56th Match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 will be played between Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 14th May, at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. This will be the last match of the league stage. While being evening 8 pm match dew will be an important factor and team wining toss will surely like to chase.
Both Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore are ruled out of IPL 2017 playoffs. Both of them will play their last match of this edition of IPL and will want to finish with a win. Delhi Daredevils had won last two games. Likely to make any change in playing XI, despite of defeats they rarely tickled their combination as they were left with few option after JP Duminy and Quinton de Kock were ruled out of the tournament.
Royal Challengers Bangalore were not even close to what they had thought at the start of the tournament after playing with the same team that were in the finals of last season. They looked uncomfortable form the beginning of the tournament. Royal challengers managed to win only two matches in the 13 played out of which one ending at no result due to rain. AB de Villiers had left to play for national team for England tour.
Head to Head: DD vs RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils had total 17 encounters out of RCB had won 11 of it and DD had won 6. Last time when they met in IPL 2017, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Daredevils by 15 Runs.
| Date | Winner | Won By | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30th April, 2008 | Delhi Daredevils | 10 Runs | Delhi |
| 19th May, 2008 | Delhi Daredevils | 5 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 26th April, 2009 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 Wickets | Port Elizabeth |
| 17th May, 2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 Wickets | Johannesburg |
| 25th March, 2010 | Delhi Daredevils | 17 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 4th April, 2010 | Delhi Daredevils | 37 Runs | Delhi |
| 26th April, 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 Wickets | Delhi |
| 7th April, 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 20 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 29th April, 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 21 Runs | Delhi |
| 16th April, 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Super Over | Bengaluru |
| 10th May, 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 Runs | Delhi |
| 17th April, 2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 Wickets | Sharjah |
| 13th May, 2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 26th April, 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 Wickets | Delhi |
| 17th May, 2015 | — | Match Abondened | Bengaluru |
| 17th April, 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 7 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 22nd May, 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 Wickets | Raipur |
| 8th April, 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 Runs | Bengaluru |
Match Details: IPL 2017 Match 56: DD vs RCB
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: 14th May, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first
Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 Runs
Man of the Match: Harshal Patel
Playing XI for DD: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Marlon Samuels, Corey Anderson, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan (c)
Playing XI for RCB: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (c), Vishnu Vinod, Travis Head, Kedar Jadhav (wk), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Pawan Negi, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal