Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will play the 45th match of the 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) on 12th May at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. As far as weather is considered, the day will be warm, with temperatures likely to hover around 43 degrees. No rain forecasted with the temperature around 34ºC during match hours.
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Pitch Report
Typical Delhi wicket with a lot of bare patches and less grass. It’s been a bit lesser this season although some huge scores have been chased down. Tough to predict the pitch and it looked dry. It’s sluggish, two-paced and also assisting the slow bowlers a lot. The pacers are also getting it to grip with their cutters.
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Team News
Delhi Daredevils are at the bottom of the points table with 6 points in 11 matches; 3 wins and 8 losses. On the other hand, Royal Challengers are just above Delhi Daredevils at 7th position on the points table with 6 points in 10 matches; 3 wins and 7 losses.
Delhi Daredevils (DD) Team News
Delhi Daredevils would stick to its same playing XI.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Team News
Royal Challengers Bangalore would also like to stick to their same playing XI.
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Head to Head
Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore have played 20 matches against each other including one match resulting in no result due to rain. Out of 19 matches, Delhi Daredevils have won 6 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won 13 matches.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have won last 4 matches played between them, including the last match in IPL 2018 on 21 April in Bengaluru which was won by RCB by 6 wickets.
At Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi; Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils have played 7 matches in IPL out of which Delhi Daredevils have won only 2 and the rest 5 matches were won by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Check: RCB vs DD Head to Head: DD vs RCB Head to Head IPL Records
| Total | DD Won | RCB Won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| In IPL | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| At Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi | 7 | 2 | 5 |
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Match Prediction
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Toss Prediction
Sides batting first have won the 6 matches of the last 7 matches here. Last match here was won by Sunrisers Hyderabad by 9 wickets while chasing a target of 187 runs. Most probably toss winning team would like to bat first.
IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Score Prediction
The average score here batting first has been about the 180-run mark; 190+ will be a par score on this wicket.
| Batting First | Predicted Score |
|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 190+ |
| Delhi Daredevils | 180+ |
Our Prediction for IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB Who Will Win?
Delhi Daredevils have lost almost all the chances to playoffs; only one situation is left the to qualify is to win all the remaining 3 matches with a huge margin and also hope for other results to be in their favour.
Royal Challengers Bangalore need to win their remaining four matches to stay in contention and also hope for other results to be in their favour to qualify for the playoffs.
| Team | Batting First Winning % | Batting Second Winning % |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi Daredevils | 55% | 65% |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 35% | 45% |
In our prediction, Delhi Daredevils will win this match.
Match Details: IPL 2018 Match 45 DD vs RCB
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: 12th May, 2018
Time: 8:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first.
Playing XI for DD: Prithvi Shaw, Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Abhishek Sharma, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Junior Dala, Trent Boult
Playing XI for RCB: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), Moeen Ali, Ab de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Sarfaraz Khan, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.