RCB vs DD Match Prediction: Who will win today’s match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2016 Match 11

Delhi Daredevils will continue their campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today. Delhi lost their first match against Kolkata at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.They made a roaring comeback by defeating Punjab with an all round performance at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.DD showed that they have a strong bowling line up by restricting Punjab under 120.

RCB scored 227 against SRH in their tournament opener at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.Virat Kohli continued from where he left in the WT20,the tournament changed but his form continued. AB de Villiers showed why he is called the number 1 batsman of our era. RCB’s confidence will be high since they are playing at their home again and will wish to repeat the same performance .

Venue : M.Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore

Time : 2:30 PM GMT

Let us consider all the talking points about this match :

• The pitch at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium is traditionally a batting paradise so expect another high scoring encounter.
  • RCB has the upper hand if we see head-to-head encounters of both the teams.
  • Asked about return of Badree in a press conference, Kedar Jadhav said that he has no idea when he would return. So most probably he won’t be available for the match.

Team Overview:

RCB:

Both AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli are in spectucular form and if they succeed to deliver again then expect another huge score. Chris Gayle is always a force to reckon with and you never know when the ‘Gayle Storm’ may hit the stadium. In the previous editions of the IPL, RCB have always relied on their top three to perform. But this year with the addition of Shane Watson they have another experienced batsman in their arsenal. Sarfaraz Khan with his innovative shots has been really good as a finisher. Seeing all the firepower in their batting lineup, RCB will be expecting to score at least 180 if they bat first and will feel confident in chasing any kind of total.

Relatively RCB has a weak bowling lineup. With Mitchell Starc and Badree out , Virat Kohli will rely on Shane Watson and Adam Milne. If Yuzvendra Chahal can repeat his performance of the previous year then it will be a big boost to the RCB bowling lineup. If any one of the five bowlers has a bad day then Virat Kohli has only two choices either to ball Chris Gayle or himself. Rasool bowled very well to left handed batsman in the previous game and he will look to trouble de Kock and JP Duminy. There is a chance that Kane Richardson will play tonight.

DD:

Shreyas Iyer has scored only 3 runs in the last two matches. He need to play a good knock. Quinton de Kock performed well in last match and DD will expect the same performance. Karun Nair and Sanju Samson are young players with good potential,middle order batting will depend on them. DD will rely on JP Duminy,Chris Morris and Carlos Braithwaite to finish the innings. Braithwaite won West Indies the T20 world cup with his blietzkrieg knock and will like to repeat his efforts.

Amit Mishra performed very well in the last match with figures of 3-0-11-4 and DD will be expecting another good performance from him. Zaheer Khan has a knack of picking left handed batsman and DD will rely on him to stop the ‘Gayle Storm’. DD has invested a lot on Pawan Negi,Chris Morris and Carlos Brathwaite and they need to start performing for their franchise. If DD wants to stop RCB from getting a big total their bowlers need to perform exceptionally well.

Seeing all the stats and the players form we can say RCB is the favourite to win the match. But T20 cricket is the game of uncertainities and DD will look to upset RCB at their home ground.