IPL 2025: 3 Key Player battles and 5 milestones that could be achieved ahead of the RCB vs DC match
IPL 2025 RCB vs DC: The Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi Capitals will star in their fifth and fourth games of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, which will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the home ground of RCB.
With both their teams having won their previous game, either of these two teams has won 3 matches each, with the Capitals sighting a probable extension of their winning streak. The two in-form team players will produce some interesting player contests.
RCB vs DC: 3 Key Player Battles
1. Virat Kohli vs Mitchell Starc
The veteran batter has produced some great performances for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in this season as well. In the last game at the Wankhede, he sported a stunning half-century at a high strike rate, which showed his boosted confidence and urge to win.
Mitchell Starc vs Virat Kohli has always been a rivalry for ages at both the IPL and the international level. The left-arm pacer went on to dismiss the Indian batsman on many occasions, while Kohli has had the upper hand over Starc in the IPL.
2. KL Rahul vs Josh Hazlewood
The Bangalore boy KL Rahul’s homecoming match at the Chinnaswamy will be highly anticipated. The Delhi batter excelled at Chepauk with the bat and will be carrying his great form to his home ground as well.
Josh Hazlewood has been the best RCB pacer in terms of picking crucial wickets at vital junctures of the game. Hazlewood secured many matches for the Royal Challengers with the ball in hand. The Delhi opener will face a great threat from the lanky Aussie pacer with the new ball.
3. Rajat Patidar vs Kuldeep Yadav
The newly named RCB captain, Patidar, is also having a great season with the bat. Patidar has scored two fifties in four games including the last game against Mumbai Indians. His batting has seen new dimensions, as the middle-order batter is among the rarest of batters who can score quick runs during the middle phase.
The Capitals spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been taken for a large number of runs by Patidar, while this time around he will look to change the course of the competition.
RCB vs DC: 5 Major Milestones ahead of the match
1. Virat Kohli at the cusp of major T20 Half-Centuries milestone
The veteran batter scored his 99th half-century in the IPL 2025 match against the Mumbai Indians, while he also completed 13000+ T20 runs in his career in the shortest format of the game. He will have a chance to score the 100th half-century of his T20 career.
2. Patidar and Padikkal nearing 1000 IPL runs for RCB
Rajat Patidar needs just 40 runs in his upcoming innings to complete 1000 runs in the IPL for RCB, while Devdutt Padikkal is also behind by 38 runs to complete 1000 runs for RCB in the IPL. Both batters will have a chance to reach the milestone.
3. Stubbs and Porel nearing 500 IPL runs for Delhi Capitals
Tristian Stubbs and Abhishek Porel both will reach the 500-run milestone for the Delhi Capitals, as Stubbs needs 16 runs and Porel needs 73 runs in the game to complete this minor milestone in the history of the IPL.
4. Josh Hazlewood needs 6 wickets to reach 150 wickets
Josh Hazlewood is a serial wicket-taker in the IPL. The Aussie speedster is nearing 150 scalps in his T20 career, as he is just 6 wickets away from the major milestone.
5. KL Rahul needs 9 sixes to complete 200 IPL sixes
The Indian batter has returned with stunning form in the IPL, as the batter has been in stunning form since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the Champions Trophy. KL Rahul is just 9 sixes away from hitting 200 6’s in the IPL.
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