Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals in the 56th match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

Head 2 head count between RCB & DC stands at 15-10 with Bangalore dominating Delhi. The last time these two teams met in the first leg, RCB defeated DC by just 1 run. Playing XI of both teams are:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, George Garton, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Delhi Capitals (DC) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ripal Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje