IPL 2020 Match 55 - DC vs BLR Fantasy Preview

Just when you think these two teams had the most brilliant respective seasons, they’ve done what they’ve done best over the years – choke! Royal Challengers Bangalore had 7 wins in 10 games but since then had a hat-trick of losses and while they’re still on #2 of the IPL 2020 points table, they’ll need a win here as this is the first time in the history of the IPL that all teams got a minimum of 6 wins each in the round robin stage.

Close to them on the points table is Delhi Capitals and while they won the reverse fixture, they’re coming into this game with 4 losses on the trot and in quite a hole, to be honest. Their top order is misfiring while RCB are heavily dependent on their middle order. Keep reading for our complete Nostragamus (Get Rs.200 FREE) fantasy preview of the DC vs BLR game…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2020.
When: 2nd November 2020, 7:30pm IST.
Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE.
Capacity: 25,000+
Series position: Match 55 of the round robin stage.

Form (recent first)

DC: L L L L W
BLR: L L L W

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Stats that matter

Head to head in last 5 games, Delhi leads 3-2.
Shreyas Iyer – dismissed to leg-spin 4 times this season.
Last 6 games at Abu Dhabi – 5 won batting second.
Shikhar Dhawan last 3 scores in IPL 2020 – 0, 0, 6.
10, 7, 0, 0, 4 – Prithvi Shaw’s last 5 scores in IPL 2020.

Delhi Capitals

It’s a known thing that Delhi has done well this year because of their pacers. However, after 25 consecutive games without going wicketless, Kagiso Rabada now has 2 wicketless games on the trot while Anrich Nortje has just 2 wickets in his last 2 games, so let’s try leaving them out for spinners. For starters, Praveen Dubey is worth a pick especially since Kohli and ABD have both struggled against spin this season so far.

Talking about struggles, Shreyas Iyer has also had a tough time against leg-spin and RCB has one of the best leg spinners in IPL 2020 in their team. With 21 runs in 5 games this season, Prithvi Shaw has also struggled which means I’m going to pick more middle order batsmen like Axar Patel and Marcus Stoinis for DC vs BLR fantasy team because all of the top lot seems to be having troubles getting away.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli was having the most amazing season but has got two back-to-back low scores and he’ll be wanting to reassess his game before coming out to bat, because he’s literally the backbone of this batting order. With scores of 33 and 32 since making a comeback to the team and starting as an opener, Josh Philippe has been giving them good starts while his partner Devdutt Padikkal has also got 400+ runs in his debut IPL season.

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They’ve added Navdeep Saini back to the side but with these pitches getting slower, it’s not raw pace but those who have the best variations who will do well with the ball. That’s where I think Isuru Udana could play a big role in their last round robin game while we’re yet to see the best of Chris Morris who gets wickets upfront and moreover he can give it a swing with the bat whenever asked to.

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Delhi Capitals Squad

Shreyas Iyer (C), Alex Carey, Tushar Deshpande, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Marcus Stoinis, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Ajinkya Rahane, Daniel Sams, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Avesh Khan, Keemo Paul.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli (C), Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Isuru Udana, Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Josh Philippe, Dale Steyn, Pavan Deshpande, Umesh Yadav, Adam Zampa, Pawan Negi, Shahbaz Ahmed.