As Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) attain the capital for an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match in opposition to the Delhi Capitals, so did Dinesh Karthik, a former member of the Delhi franchise. On the eve of the competition between the 2 sides, Karthik met DC captain Axar Patel whereas the latter was batting within the nets. A quick meet and greet between the 2 was Karthik reminding Axar that he’s a captain and may concentrate on batting apply within the nets.
“Do not joke round, please stick with it batting. That is precisely why I do not come close to the nets,” was the RCB mentor’s message to the DC skipper. Here is how the dialog went:
Axar Patel: DK Bhai ko hiya toh bolunga na. (I’ll say hiya to my brother, DK)
Dinesh Karthik: Go be a captain.
Axar Patel: Arey DK bhai, bhai ho yaar aap. (You’re my brother, DK)
Dinesh Karthik: Eh tu khel na yaar. Mazak mat kar. Islie most important web ke paas nahi ata. (You go and bat, do not idiot round. That is precisely why I do not come close to the nets).
DK bhai se milne ke liye sab ruk sakta hai pic.twitter.com/0mHThRPXRI
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 26, 2025
Each groups have a well-rounded look and that displays from them having 12 factors every – although DC are forward of RCB on the premise of web run price and having one defeat lower than them. RCB have received six of their ten assembly in opposition to DC in New Delhi, each groups are actually neck to neck in how they’ve gone about their enterprise in batting and bowling.
As per statistics from Cricket-21, RCB have a greater strike-rate (161) and run-rate (9.7) in batting power-play as in comparison with DC (155 and 9.3 respectively), thanks largely to Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal being in nice type. However in the case of batting within the center and demise overs, DC have the higher hand.
With the firepower of KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma, DC have a strike-rate of 152, and run-rate of 9.1 in center overs, which is greater than what RCB have in that section (139 and eight.3 respectively). Within the final 5 overs, DC’s strike-rate is a large 205 and run-rate at 12.3, which is once more greater than RCB’s numbers (190 and 11.4 respectively).
When the final time these two groups met on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Rahul’s 93 not out and an unbeaten 38 from Stubbs lifted DC out of bother after dropping three wickets within the powerplay and put them on the trail to an astonishing victory.
With IANS Inputs
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