Pitch Report:
Narendra Modi Stadium
Historically, this wicket generally gives good support to the batsmen with pace bowlers getting some movement in the initial overs. You can expect scores in the range of 180- 200. The chasing team has won 4 of the last 6 matches at this ground. The chasing team will find it easier to bat in the presence of due factor.
Balls Per Dismissals for Pacers: 23.8
Balls Per Dismissals for Spinners: 28.7
Note: Surprisingly Pitch in the last match at this ground was 2 paced also there was a lot of due in the 2nd inning and that will make batting easy in the 2nd inning. A fresh wicket is expected to be used in this game.
| Total matches | 6 |
| Matches won batting first | 3 |
| Matches won bowling first | 3 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 174 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 166 |
| Highest total recorded | 224/2 (20 Ov) by IND vs ENG |
| Highest score chased | 166/3 (17.5 Ov) by IND vs ENG |
| Lowest score defended | 185/8 (20 Ov) by IND vs ENG |
Delhi Capitals Team Preview:
They are the runner-ups of last season. They have won 4 and lost 1 match till now. They have received a major setback as their star spinner R Ashwin is not available for selection. Lalit Yadav is expected to replace him in the playing11. They can even give a chance to Umesh Yadav/Ishant Sharma for increasing 1 pacer.
Probable11 of the DC:
- Shikhar Dhawan: LHB
- Prithvi Shaw: RHB
- Steve Smith: RHB
- Rishabh Pant: LHB
- Marcus Stoinis: RHB+RAM
- S Hetmyer: LHB//A Nortje
- Lalit Yadav: RHB+RAO // Ishant Sharma
- Axar Patel: LAO+ LHB
- Amit Mishra: RAL
- K Rabada: RAF
- Avesh Khan: RAM
Expected Death overs: K Rabada and Avesh Khan
If A Nortje plays then most probably Lalit Yadav will play in place of R Ashwin otherwise one pace bowler will be preferred as replacement.
Performance in this tournament:
- P Shaw: 72, 2, 32, 7, 53,
- S Dhawan: 85, 9, 92, 45, 28,
- A Rahane: 8,
- S Smith: 9, 33, 34,
- R Pant: 15, 51, 15, 7, 37,
- M Stoinis: 14+26/0(2), 0+15/0(1), 27, 20/1(3), 2+12/0(1),
- L Yadav: 20, 12+11/0(1), 22+17/1(4),
- L Meriwala: 32/1,(3),
- S Hetmyer: 0*, 14, 1,
- C Woakes: 18/2(3), 15+22/2(4), 42/1(4),
- A Khan: 23/2(4), 32/3(4), 33/1(4), 15/2(2), 34/3(4),= 11 W
- K Rabada: 9+30/2(4), 43/1(4), 25/1(3), 25/0(3)=4 W
- R Ashwin: 47/1(4), 7+14/0(3), 28/0(4), 31/0(4), 27/0(4),
- T Curran: 40/1(4), 21+35/0(3.4),
- A Mishra: 27/0(3), 24/4(4), 31/1(4)=5 W
- A Patel: 26/2(4),
Full Stats and Player wise Analysis:
R Pant(LHB):
H2H: 9 I, 319 R, 39.9 A, 154.1 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 14 M, 14 I, 343 R, 31.18 A, 113.95 SR
S Dhawan(LHB):
H2H: 21 I, 607 R, 33.7 A, 121.9 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 33 R, 33.0 A, 165.0 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 17 M, 17 I, 618 R, 44.14 A, 144.73 SR
S Smith(RHB):
H2H: 13 I, 352 R, 32.0 A, 131.8 SR,
VENUE: 6 I, 141 R, 28.2 A, 133.7 SR
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 14 M, 14 I, 311 R, 25.91 A, 131.22 SR
P Shaw(RHB):
H2H: 5 I, 99 R, 19.8 A, 152.3 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 13 M, 13 I, 228 R, 17.53 A, 136.52 SR
S Hetmyer(LHB):
H2H: 1 I, 11 R, 157.1 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 12 M, 11 I, 185 R, 23.12 A, 148.0 SR
A Rahane(RHB):
H2H: 19 I, 639 R, 37.6 A, 129.4 SR
VENUE: 7 I, 308 R, 51.3 A, 131.1 SR
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 9 M, 8 I, 113 R, 14.12 A, 105.60 SR
M Stoinis(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 5 I, 110 R, 55.0 A, 169.2 SR+ 3 I, 7 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 17 M, 17 I, 352 R, 25.14 A, 148.52 SR+ 13 I, 29.4 O, 13 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 8+17/1, 78+17/0, 9+6/0, 19, 26,
A Patel(LHB+LAO, will miss this match):
H2H: 10 I, 153 R, 38.2 A, 157.7 SR+ 13 I, 46 O, 15 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 12 R, 171.4 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 9 I, 117 R, 14.62 A, 137.64 SR+ 15 I, 51 O, 9 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 17/1, 1+16/1, 17/0, 36+13/2, (T20I): 7+24/0,
C Woakes(RHB+RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 18 R, 18.0 A, 85.7 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
R Ashwin(RHB+RAO)
H2H: 9 I, 68 R, 11.3 A, 141.7 SR+ 21 I, 71.2 O, 18 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 6 I, 35 R, 12.33 A, 108.82 SR+ 15 I, 51 O, 13 W,
A Mishra(RAL):
H2H: 16 I, 57 O, 15 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 1 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 3 M, 3 I, 10 O, 3 W,
T Curran(RHB+RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 3.1 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 5 M, 4 I, 83 R, 83.0 A, 133.87 SR+ 5 I, 18 O, 3 W,
L Yadav(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 35 M, 28 I, 560 R, 33.37 A, 149.33 SR+ 34 I, 106 O, 27 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
K Rabada(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 16 O, 12 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 17 M, 17 I, 65.4 O, 30 W
A Nortje(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 8 O, 5 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 16 M, 16 I, 61 O, 22 W,
Avesh Khan(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 1 M, 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
Ripal Patel(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 11 M, 9 I, 191 R, 31.83 A, 189.1 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
V Vinod(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
T20D: 35 M, 34 I, 906 R, 30.20 A, 136.03 SR
U Yadav(RAF):
H2H: 12 I, 43 O, 10 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 2 M, 2 I, 7 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 48/0, 35/0,
I Sharma(RAM):
H2H: 13 I, 50.4 O, 11 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 26/0, 16/2, 17/2, 48/1, 29/0,
L Meriwala(LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 44 M, 43 I, 155 O, 72 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 43/2, 43/1, 39/2, 55/1, 67/2,
P Dubey(LS):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 21 M, 21 I, 61.5 O, 20 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 3 M, 3 I, 8 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 29/0, 20/1, 15/3, 9/0,
S Billings(RHB):
H2H: 3 I, 38 R, 12.7 A, 118.8 SR
VENUE:
T20D: 187 M, 175 R, 3527 R, 23.67 A, 131.01 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 33, 6, 34, (ODI): 18,
M Siddharth(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 6 M, 6 I, 22 O, 16 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 20/4, (LISTA): 44/0, 33/3,
BLR Team Preview:
They have started their campaign on a high note. They have won 4 and have lost only 1 game till now. D Sams can replace D Christianin the playing11 and in that case Shahbaz Ahmed can replace Navdeep Saini.
Expected 4 Overseas Players: AB Devilliers, G Maxwell, D Christian/D Sams, and K Jamieson
Probable11 of the team:
- Virat Kohli: RHB
- Devdutt Paddikal: LHB
- Shahbaz Ahmed: LHB+LAO //Navdeep Saini (W Sundar will bat at 1 down if Shahbaz misses out)
- Glenn Maxwell: RHB+RAO
- AB de Villiers: RHB
- D Christian: RHB+RAM //D Sams
- Washington Sundar: LHB+RAO
- Kyle Jamieson: RHB+RAM
- Harshal Patel: RAM
- M Siraj: RAM
- Yuzvendra Chahal: LS
Washington Sundar should bowl a good amount of overs as DC has 3 left-handers Shikhar Dhawa, Rishabh Pant and S Hetmyer.
Death Overs: M Siraj and Harshal Patel
Main Batters: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Paddikal, G Maxwell, and AB Devilliers
Main Pacers: K Jamieson, M Siraj, and Harshal Patel +
Main Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal and W Sundar
Performance in this tournament:
- V Kohli: 33, 33, 5, 72, 8,
- W Sundar: 10+7/1(4), 8+14/0(2), 33/1(4), 23/1(3), 7+13/0(2),
- D Padikkal: 11, 25, 101, 34,
- R Patidar: 8, 1,
- G Maxwell: 39, 59, 78, 22,
- A DE Villiers: 48, 1, 76, 4,
- S Ahmed: 1+14/0(1), 7/3(2)
- D Christian: 1+21/0(2), 1+7/0(1), 1+12/0(2),
- M Siraj: 22/0(4), 25/2(4), 17/0(3), 27/3(4), 12+32/0(4),
- K Jamieson: 4+27/1(4), 12+30/1(3), 11+41/3(3), 28/1(4), 16+31/0(3)=6 W
- Y Chahal: 41/0(4), 29/0(4), 34/2(4), 18/0(2), 8+24/1(3)= 3 W
- H Patel: 4+27/5(4), 25/2(4), 17/2(4), 47/3(4), 0+51/3(4)=15 W
- K Richardson: 29/1(3),
- N Saini: 0+27/0(2),
Players H2H Stats and Venue Stats:
V Kohli(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 136 R, 34.0 A, 120.4 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 62 R, 134.8 SR
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 15 I, 466 R, 42.36 A, 121.35 SR
IPL PERFORMANCE: 184 I, 5878 R, 38.2 A, 130.7 SR
AB DE Villiers(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 78 R, 19.5 A, 125.8 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 62 R, 62.0 A, 106.9 SR
IPL PERFORMANCE:156 I, 4849 R, 40.4 A, 151.09 SR
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 14 I, 454 R, 45.40 A, 158.74 SR
Dan Christian(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
IPL PERFORMANCE: 34 I, 446 R, 17.8 A, 119.3 SR+ 40 I, 130.3 O, 34 W,
G Maxwell(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 33 R, 16.5 A, 117.9 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 1 R, 1.0 A, 16.7 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
IPL PERFORMANCE: 78 I, 1505 R, 22.1 A, 154.7 SR+ 50 I, 91 O, 19 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 13 M, 11 I, 108 R, 15.42 A, 101.88 SR+ 7 I, 21 O, 3 W,
D Padikkal(LHB):
H2H: 2 I, 54 R, 27.0 A, 114.9 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 15 I, 473 R, 31.53 A, 124.80 SR
RP: 6 M, 6 I, 218 R, 43.6 A (IN SMT) and 7 M, 7 I, 737 R, 147.4 A (In VHT)
W Sundar(LHB+RAO):
H2H2: 3 I, 18 R 9.0 A, 128.6 SR+ 3 I, 12 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 5 I, 16 O, 4 W (From Indian team)
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 9 I, 111 R, 18.50 A, 116.84 SR+ 15 I, 50 O, 8 W,
IPL PERFORMANCE: 21 I, 186 R, 15.5 A, 125.07 SR+ 35 I, 109 O, 24 W,
Shahbaz Ahmed(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 1 I, 1 R, 100.0 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 1 I, 1 R, 100.0 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 2 W,
T20D: 23 M, 13 I, 180 R, 22.50 A, 119.20 SR + 23 I, 73 O, 21 W,
SMT: 5 M, 3 I, 21 R + 14 O, 4 W
Y Chahal(LS):
H2H: 4 I, 15 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 3.1 O, 2 W, ( 3 I, 12 O, 3 W from Indian team)
IPL PERFORMANCE: 98 I, 354.5 O, 121 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 15 M, 15 I, 57.1 O, 21 W,
K Jamieson(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 8 M, 4 I, 41 R, 20.50 A, 151.85 SR+ 8 I, 28 O, 4 W,
M Siraj(RAF):
H2H: 3 I, 8.5 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
IPL PERFORMANCE: 35 I, 119 O, 39 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 9 M, 9 I, 27.1 O, 11 W,
Harshal Patel(RAM, Last played in the IPL):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
IPL PERFORMANCE: 46 I, 154.2 O, 46 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 5 M, 5 I, 15 O, 3 W,
Kane Richardson(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 26 M, 26 I, 89 O, 29 W,
RP: 42/0, 43/3, 17/1, 19/3, 17/0
Finn Allen(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 16 M, 16 I, 625 R, 44.64 A, 187.68 SR
RP: Top run-scorer in the Super Smash T20 and scored attacking 71 in the last match against Bangladesh.
S Bharat(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 48 M, 44 I, 730 R, 17.80 A, 106.10 SR
Sachin Baby(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
IPL PERFORMANCE: 10 I, 137 R, 17.1 A, 135.6 SR+ 2 I, 1,4 O, 2 W,
Rajat Patidar(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 22 M, 22 I, 699 R, 34.95 A, 143.53 SR
SMT: 5 M, 5 I, 221 R, 44.2 A
Suyash Prabhudessai(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 17 M, 16 I, 357 R, 32.45 A, 148.13 SR+ 6 I, 11 O, 1 W,
D Sams(RHB+LAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 54 M, 44 I, 485 R, 13.85 A, 148.31 SR+ 52 I, 173 O, 67 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 3 I, 1 R+ 3 I, 12 O, 0 W,
Pavan Deshpande(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 23 M, 18 I, 463 R, 38.58 A, 144.68 SR+ 11 I, 19.3 O, 4 W,
M Azharuddin(RHB, scored a century in 1 the SMT however no significant inning after that):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 24 M, 22 I, 451 R, 22.55 A, 142.27 SR
SMT: 5 M, 5 I, 217 R, 54.25 A
N Saini(RAF, Last played T20 in the last IPL):
H2H: 3 I, 11 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
IPL PERFORMANCE: 26 I, 93.4 O, 17 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 13 M, 13 I, 45.4 O, 6 W,
A Zampa(Leg-Spin):
H2H:
VENUE:
IPL PERFORMANCE: 14 I, 47.5 O, 21 W,
LAST SEASON PERFORMANCE: 3 M, 3 I, 11 O, 2 W,
Match Ups:
Delhi Capitals batsman vs Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers matchup:
| Batsman | Bowler | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR |
| S Dhawan | YS Chahal | 66 | 57 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 115.8 |
| Rishabh Pant | Harshal Patel | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 163 |
| SPD Smith | YS Chahal | 53 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 108.2 |
| S Dhawan | M Siraj | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 131.25 |
| S Dhawan | Washington Sundar | 33 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 80.5 |
| AM Rahane | YS Chahal | 42 | 39 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 107.7 |
| RR Pant | YS Chahal | 52 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 140.5 |
| S Dhawan | YS Chahal | 66 | 57 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 116 |
| RR Pant | Mohammed Siraj | 58 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 200.0 |
| P Shaw | M Siraj | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 128.5 |
| M Stoinis | W Sundar | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 |
| M Stoinis | Y Chahal | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| SS Iyer | Mohammed Siraj | 25 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 104.2 |
| SPD Smith | HV Patel | 21 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 95.5 |
| S Smith | M Siraj | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.67 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman vs Delhi Capitals bowlers matchup
| Batsman | Bowler | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR |
| V Kohli | R Ashwin | 162 | 127 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 127.6 |
| V Kohli | A Mishra | 175 | 104 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 168.3 |
| V Kohli | UT Yadav | 141 | 81 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 174.1 |
| AB de Villiers | K Rabada | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 153.85 |
| V Kohli | AR Patel | 64 | 56 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 114.3 |
| V Kohli | I Sharma | 76 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 140.7 |
| AB de Villiers | AR Patel | 52 | 53 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 98.1 |
| GJ Maxwell | R Ashwin | 91 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 222.0 |
| AB de Villiers | A Mishra | 37 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 112.1 |
| AB de Villiers | I Sharma | 43 | 33 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 130.3 |
| GJ Maxwell | A Mishra | 55 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 196.4 |
| GJ Maxwell | K Rabada | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 |
| AB de Villiers | UT Yadav | 29 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 131.8 |
| V Kohli | K Rabada | 20 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| GJ Maxwell | UT Yadav | 17 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 89.5 |
