The 55th match of the 13th season of IPL will be played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi from 7:30 pm. The winning team will move up to second in the points table and will play Qualifier-1 against Mumbai Indians on 5 November. The losing team will have to wait for the outcome of the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians on November 3 for the play-offs.
Both teams in the top-4 of the points table
Talking about the points table, Bengaluru is in second place with 14 points after winning 7 matches in 13 matches. At the same time, Delhi has also won 7 out of 13 matches and is in third place with 14 points. Bengaluru's net run rate is better than Delhi. Delhi has lost 4 matches in a row and Bengaluru has lost 3 matches.
The last time Delhi defeated Bengaluru
The last time the two teams faced each other in the season, Delhi beat Bengaluru by 59 runs. Batting first, Delhi scored 196 runs for 6 wickets. In reply, Bengaluru was able to score 137 runs for 9 wickets.
Kohli-Padikkal Bengaluru's top scorer
Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is first and Devdutt Padikkal in second place in scoring the most runs for their team. Kohli has scored 431 runs in the season so far and Padikkal has scored 422 runs.
Shikhar-Shreyas top scorer of Delhi
Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi has scored 471 runs so far in the season. He is the highest run-scorer in the season for his team. This is followed by captain Shreyas Iyer, who has scored 414 runs so far in the season.
Rabada Delhi's top wicket-taker
Delhi fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has taken 23 wickets in the season for Delhi. After this, Enrich Nortze is second with 16 wickets. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (23) is at number one in terms of the highest wicket-taking of the tournament.
20 wickets in the season named for Chahal
Bengaluru spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the most successful bowler in his team. He has dismissed 20 batsmen so far in the season. Chahal is the only spinner in the tournament's top-5 wicket-taker bowlers.
Both teams played and won the Super Over in the season
Both Bengaluru and Delhi have played and won 1–1 Super overs in the season. Delhi defeated Kings XI Punjab and Bengaluru defeated Mumbai Indians. Both super overs were played in Dubai.
Most expensive players from both teams
Captain Virat 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. At the same time, Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in Delhi with 15 crore, and Shimron Hetmyer worth Rs 7.75 crore.
Pitch and Weather Report
The sky will be clear during the match in Abu Dhabi. The temperature is likely to be between 23 and 31 degrees Celsius. 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 bowl first. Before this IPL, the success rate of the first bowling team victory in the last 44 T20s was 56.81%.
Total T20 on this ground: 44
First Batting Team Won: 19
First bowling team won: 25
Average team score in first innings: 137
Team's average score in the second innings: 128
Delhi has not played the final yet, Bengaluru also awaits the title
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, 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 lost.
RCB's success rate better than Delhi in IPL
RCB's success rate (47.63%) in the league is better than Delhi (44.41%). Bengaluru has played a total of 194 matches so far. In 91 he won, while in 99 he faced defeat. 4 matches remain inconclusive. At the same time, Delhi has played a total of 190 matches so far. He won in 84 and lost in 104. 2 matches were inconclusive.
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