IPL 13: Delhi Capitals win toss, opt to bowl first against RCB
Nov 02, 2020
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 02 : Delhi Capitals have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore here at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Monday.
Both the teams have 14 points and will fight for a playoff berth as the winner of this game will finish second in the points table while the losers' hope to finish in the top-four will depend on the result of the game between Mumbai Indians and SunRisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Shreyas Iyer-led side has lacked behind in the second half of the tournament and have lost their last four games. The same goes for RCB, as the team failed to get over the line in their last three games.
In their last face-off this season, Delhi Capitals thrashed Virat Kohli-led side by a hefty margin of 59 runs.
Delhi made three changes as they brought in Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel and Daniel Sams.
On the other hand, RCB made a couple of changes. Shivam Dube and Shahbaz Ahmed come in for Gurkeerat Mann and Navdeep Saini.
RCB playing XI: Josh Philippe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Ahmed, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
DC playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
