DC vs RCB April 7 — Can Kohli Win at Delhi? Pitch Report, XI Prediction & Analysis

RCB go into Match 10 at Arun Jaitley Stadium as the only unbeaten team. But Delhi is historically a bad venue for RCB. Full pitch report, playing XI prediction and match analysis for tonight.

Delhi Capitals host Royal Challengers Bengaluru tonight at Arun Jaitley Stadium in what is Match 10 of IPL 2026. Toss at 7:00 PM, match at 7:30 PM IST. RCB come in as the only unbeaten team — 4 wins from 4 — while DC are at the bottom of the table with 0 wins from 2 games. On paper this looks like an easy RCB win. But cricket is not played on paper and Arun Jaitley has historically been cruel to RCB.

RCB's record at Arun Jaitley: Won 4, Lost 11 in the last 15 visits. Kohli personally averages 42 at this ground which is decent, but the team collapses at Delhi more than anywhere else. DC will use spinners aggressively on this pitch. Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav together have taken 34 wickets at this ground over the last 3 seasons. If DC win the toss and bowl, the spinners could hurt RCB's middle order significantly.

Arun Jaitley pitch is slower than Chinnaswamy and favors spin in the second half of each innings. Expected first innings total: 165-185. Dew settles after 9:30 PM which makes chasing harder for the bowling side. Teams batting first have won 6 of the last 9 games at this venue this season. RCB might prefer to bat first if they win the toss. DC will want to field — their death bowling (Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman) has been their strong point even in defeats.

Predicted XIs — RCB: Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Krunal Pandya, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood. DC: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan. Prediction: RCB to win — their bowling attack is superior and Kohli will be motivated to end Delhi jinx.