CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments The grand battle for the Play-offs of IPL 2016 coming up today and it will be DD vs RCB, the match which will decide the team going into the next round of the tournament. Two teams Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions already qualified for the play-offs. Mumbai Indians got defeated by Gujarat Lions yesterday and now almost out of the tournament. The future of Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore depends on the upcoming match which will be played today on 22nd May 2016 at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Naya Raipur. This will be the 56th and the last league match of the IPL 2016 and after this Points table of the tournament will tell all the story about the next round. Top 4 teams on the points table will get tickets for the play-offs matches. The teams which will be on top 2 position will be in advantage as one of the them who will lose the match in first qualifier will get another chance in the 2nd qualifier. The upcoming match gonna be very exciting and it will be full houseful at the stadium for sure. Here we will make DD vs RCB match prediction and try to give you all the insight of the match with all possibilities which can happen to both the teams after this match.
Teams Performance in the IPL 2016 so far :-
Delhi Daredevils :- In the very first match DD faced defeat with a big margin and people said that like previous year they will not go long in this season too. But they proved every body wrong and back to back wins bring DD on the top four teams of the IPL 2016 in the middle of the tournament. But from last 5 matches, the performance of the team was not that good due to which only 2 wins out of 5. The last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad they shown that yes they can defeat anybody in this year which was very crucial match for them ( a must win match ) and won the match on the last ball of 20th over by 4 wickets.
Possibilities of DD for the Play-offs :-
DD have played 13 matches so far and with 7 wins and 14 points they are on the 5th spot in the Points table. Gujarat Lions is on the first place with 18 points followed by SRH with 16 points and then Kolkata Knight Riders & RCB with 14 points but due to higher run rate RCB is above on Kolkata. If Delhi dare devils win this match they will be in top four and if they lose today then they have very less chance to get in Play-offs. They can only reach when SRH defeats KKR with a very good difference and DD loses with a very narrow difference so that they have can have better net run rate then Kolkata.
If we look at the batting line up of Delhi Daredevils, they have Quinton de Kock, Young Rishabh Pant who is looking exceptional well, South African Batsman JP Duminy, talented Sanju Samson, the hero of previous match against SRH Karun Nair, the all-rounder Chris Morris and Carlos Brathwaite. They all have that ability to put good runs on the board or can chase down big totals too. But they the inconsistency of the batting order of Delhi Daredevils is the thing which can cause them another defeat which can lead them to the out of the tournament .They have to work on their batting. Rahul Dravid who is the Mentor of the team have to make up the minds of young boys so that they can perform in the big match against a team like RCB.
DD has one of the strongest bowling line up among other teams of IPL 2016. Chris Morris, Mohammad Shami, captain Zaheer Khan are ready with the pace attack. In the spin department they have Amit Mishra who is the leading wicket taker from their side, young Pawan negi and South African spinner Imran Tahir all are ready to tackle the Virat Kohli brigade. If DD want to win the match against RCB then they have to impure their Batting and if today Bangalore bats first than DD have to be ready to chase a big total for sure.
Royal Challengers Bangalore :-
Before starting of IPL 2016, every body is saying that this year RCB will win the IPL 2016 as they have the strongest batting line up. But we all know no one can win matches only on the basis of the batting. Their bowling department is not that good as expected due to which they have lost too many matches in the starting. They haven’t defended 170 + total 3-4 times. After playing 10 matches they have only won 4 matches but from there they have won 3 matches back to back and one more time they are one of the most probable contender of IPL 2016 title as per the fans. Now they have played total 13 matches out of which they have won 7 and with 14 points and the highest net run rate among other teams of +0.926, they are on the 3rd place in the points table.
Possibilities of RCB for Play-offs :-
This match DD vs RCB will be very crucial for both the team. If Bangalore wins the match they will confirm their entry into the next round of the tournament but if they lose than DD will enter into the play-offs. The only one possibility for the Royal Challengers Bangalore to reach into the play-offs is if SRH win against KKR then surely they are going to qualify.
If we look onto the batting line up of the team, the captain, the run machine, the legend Virat Kohli who playing exceptionally well in the tournament. He has broken record of Chris Gayle of scoring most run in any season of IPL and so far in 13 innings scored 865 runs with 3 centuries which is also a record. He is current Orange Cap Holder of IPL 2016. Gayle also back in the form and in the last match against Kings XI Punjab scored 73 runs with 8 sixes. Then in the middle order the finest cricketer of all the formats AB de Villiers who is also scoring runs and is on the 3rd played in the Leading run scorer list of the tournament. Then Lokesh Rahul, Shane Watson, Sachin Baby are there in the lower batting order. So they have very depth in the batting line up.
The bowling department is little week in comparison other teams but from the last few matches, the bowlers of RCB are doing well. Yuzvendra Chahal is the most succesful bowler from their side. Stuart Binny, Shane Watson, Sreenath Aravind are also doing good with the ball. If Bangalore want to win the match with the bat as well as they have to perform good with the ball too.
Delhi vs Bangalore Toss Prediction :-
If we look at the all previous matches, the team batting second are winning matches mostly. So in the upcoming match too we will see the same trend to be followed. If we have to predict the Toss, Delhi Daredevils will win the toss and choose to field first.
Earlier encounters Head to Head Comparison :-
In the previous season, both the team faced each other 16 times and on the 10 occasions RCB defeated DD. So here Bangalore looks strong. But in IPL 2016 Delhi Daredevils defeated Bangalore with 7 wickets. So it will be tough fight today.
DD vs RCB Prediction – Who is Going into Play-offs :-
This match is important one and the final match of the league stage. The future of both the teams depends on this match. Both the team have match winners. One is known for his batting and other one is pretty much popular for their Bowling unit. So it will be hard to predict the winner of today’s match but from our team prediction Royal Challengers Bangalore will win the match and make their entry into the play-offs.
What you think who will win in today’s DD vs RCB match Delhi or Bangalore ?