IPL 2018, Match 19: RCB vs DD - Preview, head-to-head, pitch report, key stats

The three-time IPL finalists, Royal Challengers Bangalore, will meet Delhi Daredevils for the 19th match of the season.

Having played four matches so far, RCB has managed to win only one of them. RCB would be entering this crucial clash with a loss in their previous encounter against MI. Thus, RCB would be hoping to regain their momentum back with a home game against DD.

Meanwhile, Delhi Daredevils would hope to get back to their winning ways after a dismal show against KKR in their previous encounter.

Hence, this match will prove to be crucial for both the teams as both RCB and DD are at the bottom of the points table.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils, Details

Match Date: 21 April 2018, Saturday

Match Timing: 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT

Match Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India

Expected Crowd Turnout: The M. Chinnaswamy stadium will be dipped in the colors of red. Thus, a house-full game is expected with an expected crowd attendance of 39,900.

Weather

The forecast says there will be partly cloudy skies during late evening when the game will be played, but there is a threat of rain earlier in the day. The humidity levels will click around 49%.

Pitch report

Short boundaries and high altitude make the Chinnaswamy track a heaven for batters in the limited-overs formats. Many big scores have been posted and chased down with immense ease. However, with a forecast of light rain, the wicket might slow down as the game follows.

Head-to-head

RCB 11 - DD 6 - NR 1. RCB enjoy a good edge over DD with eleven wins in their belt as compared to six wins for the latter.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2018 Squad:

RCB haven't been able to make their mark in the tournament so far

Quinton de Kock (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Manan Vohra, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Brendon McCullum, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Corey Anderson, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, and Tim Southee.

Delhi Daredevils (DD) IPL 2018 Squad:

DD will hope to get back to their winning ways

Jason Roy, Gautam Gambhir(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar, Daniel Christian, Rahul Tewatia, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult, Chris Morris, Colin Munro, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, and Liam Plunkett.

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All the stats and numbers to look out ahead of the match No. 19 between RCB and DD:

1 – Gautam Gambhir, the captain of DD, needs to score one more fifty to surpass David Warner on the list of most fifties in the history of IPL. Scoring this fifty, Gautam Gambhir will acquire the first position on the leader's board of most IPL fifties. Gambhir has scored 36 IPL fifties.

2 – Umesh Yadav requires two more wickets to achieve the feat of 100 IPL wickets. Yadav will become the ninth Indian to reach the milestone of 100 IPL wickets.

2 – AB de Villiers needs to hit two more sixes to surpass Virat Kohli on the list of most IPL sixes. Amassing these sixes, AB de Villiers will acquire the fourth position on the list of most IPL sixes.

9 – AB de Villiers needs to hit nine more fours to complete 300 fours in the history of IPL. Hitting these fours, AB de Villiers will become the only third overseas batsman to hit 300 or more fours.

9 – Gautam Gambhir needs to score nine more fours to achieve the feat of 500 IPL fours. Scoring these fours, Gambhir will become the first player in the history of IPL to hit 500 or more fours.