The 46th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore on Delhi Capitals on April 27. The match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi at 7:30 PM. Both teams previously played in Bengaluru and that game was won by the Capitals. Since then, they have played eight games and won six. On the other hand, RCB has played nine and won six.
DC vs RCB: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | Delhi Capitals (DC) |
|---|---|
| Philip Salt ✈️ (wk) | Abishek Porel |
| Virat Kohli | Karun Nair |
| Devdutt Padikkal | KL Rahul (wk) |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | Axar Patel (c) |
| Jitesh Sharma | Tristan Stubbs ✈️ |
| Tim David ✈️ | Ashutosh Sharma |
| Krunal Pandya | Vipraj Nigam |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ | Mitchell Starc ✈️ |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ | Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ |
| Yash Dayal | Mukesh Kumar |
DC vs RCB Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi Capitals |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar – Top order Batter (c) | Faf du Plessis (VC) ✈️ – Middle Order Batter |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Abishek Porel (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle order Batter | Jake Fraser-McGurk ✈️ – Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top order Batter | Karun Nair – Top Order Batter |
| Devdutt Padikkal – Top order Batter | KL Rahul (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Sameer Rizvi – Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper Batter | Tristan Stubbs ✈️ – Batter |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Harry Brook (Withdrawn) ✈️ – Batter |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Axar Patel (C) – Allrounder |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Donovan Ferreira ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Ajay Mandal – Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Manvanth Kumar – Allrounder |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Ashutosh Sharma – Batting Allrounder |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Madhav Tiwari – Allrounder |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ – Bowler |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Kuldeep Yadav – Bowler |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Mukesh Kumar – Bowler |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Darshan Nalkande – Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | T Natarajan – Bowler |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Vipraj Nigam – Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Mohit Sharma – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Mitchell Starc ✈️ – Bowler |
| Tripurana Vijay – Bowler |
DC vs RCB: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Delhi Capitals: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
