IPL 2025, RCB vs DC: Axar Patel provides major update on KL Rahul’s role during toss | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel gained the toss and opted to bowl in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru of their Indian Premier League (IPL) conflict on Thursday. The Capitals, the one unbeaten staff within the event to this point, have gained all three of their matches and at the moment sit second on the factors desk.
RCB, with three wins and one loss, are positioned third.
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While Bengaluru retained their taking part in XI, Delhi made one change, bringing in Faf du Plessis rather than Samir Rizvi.
After successful the toss, Axar additionally shared an update on KL Rahul’s batting place.
“We will bowl first. My fingers are fine, protecting it, but if needed, I will bowl all four overs. Faf is fit, he’s in and (Sameer Rizvi) Rizzie is out. We’ve decided on our order and KL will bat in the middle-order,” Axar mentioned.

He additionally mentioned the bowling technique:
“Spinners will have a role here, but the fast bowlers can also take wickets. They’ll have to play the roles they’ve been selected to do, we’ve two good leg-spinners, they’re our attacking options, we have defending options as well, so we’ll have to play according to whatever the match situation demands.”

RCB skipper Rajat Patidar, standing in for Faf, mentioned they’d have most popular to chase however remained assured.
“We would have loved to chase, but the surface looks hard, we’ll look to put up a good total and defend it,” Patidar mentioned.
“I always back my instincts, but I do plan as well. It’s important to win home matches as well, important to have the momentum going. No changes for us.”
Playing XIs:
RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
DC: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.