Delhi Capitals after losing first four games will travel to Bengaluru as they lock horns against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the match number 20 of IPL 2023 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on 15^th April 2023.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be coming into the contest after suffering a marginal home defeat in the hands of Lucknow Supe Giants courtesy of sublime masterclass hitting from ruthless Nicholas Pooran. From an emphatic eight wicket win, to being getting hammered by a margin of 81 runs against KKR, to losing the third game by barest of margin, summarizes the journey of RCB so far in this tournament.

As far as batting is concerned Bangalore have been brilliant, their big three who they relied on have stepped-up when they were needed the most. Bowling department needs lot of work to be done so as to progress better in the upcoming days. RCB’s Purple-bowler Wanindu Hasaranga will make a return to the team in the next game to spearhead the bowling department, his presence will certainly boost the balance in the poor-looking bowling unit. RCB will look to bounce back their winning ways.

Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, will be coming into the contest after suffering four consecutive losses in the tournament. Delhi’s dressing room will be very much worried about the performances in both the department. Axar Patel and David Warner are the two players who stepped-up with the bat so far, Warner has aggregated 209 runs in as many as four games with a stupendous average of 52.25, due to regular fall of wickets at one end for Delhi the strike rate of Warner hasn’t been impressive.

Axar Patel played some impressive cameos down the order, he scored his maiden fifty in the last game that came in just 22 balls. In the bowling department, Mukesh Kumar was pretty decent for DC in his debut season, he picked up four wickets in as many as four matches but was way too expensive in his spell with economy of over 10. Delhi Might bring in Mitchell Marsh in the next game against RCB and would be expecting him to deliver big so as to progress well in this tournament.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals Head-to-Head: IPL 2023

In as many as 28 games played between the two teams, RCB have dominated the contest with 17 wins to 10 Delhi wins. One game didn’t yield result.

Matches Played	28
Royal Challengers Bangalore	17
Delhi Capitals	10
NR	1

IPL 2023, Stats and Records at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Spinners have thoroughly enjoyed bowling here with bowling average of 29.3 compared to pacers who averages 30.2. Teams winning batting second have upper hand over teams batting first with 46 wins over 33 wins in as many as 83 games, four matches have not yielded results. Chasing is preferred by teams winning toss. In IPL 2023, both the games have been won by teams batting second.

M. Chinnaswamy	Stats
Matches Played	83
Number of wins batting first	33
Number of wins batting second	46
Average First Innings score	169.7
Average powerplay Score	45.7
Average death overs score	53.9

RCB vs DC Strategy and Match-ups

Both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have struggled against Axar Patel, du Plessis have been dismissed thrice against Axar Patel in 71 balls and has scored 79 runs, whereas Kohli has struck at 113.8 against Axar Patel and have been dismissed once, this would tempt David Warner to ploy with Axar Patel early on in the powerplay to counter the openers along with Anrich Nortje.

Glenn Maxwell has smacked 59 runs against the likes of Kuldeep Yadav in as many as 21 balls but has been dismissed thrice in same number of balls. Mohammed Siraj has picked Prithvi Shaw thrice in 27 balls, and at the same time has leaked 41 runs. Another interesting battle is between David Warner and Glenn Maxwell, Warner has been dismissed once against Maxwell in 32 balls he faced and has struck at 121.9 with 15 dot balls, Faf du Plessis might use Maxwell early on in the powerplay to counter the openers.