RCB vs DC: Delhi invite unchanged Bengaluru to bat
Faf du Plessis has returned to DC's team in place of Sameer Rizvi while RCB are unchanged
Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in an IPL 2025 match on Thursday (April 10).
Faf du Plessis has returned to DC's team in place of Sameer Rizvi while RCB are unchanged.
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DC are unbeaten so far in the tournament with three wins in a row and are second in the points table. RCB are third with three victories from four contests.
What captains said
"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 (Rizvi) is out. We've decided on our order and KL will bat in the middle-order. Spinners will have a role here, but the fast bowlers can also take wickets. They'll have to play the roles they've been selected to do, we've two good leg-spinners, they're our attacking options, and we have defending options as well, so we'll have to play according to whatever the match situation demands," said Axar.
RCB skipper Rajat Patidar said, "We would have loved to chase, but the surface looks hard, we'll look to put up a good total and defend it."
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Delhi Capitals (DC): Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Subs: Abishek Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira.