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Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will step out shortly in the field for the highly-awaited TOSS in match 22 of IPL 2021 between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Motera. Riding high on confidence after beating SunRisers Hyderabad in a thrilling Super Over on Sunday, Delhi Capitals will take on Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in a ‘battle of the equals’ at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. Rishabh Pant wins TOSS as Delhi Capitals opt to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in match 22 of IPL 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Both teams are on eight points, with Delhi just above Bangalore in second place thanks to a better net run rate. RCB’s NRR took a dip after Sunday’s afternoon match that saw them succumb to Chennai Super Kings by 69 runs for their first loss of this season. Before the loss to CSK, RCB had won all their four matches. While their middle-order boasts of big-hitters like Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers, their openers Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Virat Kohli have recently struck form. Padikkal, who scored a century against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, continued his good form on Sunday although it was cut short. His departure saw RCB lose track.
DC, who saw the return of Axar Patel on Sunday after the left-arm spinner recovered from a bout of Covid-19, will miss their ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who left for home after Sunday’s game since he wants to be with his family during the Covid-19 pandemic. While Ashwin said he could return later, DC doesn’t have many worries since the spin duo Amit Mishra and Patel look in form. Both did well against SRH, conceding 57 runs in their eight overs, and picking three wickets. It will be interesting to see how Kagiso Rabada & Co bowl to the likes of Maxwell and de Villiers who have played quickfire knocks. DC bowlers’ battle with these two RCB hard-hitters as well as opener Padikkal could well decide the course of the match.
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The Narendra Modi Stadium pitch in Ahmedabad will once again assist the bowlers. After the first match between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, it is hard to predict the wicket’s true nature, but the batsmen will be hoping that fresh conditions in Ahmedabad. It is expected that the conditions will be closer to Mumbai rather than Chennai where the going was tough for nearly everyone barring AB de Villiers.
Played- 25 | Delhi won- 10 | Bangalore won- 14 | No Result- 1
AB de Villiers (C), Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith (VC), Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, and Avesh Khan.
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant (C/wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (wk/C), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Lalit Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Chris Woakes, Aniruddha Joshi, Sam Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Tom Curran, Praveen Dubey, Anrich Nortje, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Shams Mulani, Ripal Patel.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed.
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