Probable XI –
Royal Challengers Bangalore –
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa/Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal
Delhi Capitals –
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Anrich Nortje
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Ab De Villiers
3. Shreyas Iyer(VC)
4. Prithvi Shaw
5. Virat Kohli(C)
6. Aaron Finch
7. Devdutt Padikal
8. Marcus Stoinis
9. Anrich Nortje
10. Isuru Udana
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
-Ab De & Virat both are must have considering their average of 80&71 respectively against the opponent and their current form which is of top class.
-Aaron Finch has scored 284 runs at an average of 40 in 8 innings in head to head matches.
-Shikhar Dhawan has been decent against RCB by scoring 521 runs at an average of 32 in 19 innings.
-Shreyas Iyer & Pant are must have from DC considering their batting average of 32 & 39 in H2H matches and top form in this season.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Ab De Villiers(C)
2. Shikhar Dhawan(VC)
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Prithvi Shaw
5. Virat Kohli
6. Aaron Finch
7. Devdutt Padikal
8. Marcus Stoinis
9. Anrich Nortje
10. Isuru Udana
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
-Dropped Pant to take Dhawan as he might look forward to play a big knock in this match & if that happens then role of Pant will get shortened.
-You can take anyone from Shaw/Hetmyer because Shaw has struggled against RCB so he might went useless in this match.
-Ab De Villiers role will get widened if any of the opener batsmen gets out early especially while chasing.
-Yuzvendra Chahal is must have considering his consistency with bowl & this wide Venue where spinners will play crucial role.
Grand League Combination –
1. Ab De Villiers(VC)
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Shimron Hetmyer
5. Virat Kohli
6. Devdutt Padikal
7. Marcus Stoinis(C)
8. Shivam Dube
9. Ravi Ashwin
10. Anrich Nortje
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
– Going with spin heavy in my GL combo as the venue is quite wide so their role will be much bigger.
-Marcus Stoinis might play a big knock in this match especially while batting first if top order fails early.
-Ab De Villiers is the most consistent batsmen so far in this season from RCB so made him VC.