IPL 2025: 3 Key battles to watch out for in the DC vs RCB Match 46

With the onset of the reverse leg of the tournament, the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will head against each other in the coming match. They fought against each other in their previous game, and Delhi came out victorious. The clash between them would be interesting, and the following player battles will make this match even more interesting.

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Virat Kohli vs Mitchell Starc

For many years, Virat Kohli has been the foundation of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and he still performs his duties. Mitchell Starc is also in scorching form right now, taking wickets for the squad on a regular basis and bowling flawless yorkers.

Although the competition between the two has always been intriguing, Kohli has always prevailed. He has hit 73 runs with nine boundaries and four sixes off the 33 balls he has faced from Starc thus far without ever taking a wicket.

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KL Rahul vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar

KL Rahul has found his mojo after shifting to the Delhi Capitals, and he has been playing like he belongs and owns the place. He has already played several match-winning innings. Bhuvneshwar, too, has been doing a great job with early wickets and good yorkers towards the end of the game.

The Bengaluru bowler has so far won the rivalry between these two talented players. To date, he has bowled 98 balls to Rahul, getting him out once and conceding just 109 runs. He has been able to contain him with relative ease, even though he has not taken his wicket many times.

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Phil Salt vs Axar Patel

Phil Salt is an aggressive opening batter who is playing for Bengaluru this time and had started the season extremely well, however, he has slowed down a little in the last few games. Axar Patel, on the other hand, has been decent this season as well. Although, he would be needing to pull up his stocks with the ball.

The duo had just met once before this encounter, which was easily dominated by Axar. However, in the last game, Axar bowled six deliveries to Salt, where he scored 12 runs off him, including a boundary and a sixer each.

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