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New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to bowl first against Delhi Capitals in the 39th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Monday. Here today RCB captain Rajat Patidar decided to bowl first after winning the toss.

He said that this place is a high-scoring ground, it will not make much difference, we will try to put pressure on them in the second innings. The most important thing is that different players are playing well in different matches. We have played some good cricket and will maintain the same momentum. That’s a thing of the past, we want to play good cricket.

Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel said that I would definitely have bowled first because there is a high-scoring match at night and it is also easy to chase. (On the last match) We can only talk about what we can do better in the future. We had positive discussions, it is important to be mentally strong in such a tournament. Catching is something that needs to be improved continuously, we cannot give excuses.

If we keep working hard, luck will be in our favor. There are three changes, Kyle Jameson and Dushmantha Chameera are playing as fast bowlers and Sahil Parakh will be our opener. Mukesh Kumar is not playing, Mukesh had performed well in the beginning but later he could not continue this performance. Sometimes it is necessary to rest the players.

Both the teams are as follows:-

Delhi Capitals (XI): Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Kyle Jameson. Royal

Challengers Bangalore (XI): Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma and Rasikh Salaam Dar.