Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Delhi Capitals on Thursday in the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2025. This match will be played at RCB’s home ground, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. So far in the 18th season, RCB has played 4 matches and won 3 of them. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have registered three wins in a row. Now, under the captaincy of Axar Patel, Delhi will aim for their fourth consecutive win. After changing the captain, the Delhi team looks in good form and is performing consistently well.
RCB Likely to Play Without Changes
Delhi Capitals recently defeated Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Lucknow Super Giants. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last match against Mumbai Indians by 12 runs. Looking at their strong performance, RCB may not make any changes to their playing XI against Delhi.
Phil Salt and Virat Kohli are giving strong starts, while Devdutt Padikkal, captain Rajat Patidar, and Jitesh Sharma are doing well with the bat. In bowling, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, and Josh Hazlewood are performing consistently.
Delhi Capitals May Make One Big Change
Even though Delhi has won their last three matches, they may make one big change in the playing XI. Jack Fraser-McGurk has failed to impress and might be replaced by Faf du Plessis. McGurk scored just 1 run against Lucknow, 38 against Hyderabad, and got out for zero against Chennai. That’s why the team may give Faf a chance in this match.
Delhi Capitals’ Probable Playing XI
Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Probable Playing XI
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal