IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals – Match Preview

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will lock horns with Delhi Capitals in the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. While Delhi Capitals have won all of their three matches so far, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have managed three wins in four games.

Delhi Capitals have ticked the right boxes and they would look to continue the good show. Axar Patel’s team has come up with a collective effort with both and ball. 

KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel have delivered consistent performances for the team whereas Vipraj Nigam and Ashutosh Sharma have played a key role for the team.

On the other hand, Rajat Patidar has led from the front as he has scored 161 runs for the team. Moreover, the likes of Virat Kohli, Krunal Pandya Liam Livingstone, Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Hazlewood, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have played a crucial role in the team’s success.

RCB had lost their opening match at home against Gujarat Titans and it would be imperative that they bring their best in the known conditions.

Head to Head: Matches: 30, Won by RCB: 19, Won by DC: 11.

RCB Probable XII: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam/Suyash Sharma

DC Probable XII: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma/T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh

Delhi Capitals Squad: Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari