MATCH DETAILS:

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 Match 55 has the Delhi Capitals taking on the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. The match would be telecasted live from 7:30pm onwards.

PREVIEW FOR DREAM11 FANTASY:

In their efforts, both teams are at critical junctures. In the points table, the winner would move to second, while the loser could theoretically bow out of the IPL while holding a top-four spot for most of the tournament.

Despite having a balanced side, the Delhi Capitals have lost their last four games, with none of their batsmen able to get going against quality bowling attacks. The dip of Kagiso Rabada in form has been significantly detrimental to their fortunes, with the likes of Anrich Nortje and R Ashwin struggling to reliably pick up wickets. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, both of whom were underwhelmed late in IPL 2020, would need an increased effort.

The Capitals are going to have their hands full against Virat Kohli and co, who have lost their last three IPL matches as well. While their fate is still in their hands, RCB ‘s struggles in the middle overs have seen their qualification hopes put in jeopardy. RCB will expect their captain Virat Kohli to come to the fore with a strong knock in what is a do-or-die game for both sides with a good bowling attack in place.

The reverse fixture between the two outfits earlier in the IPL saw DC beat RCB by an immense margin, and on Monday they would hope for an encore. We should be in for an exciting match in Abu Dhabi with this being an important game for both teams.

WEATHER CONDITION:

The weather is expected to be sunny tomorrow. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1016 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 31 ° c and at night the temperature is going to drop to 22 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be around 60 percent.

PITCH REPORT:

A strong one to bat on is the pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, with scores of over 170 being regularly notched up in the last few IPL fixtures here. With the pitch slowing down a bit as the match advances, the bowlers can get some movement off the surface.

Although the ball will be reasonably well on the bat, the batsmen will be wary of pace shifts, which in IPL 2020 have reaped enormous rewards. With dew playing a huge role in the last few games, both teams will look to follow the winning toss with a highly competitive total of 170 at this venue.

INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS:

There is no update on injury and availability of any player from both the sides.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF DELHI CAPITALS:

Ajinkya Rahane/Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravi Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini and Umesh Yadav/Mohammed Siraj.

DREAM XI TEAM FOR DELHI CAPITALS Vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

1. Wicket Keeper– AB de Villiers and Rishabh Pant.

2. Batsmen– Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli and Shimron Hetmyer.

3. All rounders– Chris Morris.

4. Bowlers– Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Ashwin, Anrich Nortje and Navdeep Saini.

*Disclaimer: A team here is picked based on the perception, analysis, and gut feeling of the author. When you select your team, analyze the points mentioned to arrive at your own decision.*