Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru are a team on fire and looking like strong candidates to defend their title.
Delhi Capitals are struggling for consistency as most of their star performers have failed to step up to the plate.
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Pathum Nissanka has hit 40-plus in 4 of his last 5 knocks (Getty Images).

This Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. Royal Challengers have performed magnificently in their 5 matches this season, with their one defeat of the season being down to a brilliant performance by the Rajasthan Royals after the Challengers had put in a strong performance with bat and ball.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Capitals are in 5th place level with 4 other teams on 4 points, but with just a 50% record they are looking vulnerable against the form sides.

Match Details

Match	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	18 April 2026
Time	12:00 SAST
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	WWLWW
Delhi Capitals	WWWLL

The Royal Challengers are on a great run of form, while Delhi Capitals seem to have lost their winning touch after back-to-back defeats.

Head-to-Head Record

Date	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
27 April 2025	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	6 wickets	IPL
10 Apr 2025	Delhi Capitals	6 wickets	IPL
12 May 2024	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	47 runs	IPL
6 May 2023	Delhi Capitals	7 wickets	IPL
15 April 2023	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	23 runs	IPL

Both sides tend to dominate the other when in form, but the Royal Challengers have enjoyed the greater dominance in their recent contests.

Team News

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood has recovered from the hamstring and Achilles problems that sidelined him at the start of the IPL. His workload is being carefully managed and there is a chance he might be rested against the Capitals depending on his match-day strength.

Possible XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Josh Hazlewood.

Delhi Capitals: Mitchell Starc’s ongoing recovery from his shoulder and elbow injuries should see him out of action for another match or two, but the Capitals report he should meet up with their squad in the last week of April.

Possible XI: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan.

Key Stats

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’ Virat Kohli (228 runs, ave 57.0) is 1st in the IPL runs list.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rajat Patidar has scored 31, 48*, 63, 53 & 27 in his 5 IPL knocks.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya has taken 2/36, 2/30, 1/26 & 2/37 in his last 4 matches.
Delhi Capitals’ Pathum Nissanka has scored 77, 44, 41 & 41 in his last 5 innings.
Delhi Capitals’ Tristan Stubbs hit 7 boundaries in his 38-ball 60 against CSK.
Delhi Capitals’ Lungi Ngidi has 5 wickets this season at a strike rate of 18.8.

Match Analysis

We’re expecting cloudy but warm conditions throughout the day for the match in Bengaluru, ranging between 22-33°C and with the chance of some brief rain delays. The weather should ensure the pitch plays true and encourages the batters to score freely.

The pitch is usually flat and offering consistent, true bounce, so the side batting first will look to cash in during the power play, although with some swing in the air the batters will need to still select the right balls to hit out at as they look to match the 1st innings average score here of 200-plus.

There should be some early life for the pacemen looking for swing as well as some turn for the spinners, but overall it’s a pitch laced with runs. The small boundary leaves bowlers with little room for error, and any spinner that fails to extract much turn is likely to travel.

The boundary size usually encourages sixes to rain down on the crowd, and with both sides being filled with big-hitters we could be in for a bumper crop of maximums. Last season the Capitals succeeded in chasing down RCB’s below average score of 163 at Bengaluru, with KL Rahul slapping 6 sixes in his 93*.

Betting Markets to Watch

Player Performance

Krunal Pandya has taken 7 wickets in his last 4 matches and is a good bet to be the Royal Challengers’ best bowler.

Score Over/Under Runs

Virat Kohli has scored 69*, 28, 32, 50 & 49 in his 5 IPL innings this season and is worth backing to score over 37 runs. Pathum Nissanka has scored over 40 in 4 of his last 5 innings and is a good call to score 30+ runs against RCB.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Lungi Ngidi is the Capitals’ leading wicket-taker after picking up 3/27, 1/34 and 1/24 in his 1st 3 IPL matches this season and is worth backing to be in the wickets against RCB.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Win	1.57
Delhi Capitals Win	2.25
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

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Krunal Pandya is backed to be the Royal Challengers’ best bowler, while Virat Kohli is in great form and well set to score over 37 runs.

Pathum Nissanka is backed to reach 30, while Lungi Ngidi is backed to take more than 1 wicket in the match.

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