Despite Virat Kohli's best efforts victory has eluded RCB in their last two games. PTIBengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) are desperate for a win and both will be trying to outdo each other in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday.
RCB and DD find themselves at bottom of the points table with just a win each from four matches.
Both RCB and DD go into the crucial tie after losing to Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, respectively.
The Virat Kohli-led side RCB started their campaign on a losing note against KKR, but bounced back in the next match against Kings XI Punjab at home, before losing the next two matches to Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.
RCB must tighten-up their bowling having conceded 200 plus runs in the previous two games at home. The spin duo of Yuzuvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar have gone for runs and would be itching to put up a better show.
It will be a challenge for them against DD who boast world-class batsmen including Jason Roy, Gautam Gambhir, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Glenn Maxwell.
On the brighter side, Kohli's return to form with a quickfire 57 and an unbeaten 92 against Royals and Mumbai has boosted RCB's confidence.
Kohli, who had opened innings against Mumbai, slammed four sixes and seven fours in his unbeaten knock, but the rest of the batsmen failed to offer support.
The next best came from his partner Quinton de Kock who made 19 from 12 balls.
South African AB de Villiers, who has scored 122 runs so far, would like to get a big knock under his belt.
On the other hand, Gambhir-led DD would like to forget their defeat at the hands of KKR in their previous game.
DD had lost to Punjab in their opener and then lost to Royals in a rain-hit match, but they bounced back in style against Mumbai with Roy smashing an unbeaten 91.
Indian speedster Mohammed Shami is all set to join the team after Kolkata police allowed him to do so following a three-hour interrogation. The speedster is accused of infidelity and domestic violence, by his wife.
Pant has been the highest run-getter for DD by scoring 138 with 47 being his highest.
Maxwell, who scored 47 in the last match, would also like to continue with his form.
Roy would like to show his prowess against RCB too as the Englishman had smashed 91 to pull off a thrilling last-ball victory against Mumbai.
The teams (from): Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Tim Southee.
Delhi Daredevils: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh.
