Delhi Capitals (DC) will be facing Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their fifth match of the IPL 2020 tournament in Dubai on Monday, October 5, 2020.

But they have been dealt a big blow before this important match as veteran leg spinner Amit Mishra has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to a finger injury, as per ANI reports.

Amit Mishra had injured his finger while fielding in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday and managed to bowl just 2 overs and picking the wicket of Shubman Gill.

"The reports have come in and it is bad news. He will be unavailable for the rest of the season and we will need to look at a replacement. The worst part is that he was looking in great rhythm and bowling really well. His experience was something that was not just helping him in the middle on these UAE wickets, but also the youngsters in the team," ANI quoted a Delhi official as saying.

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Shreyas Iyer had said it was unfortunate to lose Mishra in the game, although they ended up winning. "Unfortunate to lose Mishra in the middle when he was spinning the ball really well. We were confident we had two good overs left, but anything could happen, it is a funny game in T20s and especially here in Sharjah," he had said in the post-match presentation.

DC has the option of playing either Akshar Patel in Mishra’s place or make space for Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane.

(ANI inputs)