Top player battles to watch out for in the RCB vs DC IPL 2025 match

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are all charged up for their second home game in the ongoing 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) against the Delhi Capitals (DC) scheduled to be hosted at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 10 April, 2025. Both these teams will be very much high on confidence as they are coming into this match after having registered impressive victories in their respective previous outings during the ongoing T20 tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore are coming off from an exciting 12-run victory over the Mumbai Indians while Delhi Capitals defeated the Chennai Super Kings in their most recent IPL 2025 encounter. Thus, both these teams will want to extend this winning momentum further in this competition as well. 

RCB vs DC IPL head to head records

It has definitely been a really different story for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing edition of the T20 tournament as the bowling is finally coming good on a regular basis. The Rajat Patidar-led RCB team have managed to win as many as three matches this season out of their 4 games and will want to build on this winning momentum. On the other side, Delhi Capitals are the only unbeaten side in the Indian Premier League 2025 season with brilliant victories over Lucknow Super Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in their first three matches. 

While considering the RCB vs DC IPL head to head battle so far, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have had the upper hand by a big margin. Out of the 31 matches played between these two teams in the IPL history, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have managed to win 19 games and Delhi Capitals have emerged victorious on 11 occasions while 1 match ended without a result. During their IPL 2024 face-off, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Delhi Capitals by 47 runs. 

3 player battles to watch out for in the RCB vs DC IPL 2025 match

1. Virat Kohli vs Axar Patel

After losing the early wicket of Phil Salt in the last match against Mumbai Indians, Virat Kohli stepped up to the occasion and smashed a blistering knock of 67 runs off just 42 deliveries that consisted of 8 fours and 2 sixes. The right-handed opener has scored a total of 164 runs from 4 games in IPL 2025 at an impressive average of over 54 that includes two half-centuries. On the other hand, left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has not had the best of tournaments so far with the bat or ball, but he has been superb as the Delhi Capitals captain. However, Axar has a decent record against the former RCB skipper, having dismissed him once in 2019 and Virat has a strike-rate of just 109 against the left-arm spinner. 

2. KL Rahul vs Josh Hazlewood

While playing just his second game for the Delhi Capitals in the ongoing T20 tournament, KL Rahul showed his class with a fabulous innings of 77 runs off 51 balls that included 6 fours and 3 sixes on a tricky Chennai surface. On the other side, Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood has been absolutely superb for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in this IPL 2025 season. He has taken as many as 8 wickets from 4 matches at an average of 15.38 which includes crucial overs both in the powerplay and at the death. It has been a neck-to-neck battle between these two cricketers during their IPL face-offs. Rahul has a fine strike-rate of close to 140 while Hazlewood has dismissed him on a single occasion. Therefore, it will definitely be an interesting face-off between these two cricketers during the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 match starting on Thursday. 

3. Faf du Plessis vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Delhi Capitals vice-captain Faf du Plessis looked in a fine form during his most recent IPL 2025 outing against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The former South African batter played an excellent half-century innings off just 27 balls that consisted of 3 sixes and as many fours. On the other hand, senior paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar may not have picked up a lot of wickets this year, but he has surely been up to the mark for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, du Plessis has a fantastic record against the experienced Indian pacer with a strike-rate of 150 and has only been dismissed once against Bhuvneshwar.