DC vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis is back for DC
DC vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: DC were off to a flying start with Abhishek Porel laying into Bhuvneshwar Kumar early on. However, Porel fell to Josh Hazlewood in the fourth and RCB then recovered by following up with another wicket while conceding just 12 runs in two overs. …Read More
Rajat Patidar earlier won the toss in Delhi and said that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be bowling first. Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel said that he would’ve liked to bat anyhow. RCB are missing a key member in explosive opener Phil Salt.
DC XI: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay
RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh
The temperature is only rising in the city of Delhi but the Delhi Capitals have blown hot and cold somewhat in their recent matches post their dominant run in the first half of the league stage. The Arun Jaitley Stadium is expected to be a cauldron of heat and noise today as they host the equally red-hot Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
DC are placed second on the league table with 12 points from eight games, RCB are third with as many points from nine games. It means a win for either side could have a long-standing impact on their overall health in the race for the playoffs with at least three teams breathing down both their necks.
There is also a Virat Kohli vs KL Rahul angle to this fixture. Earlier this season, the latter led DC to victory in Bengaluru and planted his bat on the ground ‘Kantara’ style, literally saying later that this is his ground. Technically, that’s true of course, since Rahul is a Bengaluru boy and it remains his home ground in domestic cricket. The focus now shifts to Kohli as RCB come looking for a “revenge” win, in the words of the host broadcaster. Delhi is Kohli’s home ground, one where he didn’t have that great an outing in his return to the Ranji Trophy a couple of months ago.
Kohli has been in fine form indeed, scoring his runs quickly in the powerplay and then settling down but in a way that has been extremely benficial to RCB’s cause. He is third on the Orange Cap list, averaging 65.33. He has a very good record indeed at the Kotla, scoring 483 runs in ten innings at an average of 69 and a strike rate of 145.5 – his best at any venue where he has played more than five games.
Rahul, on the other hand, seems to have shed all the negatives that hung heavy on his shoulders whenever he played T20 cricket. He is DC’s top scorer with 323 runs at a blistering strike rate of 153.80, heading into the RCB clash on the back of an unbeaten 57 against his former side, Lucknow Super Giants. His incredible form has helped DC not feel the absence of the sidelined Faf du Plessis.
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Apr 27, 2025 8:08 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB 52/2 after the powerplay
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Du Plessis manages to put the fifth ball of that sixth over by Hazlewood back over the bowler’s head for fout. But just seven runs come in it though. This has been an excellent recovery from RCB but they know DC have two batters out there who can flatten them completely if they are allowed to stay for long.
Du Plessis on 14 off 16, Rahul on four off six.
Apr 27, 2025 8:00 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: GONE! Wickets in consecutive overs…
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Now Yash Dayal strikes and Karun Nair is gone for a run-a-ball four. Short from Dayan fourth ball of the fifth over, Nair is cramped on his pull and he skies it. Bhuvneshwar makes no mistake with the catch.
Nair c Bhuvneshwar b Yash Dayal 4 (4)
DC 44/2 in 5 overs
Apr 27, 2025 7:54 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! That’s it for Porel
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: He was absolutely flying but Hazlewood has shot him down from the sky right when he was taking off.
Porel c Jitesh b Hazlewood 28 (11)
DC 33/1 in 3.4 overs
Apr 27, 2025 7:48 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 17 RUNS IN THE 3RD! Porel goes after Bhuvi!
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Du Plessis gets off strike second ball and then Porel goes big leg side, just clears the fielder diving at around deep backward square. Bethel was the man, good effort but no cigar. Two runs off the next ball, largely because Romario Shepherd put his body on the line to prevent a four at long on and then sweet, sweet connection for Porel with Bhuvi giving him a rasgulla down the leg side. Swung away for six. Two runs off the last ball.
DC 32/0 in 3 overs
Apr 27, 2025 7:44 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Four off the 1st ball and 8 runs off the 1st over!
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The first ball from Bhuvi was full on leg and swinging in, Porel just helped it along its way through fine leg for four. Four more singles in that over. Porel on six off three, Du Plessis on two off three.
Apr 27, 2025 7:35 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: AND WE ARE AWAY IN DELHI!!
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Abhishek Porel and Faf du Plessis opening for Delhi Capitals. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling the first over for RCB. Here we go!
Apr 27, 2025 7:26 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Meanwhile, in Mumbai…
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mumbai Indians are doing that thing that they do again. They have pulled off a fifth consecutive win. And more worryingly for other sides, Jasprit Bumrah seems to have completely got back to his own usual destructive self. He pretty much sculpted the win for MI with figures of 4/22.
Apr 27, 2025 7:15 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: DC XI and Impact Subs
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay
Apr 27, 2025 7:14 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB XI and Impact Subs
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh
Apr 27, 2025 7:03 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: TOSS ALERT!
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar has won the toss and has chosen to bowl first. Deep Dasgupta, who is conducting the toss, seems quite surprised by it and Axar Patel then says that he would’ve liked to bat first anyway. Early unforced error there from RCB?
Apr 27, 2025 6:57 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli’s 50s win RCB matches
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: There are some corners of social media that like to accuse the Indian star they love to hate as “statpadders” and Kohli tends to be at the receiving end of this more often than not. They might be quite surprised, and maybe somewhat dismayed, to find out that RCB have won all games where Kohli has scored a half-century this season. Since 2024, RCB have won nine out of 11 games where he has scored 50 or more.
Apr 27, 2025 6:48 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Can Kohli and Salt neutralise the Starc threat?
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mitchell Starc may have been a tough opponent for Virat Kohli to face in international cricket but the Indian great has had a better record against his great Australian rival in the IPL. So has Kohli’s opening partner Phil Salt.
Apr 27, 2025 6:37 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Bhuvneshwar approaching a milestone
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Bhuvneshwar Kumar has 190 wickets to his name in the IPL. Three more today and he will go past Piyush Chawla to become the second highest wicket-taker in the history of the league.
Apr 27, 2025 6:23 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB could throw Bhuvneshwar and Krunal at Rahul
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood’s new ball partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar has had a much better time bowling to Rahul. So has Krunal Pandya. Rahul has only managed a strike rate of 111.22 against Bhuvi and of 106.25 against Pandya.
Apr 27, 2025 6:12 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood vs KL Rahul – a lopsided contest
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: That has been the case the few times these two international giants have faced off in the IPL. Rahul has faced Hazlewood five times and has scored 76 runs off him at a strike rate of 173. Hazlewood has been able to dismiss him just once.
Apr 27, 2025 6:05 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli’s record at home away from home
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli is today playing at the ground where he first cut his teeth before embarking on his astonishing international career. Over the years, Kohli has scored 483 runs in ten innings at an average of 69 and a strike rate of 145.5 at the the Arun Jaitley Stadium – his best at any venue where he has played more than five games.
Apr 27, 2025 5:54 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: DC facing Tim David challenge
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Tim David is arguably having his best ever IPL season. His extraordinary late charges have often been the difference between a win and a loss for RCB this season. David has scoredd 165 runs in six innings this season at a strike rate of 187.50 and has also averaged 82.50.
Apr 27, 2025 5:36 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis is back
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jake Fraser-McGurk, who came for the pre-match press conference for DC, said that Faf du Plessis is back to being fit and fighting. Du Plessis was among the first people in the nets for DC. Chances are that he will be slotting in as an Impact player.
Apr 27, 2025 5:34 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Head-to-head stats
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB have a very favourable head-to-head record against DC. RCB lead it 19-12 and that is largely because since 2021, DC have won only two out of seven matches against RCB. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, DC have lost six and won four against RCB.
Apr 27, 2025 5:21 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kuldeep Yadav’s incredible form
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kuldeep Yadav has excelled as Delhi Capitals’ enforcer-in-chief in the middle overs. He has bowled with great control and also taken 12 wickets. The control is reflected in the fact that he has maintained an economy of just 6.3.
Apr 27, 2025 5:06 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli vs Delhi in the IPL
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli has a fairly good record over the years against Delhi Capitals/Daredevils. He has scored 1103 runs at an average of 50.13 and has a strike rate of 136.67 against the Delhi team in all T20s (IPL and CLT20), with 10 fifties. Kohli also averages 60.45 at the Arun Jaitley stadium in T20s.
Apr 27, 2025 4:53 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Delhi Capitals Full Squad
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Madhav Tiwari, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Mohit Sharma
Apr 27, 2025 4:44 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB Full Squad
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Liam Livingstone, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Rasikh Dar Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Apr 27, 2025 4:36 PM IST
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hello and welcome!
DC vs RCB IPL Live Updates 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Delhi’s KL Rahul roared at his domestic home ground in Bengaluru earlier this season. Now RCB’s Virat Kohli is set to play at his home ground. Both India stars have been in fine fettle. This should be an interesting game.
