IPL 2018, DD vs RCB: Kohli wins the toss, will he be able to win the match?

Virat Kohli has won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Being termed as the battle of losers, the match today is very crucial for Royal Challengers Banglore.

After the loss in their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Daredevils are already out of the tournament. However, there remains one minuscule chance of Daredevils making it to the playoffs and for that to happen, they need to win all three of their remaining matches and hope for the best.

Other than that, Delhi can only make it difficult for others to reach the playoffs. They are going to play against RCB who stand at the 7th spot in the points table standing and are in line to become the second team to get out of the IPL season 11.

There were speculations about Kohli's availability to play the match, however, the clouds around his participation have been cleared. The RCB have been struggling with their performance this season, the good thing is that the two most significant batsmen in the RCB batting lineup, Kohli and De Villiers have been performing well so much so that they have contributed to the 40% runs for the RCB so far. It also reflects upon the bad performance of other players in the squad.

The Delhi Daredevils must be looking towards their hitting duo, Rishab Pant and Prithvi Shaw. Rishabh hit sensational 128 runs in the last match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. All eyes will be set on Pant whether he can continue with his exceptional form in today's match and start from where he left the last match.

Whereas, Prithvi Shaw, is also on the run when it comes to hitting the ball hard. Moreover, the records show that he has a special liking for the RCB bowling attack. He’s made scores of 57, 45 & 85 in his last three innings against them.

Delhi Daredevils: P Shaw, J Roy, S Iyer*, R Pant (wk), V Shankar, H Patel, A Sharma, A Mishra, S Lamichhane, J Dala, T Boult.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: P Patel (wk), V Kohli*, AB de Villiers, M Singh, M Ali, S Khan, C de Grandhomme, T Southee, U Yadav, M Siraj, Y Chahal.

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