First Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore face to face; Delhi Capitals will face Chennai Super Kings in the evening

Posted on 17th Oct 2020 by rohit kumar

Today is the doubleheader (2 matches in a day) in the 13th season of the IPL. The first match will be played at 3:30 pm between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Dubai. After this, Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be face to face in Sharjah at 7:30 pm.

 

The Rajasthan team, which has lost 5 matches in the season, will go on to win against Bengaluru. The last time in the season when there was a match between the two, Bengaluru defeated Rajasthan by 8 wickets. In such a situation, Rajasthan will have to win this match to stay in the tournament. Otherwise, the road ahead in the tournament will become even more difficult.

 

After this, the Delhi Capitals, who are in fine form in the evening, will face Chennai Super Kings. Delhi look to progress to the playoffs by winning 6 matches in the season. At the same time, Chennai's performance so far has not been special. In such a situation, he will have to perform better every match now. In the first match between the two teams in the season, Delhi defeated Chennai by 44 runs.

 

Rajasthan-Bengaluru's expensive players

 

Captain Steve Smith and all-rounder Ben Stokes are the most expensive players in Rajasthan with a price of Rs 12.50 crore. At the same time, Captain Kohli is the most expensive player in RCB. The team will give him 17 crores of a season. After him, AB de Villiers is named in the team, who will get Rs 11 crore this season.

 

Bengaluru top-3 in points table, Rajasthan at number-7

 

Bengaluru is third in the IPL points table. Bengaluru has won 4 of the 8 matches played so far in the season and has 8 points. At the same time, Rajasthan is 7th in the points table with 6 points. Rajasthan has won 3 out of 8 matches and lost 5.

 

Expensive players of Delhi-Chennai

 

Captain Dhoni is the most expensive player in CSK. The team will give him Rs 15 crore a season. He is followed by Kedar Jadhav, who will get Rs 7.80 crore this season. At the same time, Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in Delhi with 15 crore, and Shimron Hetmyer worth Rs 7.75 crore.

 

In Delhi form, Chennai's performance is nothing special

 

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals have performed brilliantly in the season. Delhi has won 6 of the 8 matches played so far in the season and is second in the points table with 12 points. At the same time, Chennai's form has been nothing special in the season. Chennai are sixth with 6 points. Chennai won 3 out of 8 matches in the season and lost 5.

 

Pitch and Weather Report

 

The skies will remain clear during the matches in Dubai and Sharjah. Temperatures are expected to range between 22 and 36 degrees Celsius in Dubai and 23 to 36 degrees Celsius in Sharjah. In both places, the pitch can help the batsmen. Being a slow wicket here will also help the spinners a lot. The team that wins the toss will like to bat first. The success rate of the first batting team's victory in the last 61 T20s held here before this IPL in Dubai is 55.74%. At the same time, in the last 13 T20s held in Sharjah, the success rate of the first batting team has been 69%.

 

Record in Dubai

 

Total T20: 61 on this ground

First Batting Team Won: 34

First bowling team won: 26

Average team score in first innings: 144

Team average score in second innings: 122

Records in Sharjah

 

Total T20: 13 on this ground

First batting team won: 9

First bowling team wins: 4

Average team score in first innings: 149

Team average score in second innings: 131

Bengaluru could not win the title so far

 

RCB played the final under the captaincy of Anil Kumble in 2009 and Daniel Vettori in 2011. The team also reached the final under Virat's captaincy in 2016. But each time the team's luck was bad. At the same time, Rajasthan reached the finals once (2008) and won the title.

 

Delhi is the only team which has not played the final till now; Chennai won the title 3 times

 

Delhi is the only team that could not play the final till now. However, Delhi reached the semi-finals in the tournament's opening two seasons (2008, 2009). At the same time, Chennai, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, won the title twice in 2010 and 2011. The last time this team became champions in 2018. Chennai has also been the runner-up of the IPL five times (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2019).

 

Rajasthan's success rate higher than IPL in Bangalore

 

Rajasthan Royals have a success rate of 50.65% in the league. Rajasthan has played a total of 155 matches, winning in 78 and losing in 75. 2 matches were inconclusive. The Royal Challengers Bangalore has a success rate of 47.83%. Bengaluru has played a total of 189 matches, winning 89 of them and losing 96. 4 matches remain inconclusive.

 

Chennai has the highest success rate in IPL

 

Chennai has the highest success rate of 60.17% in IPL. CSK Saka has played a total of 173 matches so far. 103 matches won and 69 matches lost. One match was inconclusive. At the same time, Delhi's success rate is 45.08%. Delhi has played a total of 185 matches so far. 83 matches won and 100 losers. 2 matches were inconclusive.