DC vs RCB IPL 2022: Is Harshal Patel Playing Today?

Harshal Patel IPL 2022: Things went quite wayward for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their most recent match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season against Chennai Super Kings as they conceded a convincing 23-run defeat. One of the major reasons for the RCB loss was the absence of their premier pace bowler Harshal Patel. After the sudden demise of his young sister, Harshal unfortunately had to leave the IPL 2022 bio-bubble post the game against Mumbai Indians on 9 April in Pune.

DC vs RCB IPL 2022: Is Harshal Patel Playing Today?

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are now scheduled to take on the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 16 April, 2022. However, the big news is that Harshal Patel has joined the IPL 2022 bio-bubble and already completed his mandatory quarantine of three days. Harshal is all set to make his return into the RCB playing 11 for the crucial game against Delhi Capitals on Saturday.

After the last loss against Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis stressed a lot on Harshal’s importance in their bowling attack. The Haryana cricketer has performed really well for RCB both in the IPL 2021 season and in the ongoing edition of the T20 tournament.

“You see the value of Harshal, and what he offers. He has the ability to stop the game. We missed that tonight, we had a similar tone to the bowling. We lacked the variety we needed in our attack. Hopefully, we can have him soon again,” said RCB captain Faf du Plessis after the loss against Chennai Super Kings.

During the IPL 2021 season, Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap for his terrific display of bowling especially at the death and ended as the leading wicket-taker with a total of 32 wickets from 15 matches at an economy of 8.14. In 4 games of IPL 2022, Harshal has picked up as many as 6 wickets at an amazing economy of 5.50.

Harshal Patel Stats in IPL

Matches	Wickets	Economy	IPL 2021 Performance	Recent Form
67	84	8.36	32 wickets	2/23, 1/18, 2/11, 1/36, 1/29

Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Probable RCB Playing 11

In the upcoming game against Delhi Capitals, the Royal Challengers Bangalore are very much expected to drop Akash Deep who has been really expensive during the last few games.

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RCB Playing 11
1. Faf du Plessis (C)
2. Anuj Rawat
3. Virat Kohli
4. Glenn Maxwell
5. Suyash Prabhudessai
6. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
7. Shahbaz Ahmed
8. Wanindu Hasaranga
9. Harshal Patel
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. Josh Hazlewood

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RCB 2022 squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Chama Milind, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Suyash Prabhudesai, Aneeshwar Gautam, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.

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