DC vs RCB: Why is Harshal Patel Not Playing Today’s Match IPL? Check RCB Playing 11

The crucial news development coming from the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp is that they have not included their premier pacer Harshal Patel in their starting XI for their 10th encounter of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) season against the Delhi Capitals (DC) being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will surely be feeling very much high on confidence as they are coming into this game on the back of an amazing 18-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants in their last match of IPL 2023.

DC vs RCB: Why is Harshal Patel Not Playing Today’s Match IPL?

During the toss, it was revealed that Harshal Patel is not included in the starting RCB playing XI for today’s DC vs RCB match. Interestingly, the right-arm pace bowler is once again part of the five substitute members list out of which one can be used as an Impact Player at any moment in the game. While coming in as the Impact Player during the last match against Lucknow Super Giants, Harshal bowled a fine spell where took figures of 1 for 20 from his 3.5 overs. He has taken as many as 11 wickets from 9 matches in IPL 2023 at an expensive economy of over 9. But, Patel is very much likely to be drafted as the Impact Player for RCB in this game against Delhi Capitals.

“We are going to have a bat, looks like a dry surface, and hopefully there won’t be dew tonight. T20 cricket has got to do a lot with momentum, we got to assess the conditions and post a good score. We have got a lot of away games, for me it’s not an issue. With this new impact player rule, you can be so flexible. We have batted well in the top four, and we have done bulk of the scoring. Kedar Jadhav – the old man, he comes back for us,” said Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis during the toss.

RCB Playing 11

1. Virat Kohli
2. Faf du Plessis (C)
3. Glenn Maxwell
4. Mahipal Lomror
5. Kedar Jadhav
6. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
7. Karn Sharma
8. Wanindu Hasaranga
9. Harshal Patel
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. Josh Hazlewood

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Harshal Patel IPL 2023 Price

During the IPL 2022 mega auction, the Royal Challengers Bangalore took a big decision when they picked pace bowler Harshal Patel at a whopping amount of INR 10.75 Crore. He was the Purple Cap winner for RCB in IPL 2021 and ended up taking as many as 19 wickets in IPL 2022. Therefore, RCB retained Harshal for IPL 2023 season.

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