“I know the hard work and smart work that I have put into my gym sessions, so I would not say that I am a very talented player,” were Shreyas Iyer’s words after scoring 88 of 38 balls in the Delhi Capitals victory against KKR. . The DC captain is one of the first bankers in the Indian hitting school motivated by Virat Kohli’s methods of giving equal (if not more) importance to fitness and hitting. If anything, Iyer is probably more dynamic as a captain than Kohli when he started leading RCB.
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To say it will be a battle of two equals based on this evidence when RCB and DCB meet on Monday for their 2020 IPL match in Dubai would perhaps be an exaggeration and an unfair touch on Kohli’s power as well. But it will certainly be interesting to see two similar thought processes collide. The fact that RCB and DC are sitting in the top half of the table will add that extra boost to this match.
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While Iyer has been between runs in all four of his team’s matches, Kohli finally managed to act in RCB’s final game against the Rajasthan Royals, scoring an undefeated 72.
The similarities between these two sides don’t end with Kohli and Iyer’s hitting style. Both RCB and DC’s seniors have played a pivotal role in their tournament victories thus far. Prithvi Shaw, Iyer, and Rishabh Pant have done the work for DC. Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch and AB de Villiers have been quite brilliant for RCB.
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While Shaw so far appeared to be in control at the top of the order for DC, Delhi finally seems to have got Rishabh Pant back in shape as he dusted off his rust with a quick 17-ball 38 shot against KKR.
Also, there are Marcus Stonis and Shimron Hetmyer waiting behind the scenes.
On the bowling front, Kagiso Rabada is the go-to man for DC even though he leaked runs against KKR the other day.
South African pacemaker Anrich Nortje has been brilliant for DC in the opening and big hurdles and threw a brilliant penultimate against KKR on Saturday.
Harshal Patel, replacing Ishant Sharma, did well enough to finish 2 of 34 in 4 overs, but Ravichandran Ashwin and Stoinis, who reconciled, went on runs.
RCB, on the other hand, has been well served by the young Padikkal at the top. The southpaw, considered the next big thing in Indian cricket, is fourth in the scoring tally with 174 in four games, including three of the fifty.
And if Aaron Finch gets going, too, it would be difficult for either side to stop Bangalore’s starting marauders.
Kohli’s return to form is a relief for RCB’s batting unit, which also features players like AB de Villiers, Shivam Dube and Gurkeerat Singh, among others.
Isuru Udana has been a welcome addition to RCB’s bowling lineup alongside Navdeep Saini and the spinning duo of Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal.
RCB: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Aaron Finch, Josh Philippe, Chris Morris, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana , Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa.
Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Rishabh Pant (week), Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Daniel Sams, Mohit Sharma, Anrich Nortje, Alex Carey (week), Avesh Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav.
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