Royal Challengers Bangalore, who lost the first game against defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad by a fair margin, would look to put behind the opening defeat and aim for their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 10 when they take on Delhi Daredevils at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.
RCB are struggling without their regular skipper Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and KL Rahul. While Virat Kohli and De villiers are expected to be fit soon, Rahul has been ruled out of the entire season.
At Hyderabad, vintage Yuvraj Singh smashed 62 off 27 balls to steer the Sunrisers to 207 for four and in reply RCB, were all out for 172 in 19.4 overs. This was the first time in 23 matches that Bangalore were all out.
Meanwhile, the Daredevils, who have been the worst performing side in the nine previous IPL seasons, would be desperately looking to get a few wins early with a confidence.
During RCB’s season opener against SRH on Wednesday, Virat Kohli said that he will return to action only when he’s 120% fit. Meaning, he is not yet available for selection.
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Even they have lost South Africans Quinton De Kock and Jean-Paul Duminy for the entire tournament, affecting their balance. While Duminy pulled out citing personal reasons, de Kock had suffered a tendon damage on his right index finger during the Test series against New Zealand.
Whereas Shreyas Iyer, the flamboyant batsman, has been ruled out for at least a week due to chickenpox. Sri Lankan Angelo Matthews also has injury worries along with Mohammad Shami.
However, Daredevils have the likes of West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite and Aussie pacer Pat Cummins to lend the team experience and firepower.
