Virat Kohli is coming home.
And he’s not alone—he’s bringing with him passion, fire, and a mission: to show the world that Arun Jaitley Stadium is King Kohli’s fortress.
The Delhi Capitals handed RCB a tough loss in Bengaluru not too long ago, and now the reverse fixture is Kohli’s shot at sweet revenge.
But before the showdown, let’s take a look at his numbers in Delhi:
In the 10 IPL matches he’s played here, Virat has smashed 483 runs. Translation: The bat has always done the talking! Average? A royal 69. Strike rate? 145.5 – bowlers lose sleep just thinking about it. He has crossed the 50-run-mark in 5 of those 10 innings here.
And if we put Chinnaswamy aside (his home turf and personal playground), Arun Jaitley Stadium stands as his third-most productive venue across 29 stadiums in IPL history.
Delhi’s heat + Kohli in form = Something big is coming.
But Delhi has been the team to beat this season. There's a reason why they sit at the 2nd spot, a place above the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, despite playing a game less than them.
It has always been a neck and neck fight between the two sides. Since 2020, the two sides have locked horns 9 times, with RCB winning 5 of those encounters. But it has been a neck and neck contest between the two lately, with DC also winning 4 of those games.
Squads:
Delhi Capitals:
Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Donovan Ferreira, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, Tripurana Vijay, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
