IPL 2025: Match 46, DC vs RCB Match Prediction - Who will win today's IPL Match?

DC vs RCB Match Preview:

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royals Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are set to face each other in match number 46 of IPL 2025 at Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 27. In the last outing between both teams, DC registered a convincing win over RCB with KL Rahul smashing a match-winning 93* runs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Now, RCB will be looking to avenge the previous defeat and continue their winning run in away matches this season.

Meanwhile, DC aim to get another win and secure their place at the top of the points table. Both the teams have won six matches each this season. However, DC are placed in the second spot while RCB are in the third position due to the difference in net run rate. It will be interesting to see which will end up getting 14 points with another win. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 46th match of IPL 2025 between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

DC vs RCB Match Details

Match	Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 46
Venue	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Date & Time	Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

DC vs RCB Pitch Report

The pitches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi are known to be quite good for batting, but it also provides some assistance to the spinners at times. Over the years, teams batting first have won 44 times, while teams batting second have won 46, while one match has ended in a no result at this venue in the IPL history. The average first innings total in the league here is 168.

DC vs RCB Head–to–Head stats and records

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have locked horns 32 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 32 matches, RCB won 19 times while DC defeated them on 12 occasions with one game ending in no result.

Matches played	32
DC won	12
RCB Won	19
No result	1

DC vs RCB Weather Report

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DC vs RCB Recent Team Performances

DC (Last five matches)	Win	Loss	Win	Loss	Win
RCB (Last five matches)	Loss	Win	Loss	Win	Win

DC vs RCB Probable Playing XIs

DC Probable Playing 11: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Player: Donovan Ferreira

RCB Probable Playing 11: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact Player: Suyash Sharma

DC vs RCB IPL 2025 Full Squads

DC: Axar Patel (c), Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Ajay Mandal, Donovan Ferreira, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari, KL Rahul (wk), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay

RCB: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee

DC vs RCB Toss Prediction

Toss winner expected to opt for bowling first. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, batsmen are expected to dominate in the upcoming match. With the pitch offering little support to the bowlers, both sides would prefer to field first and then chase the target.

DC vs RCB Predicted Top Batters

KL Rahul: Kl Rahul has been looking in great touch with the bat in IPL 2025. He has amassed 323 runs from seven matches at a strike rate of 153.80. He ended up playing a match-winning knock of 93* run in the last game he played against RCB this year and will look to repeat that performance in Delhi.

Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli has silently reached the second spot in the list of players with most runs in IPL 2025 amassing 392 runs in nine matches at an average of 65.33. He has scored half-centuries in five out of six matches RCB won this season and will be seen in action at his home ground from where he started all this.

DC vs RCB Predicted Top Bowlers

Kuldeep Yadav: Kuldeep Yadav has been a silent performer for DC this year taking big wickets at crucial moments. He is DC’s leading wicket-taker this season with 12 wickets in eight matches and can turn out to be a crucial player against RCB at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Josh Hazlewood: Josh Hazlewood is second highest wicket-taker in IPL 2025 and has been a key bowler for RCB with 16 scalps in nine matches so far. He can turn the match around with his bowling in the starting and the death overs.