Countdown begins! Dhawan to take strike

Right then, it’s game time! Who will take the top spot from the Mumbai Indians? Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan walk out stretching those arms. Virat Kohli has an intense talk with his teammates in the huddle. Dhawan seeking a big score, Shaw has two fifties in IPL 2020 already. Fist pump check. Isuru Udana to bowl the first over

Can Shaw, Dhawan get Delhi Capitals off the blocks quickly?

With starts of 2, 94, 6 and 56, Delhi Capitals’ opening pair of Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan have blown hot and cold. But with two fifty-plus partnerships, Dhawan and Shaw will look to carry forward the good work from their game against Kolkata Knight Riders.

It’s a new day for Shreyas Iyer

The Delhi Capitals captain says: “New day, it’s a new occasion for us. Hopefully, we can continue with the momentum. Every individual is taking responsibility.”

Captain’s Corner: Virat Kohli

“We’ll bowl first. Same pitch. With the dew in, you’re really not out of the game when batting second. Unfortunately, Zampa is out. Moeen Ali comes in. Mann misses out, Siraj comes in. I’m glad that I was make a contribution. I have been playing with that expectations for 7-8 years, nothing new. I take a lot of pride in going out there and playing.”

Team News: One change for Delhi Capitals

Axar Patel replaces injured Amit Mishra in Delhi Capitals’ Playing XI. No game for Lamichhane or Ishant.

IPL 2020 Live Score: TOSS – Virat Kohli’s RCB opt to bowl against DC

RCB are without Azam Zampa, Moeen Ali replaces him. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj finall gets a game, coming in for Gurkeerat Singh Mann.

Will DC leave Hetmyer out?

Sunil Gavaskar makes a valid point. He suggests Delhi Capitals leave out Shreyas Iyer and give leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane a game, which will make it a like-for-like replacement for the injured Mishra.

Who will win the Rabada vs Kohli battle?

Kagiso Rabada has dismissed some of the most dangerous batsmen this season – Andre Russell, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis. In the last five RCB vs DC games, Rabada has dismissed Kohli twice for 24 runs and the South Africa quick will the RCB captain in sight.

Virat Kohli vs Shreyas Iyer

It’s the battle of two dynamic captains. The young lion Shreyas Iyer led from the front in the previous match scoring 88 in Delhi Capitals’ strong total. But as did Kohli. His unbeaten 73 helped RCB breeze past Rajasthan Royals. Both these captains have shown tremendous example and neither’s captaincy credentials can be counted out. Who will have the bragging rights tonight?

RCB vs DC Live Score, IPL 2020: Who will replace Amit Mishra?

With Amit Mishra out injured, who do you think will replace him in the Capitals’ Playing XI today? Will Ishant Sharma return? Or will the Capitals give a game to young pacer Avesh Khan? We shall find out. Less than an hour to go for the toss.

Will Devdutt Padikkal continue his fine form

With three half-centuries in four matches, 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal has been the find of this year’s IPL. He is the top run scorer for RCB in IPL 2020 with 174 runs. Can Padikkal continue his purple catch tonight against Capitals?

RCB vs DC Live Score: Virat Kohli 8 sixes away from 200 maximums in IPL

When you’ve played cricket for as long as Virat Kohli has, the records keep mounting. Besides being 10 runs away from 9000 T20 runs, Kohli needs eight hits over the ropes to complete 200 sixes in the IPL. Having said that, it will take a magnanimous effort to clear the rope eight times.

Beware, Delhi Capitals! Virat Kohli loves scoring against you

With 825 runs, Virat Kohli is the leading run scorer against DC in IPL. His average of 63.46 is the second best by an IPL batsman against the Capitals, and if even that doesn’t suffice, the RCB captain has hit 8 fifties against Delhi Capitals, the most by a player in IPL. Clearly, Kohli loves the Delhi Capitals attack.

IPL 2020 Live Updates: Rishabh Pant’s ordeals against spin

Rishabh Pant has scored 274 runs in seven matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore but RCB will be aware of the fact that the flamboyant batsmen has been dismissed by spinners all three times in the IPL 2020. With Yuzvendra Chahal and Azam Zampa up RCB’s ranks, it’ll be interesting to see how he fares against the spin twins.

Virat Kohli 10 runs away from huge T20 achievement

Meanwhile, as Delhi Capitals come to terms with Amit Mishra’s injury, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is on the cusp of a pretty impressive feat. Kohli is only 10 runs away from becoming the first Indian batsmen to score 9000 runs in T20 cricket. Kohli currently has scored 9880 runs from 270 T20 innings. With the RCB captain finally getting some runs under his belt against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday, could Kohli make the occasion even bigger tonight?

Delhi Capitals’ official statement on injured Amit Mishra

“Delhi Capitals’ leg-spinner Amit Mishra has been ruled out for the remainder of the current season of the Dream11 Indian Premier League. The 37-year-old sustained a flexor tendon injury to the ring finger of his bowling hand whilst attempting to take a return catch off his bowling during Delhi Capitals’ match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah on 3rd October 2020. Mishra will now consult with a specialist over the next few days to determine the most appropriate course of management for this unfortunate injury. Everyone at Delhi Capitals wishes him a speedy recovery.”

IPL 2020, RCB vs DC Live Score: Some interesting nuggets

– Rishabh Pant needs to effect 4 dismissals to complete 50 Wicketkeeping dismissals for Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

– Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is three strikes away from completing 200 T20 wickets

– If AB de Villiers is able to take five catches, he will complete a century of those in the IPL

Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar joins the Injured Premier League too

Doubts were lingering over Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s injury ever since he pulled out of his run up and left the field against Chennai Super Kings. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner appeared apprehensive, and now the bad news has arrived. Bhuvneshwar has sustained a hip injury and has been ruled out of the IPL 2020, the second SRH bowler after Mitchell Marsh to have his IPL season cut short.

News coming in: Amit Mishra ruled out of IPL 2020

News coming in just now that Delhi Capitals leg-spinner Amit Mishra will take no further part in the Indian Premier League 2020 owing to a tendon injury. Mishra sustained the injury to his bowling arm during the game against Kolkata Knight Riders, where he’d bowled only two overs. A team official said it is serious enough to rule him out of the remainder of IPL 2020. We wish him a speedy recovery!

IPL 2020 Live Updates: Meanwhile, in the last five games…

…It’s RCB who’ve had the better of DC. They lead 3-2 in their last five encounters. Safe to say that the Capitals made the most of RCB’s poor run last season, but before that, RCB had DC’s number twice in 2018 and the second time they faced each other a year before in 2017.

RCB vs DD: What happened the last time?

The last time Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals faced each other, it was the Capitals that emerged triumphant. DC beat RCB by 16 runs in Match 46 of last year’s IPL. Half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer had lifted the Capitals to 187/5, in reply to which RCB scored 171/7.

RCB ahead in head-to-head battles

Well, this may be a bit of a surprise. While most of the IPL teams are pretty much neck-and-neck, barring Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight games, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have a good 13-8 record against Delhi Capitals in the IPL. Out of the 23 matches played between the two, 21 have produced results, with one abandoned and another resulting in a tie.