Axar Patel said he would have preferred to field first, pointing to the small boundaries and a pitch that tends to improve. He referenced the recent 264-run game, saying dropped chances proved costly and the result could have been different.<\/p>\n
Rajat Patidar confirmed RCB chose to bowl first, backing their approach on a high-scoring ground. He said the focus remains on maintaining momentum, with different players contributing, and stressed that past results are not a concern going into this match.<\/p>\n
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: <\/strong>Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma<\/p>\n Delhi Capitals Playing XI: <\/strong>Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Kyle Jamieson<\/p>\n Impact Subs:<\/strong><\/p>\n Delhi Capitals: <\/strong>Auqib Nabi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel<\/p>\n Royal Challengers Bengaluru: <\/strong>Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer<\/p>\n Pitch report \u2013<\/strong> Delhi returns to another high-scoring surface with temperatures in the 40s and short square boundaries of 63 metres. The straight hit is around 73 metres, keeping batting conditions favourable after the recent 264-run chase.The pitch looks slightly drier than before, which could bring some grip for spinners and slower bowlers. But the key length areas are still expected to be targeted by batters, with bowlers needing precision to avoid damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Delhi Capitals have been inconsistent with three wins in seven games. Their last match summed it up \u2014 KL Rahul and Nitish Rana put on a 200-plus stand to take them to 264, but the bowlers could not defend it. Lungi Ngidi\u2019s injury is a setback, with Dushmantha Chameera or Kyle Jamieson options to replace him. Rahul has carried the batting, but support has been patchy from Stubbs and Miller.<\/p>\n Royal Challengers Bengaluru arrive in better rhythm with five wins from seven and a recent win over Gujarat Titans. Kohli leads the runs, while Patidar, Padikkal, Salt and David have all contributed. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hazlewood have set the tone with the ball, with Krunal Pandya steady in the middle overs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Captains expect another high-scoring game in Delhi Axar Patel said he would have preferred to field first, pointing to the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":48789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50582,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50564\/revisions\/50582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}DC uneven, RCB in control ahead of clash<\/h3>\n