Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Daredevils in their IPL clash at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.
Bangalore have eight points in their kitty, while the Daredevils are languishing in the sixth place on the table with just four points.
Both the batting and bowling departments have been consistent for the Bangalore side, who comprehensively beat Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday.
Star South African import Jacques Kallis, who is leading the most run getters' chart, and Manish Pandey have produced a couple of good opening partnerships for the team.
Robin Uthappa, who cracked a 38-ball 68 on Tuesday, and experienced Mark Boucher are the other names who can change any game single handedly, not to speak of dependable Rahul Dravid though the former India captain have not got much chance with the bat so far.
For Daredevils, Virender Sehwag is the second highest run getter in IPL 3 but his form has not helped the Delhi side avert three defeats on the trot - to Mumbai Indians, CSK and Deccan Chargers.
Sehwag, his opening partner David Warner and captain Dinesh Karthik have performed well but the lower-middle order have been unable to live up to the expectation.
Squad
Bangalore: MK Pandey, JH Kallis, R Dravid, RV Uthappa, V Kohli, EJG Morgan, MV Boucher (wk), P Kumar, A Kumble (capt), DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar
Delhi: DA Warner, V Sehwag, AB de Villiers, KD Karthik (wk & capt), M Manhas, Andrew MacDonald, K Jadhav, A Mishra,U Yadav, P Sangwan, DP Nannes