Royal Challengers Bangalore will be looking to get back to winning ways after a shock defeat to the Chennai Super Kings when they meet bottom side Delhi Daredevils in their IPL clash at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday, April 16.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have made their home ground a fortress with three wins out of three so far this season. The team will come out all guns blazing after the manner of their loss in Chennai.
As far as the team is concerned, the top order comprising of Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers are the guys who get the runs for the Royal Challengers.
The absence of Saurabh Tiwary and the reluctance of the team management to play Cheteshwar Pujara means that they do not have any other half decent batsmen in their lineup with the exception of Daniel Christian.
The bowling has been all over the place from the RCB. Sometimes they have been brilliant and sometimes they have thrown matches away with their bowling. That will be an area where the team will be looking to improve.
The Delhi Daredevils will be wracking their brains at this stage of the tournament after failing to win any of their past four fixtures. The franchise need to make some radical improvements if they are to start winning games.
The absence of Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder were always going to affect their game, but such a calamity was certainly not envisaged. Virender Sehwag needs to fire at all costs in this fixture along with David Warner, for that is possibly the only way the Delhi Daredevils can avoid humiliation at the Chinnaswamy.
The bowling has improved post the arrival of Morne Morkel and if they can bowl full at the death and mix it up with yorkers, slower balls and bouncers, the Daredevils will have a chance.