It is the conflict of the in-form groups of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on Monday, as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) tackle Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 19 of the event in Dubai. RCB have received three of their 4 matches and have had an unprecedented begin to their event whereas Delhi, who completed third final season, have begun their season in effective fashion, winning three out of four too. Each groups returned victorious of their final outings over the weekend as RCB beat Rajasthan Royals comfortably by eight wickets and Delhi Capitals hit the best rating in IPL 2020 in Sharjah on Saturday – 228/four – and beat KKR by 18 runs.
Virat Kohli hit his first half-century on Saturday and completed unbeaten on 72 as RCB chased down RR’s 154/6 with eight wickets in hand. Devdutt Padikkal continued his effective run within the event with one more half-century and star leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal completed three/24 from 4 overs.
For DC, it was a day of massive hits on a ‘post-stamp’ dimension Sharjah floor the place Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant all acquired going. In all, 14 sixes had been hit as Delhi had been boosted by a sustained onslaught on Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers.
Iyer remained unbeaten on 88 off 38, Shaw acquired 66 and Pant 38 off 17. Anrich Nortje starred with the ball with three/33 and Harshal Patel acquired 2/34.
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Each groups now transfer to Dubai, the most important of all three outfields. The RCB bowling, that has risen to the problem this season, will face their hardest job as they tackle probably the most damaging batting line-up within the event so far.
Alternatively, negotiating the tempo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje in addition to the spin and guile of a fit-again R Ashwin would be the problem for the RCB top-order that is flush with stars like Kohli, Aaron Finch and AB de Villiers.
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