/8 in 20 overs unless they could have well bundled out at a score below 100. However, their bowlers were good while defending the target and almost gave a heart attack to SRH but Mohammad Nabi was calm enough to take his team over the line.
Delhi can experiment to give Colin Munro a chance in place of Colin Ingram, who is yet to play a serious innings for his team. Shikhar Dhawan is not looking dangerous at the moment but is likely to retain his place in the team.
Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane.
