Cricket News: IPL 2020 - Bangalore & Delhi face-off to seal top two spots in play-off

Delhi and Bangalore will face off in a crucial match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both the teams are eyeing to ensure a top-two finish by registering a win. Delhi have suffered 4 consecutive defeats. Delhi have failed to get a settled opening pair with Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane performing inconsistently. Pacers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will lead the Delhi pace attack. Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel will take the onus of the spin department. Delhi lost their previous match to Mumbai by 9 wickets and are placed 3rd in the points table. On the other hand, Bangalore too have come into the game on the back of three consecutive defeats. The Virat Kohli-led side's strength lies with their batting and in their last game against Hyderabad, the top-order failed to click which led to them falling to a five-wicket loss. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers are the team's backbone in the middle-order after the openers Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch. In their bowling, Yuzvendra Chahal has been their go-to-man while pacers Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj have struggled to keep up with the wr st spinner. Bangalore lost their previous match to Hyderabad by 5 wickets and are placed 2nd in the points table.