IPL 2018, DD vs RCB - Match preview, head-to-head, pitch report and key stats

Delhi Daredevils will contest the three-time IPL finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore, in the 45th match of the IPL.

DD and RCB are languishing at the bottom of the points table with the hope of playoffs almost over for both of them.

DD will be entering the encounter with a loss in their previous match against SRH. With the dream of playoffs almost over for DD, it will be a battle for the wooden spoon. Currently, Delhi Daredevils are eighth in the IPL 2018 points table.

Meanwhile, the case is not any different for RCB as they are also on the verge of the exit.

Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 45 Details:

Match Date: 12 May 2018, Saturday

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

Match Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India

Expected Crowd Turnout: It is expected to be a house-full game with a total crowd turnout of 41,200.

Weather

There is no forecast of rain. The temperature will be in the mid-30s with humidity levels clocking around 32% and a total cloud cover of 47%. Thus, it is expected to be a hot evening in Delhi.

Pitch report

The Feroz Shah Kotla track has been one of the best surfaces. This year, the Kotla has been on the softer and slower side. Thus, spinners might come into play as the game builds.

Head-to-head

DD 6 - RCB 13.

RCB have a decent edge over DD with thirteen wins in the bank as compared to six wins for DD.

Delhi Daredevils (DD) IPL 2018 Squad:

DD will hope to climb up in the points table

Jason Roy, Gautam Gambhir, Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer (c), 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.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2018 Squad:

RCB would hope to be on the winning side

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.

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All the stats and numbers to look out ahead of the match No. 45 between DD and RCB:

1 – Gautam Gambhir, the former 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, Gambhir will go to the top of the leader-board for most IPL fifties. Gambhir has scored 36 IPL fifties.

4 – AB de Villiers needs to hit four more sixes to surpass Suresh Raina on the list of most IPL sixes. Smashing these sixes, de Villiers will acquire the fourth position on the list of most IPL sixes.

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

40 – Virat Kohli vs Suresh Raina: Virat Kohli is just forty runs behind Suresh Raina to become the all-time highest run-scorer in the history of IPL.