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Match 30: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

With the likes of Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwary in its rank, the RCB has got a power packed batting line up, which can raise alarm bells in any opposition camp. Gayle’s century aside, Dilshan (38 off 31) played a useful knock against Knight Riders but what he needs is consistency.

De Villiers and Kohli are also in good form and if Tiwary can rediscover his touch, RCB would undoubtedly become the most frightening batting unit in this tournament. Captain Daniel Vettori has been RCB’s standout bowler and though domestic recruits Syed Mohammad and Sreenath Arvind performed reasonably well against KKR, the Bangalore team lacks a genuine wicket taking bowler.

Key Players: De Villiers, Kohli, Gayle, Saurabh Tiwary


Delhi Daredevils:

Unlike RCB, Delhi are considerably weak on paper and it’s high time, their players struck form for any chance of moving ahead into the next stage of the event. Virender Sehwag and David Warner’s breezy start up the order against Kings XI is a welcome sign for Delhi, who are searching for inspiration in the absence of too many big names in the batting order.

Both Sehwag (77 off 35) and Warner (77 off 48) made identical 77 to raise a 141 run opening stand against Kings XI to push Delhi to a massive 231 against Kings XI .Apart from Sehwag and Warner, there aren’t too many big names in Delhi’s batting line up. Y Venugopal Rao has been reliable run getter in the middle order for the team in this tournament but the likes of Aaron Finch, Yogesh Nagar, Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan need to rise to the occasion soon.

Key Players: Sehwag, Warner, Irfan Pathan, Aaron Finch

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