IPL 2017: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils, 5 factors of winning

#3 Strategy

Chahal will look to stifle the run flow in the middle overs

RCB would be looking to exploit the inexperience in the batting line up of the Delhi Daredevils. They will be banking on Mills to provide them wickets early on in the innings and control the match in the middle overs with Chahal. As far as batting is concerned, they will be looking at Gayle and Watson to power the team through with their explosive batting.

For the Delhi Daredevils, their pace battery is lethal even on flat decks. They have the pace and the bounce to trouble any batsman including Gayle. He is not fully in control against the short rising balls and hence a barrage of short deliveries can be a great option early on.

Watson, meanwhile, has been struggling for form and the Daredevils can use this opportunity to run through the batting order. The firepower in the batting department of the Daredevils can then be unleashed against the weak bowling unit of RCB.

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