RCB has continued with their spotless record away from home. Krunal Pandya’s all-round performance across the two innings led the visitors to their seventh win of the season. Even though Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring a half-century, the visitors still chased down the target of 163 rather comfortably in the end.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 137/3 after 17 overs. Need 26 runs in 18 balls. Kohli: 50* (45), Krunal: 67* (44)
Virat Kohli has smashed his slowest half-century of the season, reaching the milestone in 45 balls.
It is his third consecutive fifty, sixth in the season, and fourth in a chase. Can he finish off yet another match for RCB? They have won all three games in which he has scored a half-century this season.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 125/3 after 16 overs. Need 38 runs in 24 balls. Kohli: 49* (43), Krunal: 56* (40)
Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya are acing this chase for the visitors. DC needs a wicket to get things back under their control. While Krunal reached his half-century in the previous over, Kohli too is getting closer to the milestone.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 114/3 after 15 overs. Need 49 runs in 30 balls. Kohli: 41* (39), Krunal: 53* (38)
Krunal Pandya has bounced back strongly and reached only his second half-century in the IPL. The left-handed batter accelerated quickly in the last few balls to reach the milestone in 38 deliveries. Can he lead the visitors to a win?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 105/3 after 14 overs. Need 58 runs in 36 balls. Kohli: 39* (36), Krunal: 47* (35)
Kuldeep Yadav has bowled out his four overs without picking up a single wicket. RCB too have climbed their way back into the game on the back of the last two overs. Mukesh Kumar was struck for a couple of sixes and gave away 15 runs in the 12th over. Kuldeep too gave away 12 runs in the following over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 73/3 after 11 overs. Need 90 runs in 60 balls. Kohli: 30* (29), Krunal: 24* (24)
The last two overs from Kuldeep Yadav and Dushmantha Chameera have cost only 17 runs to DC. The lack of runs has meant that the required run rate has now climbed to exactly 10 runs per over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 56/3 after 9 overs. Need 107 runs in 66 balls. Kohli: 23* (22), Krunal: 14* (19)
While Virat Kohli is barely striking above the run-a-ball pace, Krunal Pandya’s knock has put RCB under a great deal of pressure. The left-handed batter was promoted in the batting order to maintain a left-right combination. However, he has only scored 14 runs in 19 balls. The required run rate as a result has climbed to 9.7 runs per over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 50/3 after 8 overs. Need 113 runs in 72 balls. Kohli: 20* (19), Krunal: 11* (16)
Vipraj Nigam, bowling his first over, gave away 12 runs in the seventh over. The young leg spinner bowled a no-ball, which went for a four as well. However, Kuldeep Yadav came into the attack and gave away only three runs in his six balls.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 35/3 after 6 overs. Need 128 runs in 14 overs. Kohli: 15* (14), Krunal: 2* (8)
RCB would want their most successful player throughout the years to weave his magic once again. While DC has taken three wickets in the power play, Virat Kohli is still at the crease and can still win this single-handedly for the visiting team.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 26/3 after 4 overs. Need 137 runs in 16 overs. Kohli: 8* (9)
A brilliant piece of fielding from Karun Nair has sent the RCB skipper back to the pavilion. The visitors find themselves in troubled waters for the first time away from home.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 21/2 after 3 overs. Need 142 runs in 17 overs. Kohli: 8* (9), Patidar: 1* (1)
Axar Patel has gotten his team to a great start. The left-arm spinner, after giving away only four runs in the first over, picked up Jacob Bethell’s wicket on the second ball of the third over. In the same over, the DC skipper dismissed Devdutt Padikkal for a silver duck.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 4/0 after 1 over. Need 159 runs in 19 overs. Bethell: 2* (3), Kohli: 2* (3)
The DC skipper, Axar Patel, brought himself to bowl the first over. In the previous game as well, the left-arm spinner bowled the first over and bowled all four overs on the trot.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru has continued to perform brilliantly away from home. The Rajat Patidar-led side restricted the Delhi Capitals to a score of 162 runs. It was a complete bowling performance from the visitors. A target of 163 runs could be pretty straightforward for the likes of Virat Kohli in the second innings, who has made a name for himself chasing such totals. His wicket could be key for the Capitals on a surface that keeping a bit slow.
For the hosts, Abhishek Porel provided a great start, scoring 28 runs in only 11 balls. However, apart from him, the other top-order and middle-order batters found it pretty tough to bat on a slower surface in Delhi. Even though KL Rahul scored 41 runs, it was not a knock of substance as his strike rate remained 115.38.
Tristan Stubbs provided a great finish to the innings. The South African batter scored 34 runs in only 18 balls. In his knock, Stubbs smashed five fours and a solitary six.
Delhi Capitals are at 120/6 after 17 overs. Stubbs: 6* (6), Vipraj: 0* (1)
No fifty for KL Rahul as he is dismissed on the second ball of the 17th over. The right-handed batter was attempting to hit his first six of the innings but could not clear Jacob Bethell, who was stationed at long-off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, after conceding 25 runs in his first two overs, came on to bowl his third over and picked up two vital wickets as DC was trying to finish on a high note.
Ashutosh Sharma, coming as an impact sub, could not make a difference in the first innings. The right-handed batter could only last three balls before he was outdone by a slower delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, which rattled his stumps.
Delhi Capitals are at 117/4 after 16 overs. Rahul: 41* (38), Stubbs: 5* (5)
KL Rahul has played a slow and steady knock. However, with only four overs remaining, the Capitals will not only want their batter to score a half-century but also switch gears quickly and take them to a score of at least 160.
Delhi Capitals are at 108/4 after 15 overs. Rahul: 34* (34), Stubbs: 3* (3)
Even though Suyash Sharma did not pick up a wicket in his spell, the leg-spinner was pretty economical. The quiet overs from him have created a great deal of pressure on the DC batters, and as a result, they have lost their wickets to other bowlers.
Delhi Capitals are at 104/4 after 14 overs. Rahul: 32* (30), Stubbs: 1* (1)
Josh Hazlewood has often been the go-to bowler for Rajat Patidar whenever RCB finds themselves in any trouble. The Australian pacer before this game, as well, has picked up some crucial wickets. Coming on to bowl his third over, Hazlewood dismissed Axar Patel right at the time when the two batters were putting up a useful stand.
Delhi Capitals are at 87/3 after 12 overs. Rahul: 24* (24), Axar: 7* (8)
The hosts are being choked by the RCB bowlers. Apart from Abhishek Porel, none of the DC batters are looking comfortable on this pitch. They desperately need Axar and Rahul to put a useful stand here.
Delhi Capitals are at 72/3 after 10 overs. Rahul: 14* (16), Axar: 0* (1)
Krunal Pandya has continued his form away from home. The left-arm spinner has been their most successful and consistent bowler away from Bengaluru. Bowling his second over of the game, Krunal dismissed former RCB man, Faf du Plessis. The South African batter was finally put out of his misery after scoring 22 runs in 26 balls.
Delhi Capitals are at 69/2 after 9 overs. Du Plessis: 21* (24), Rahul: 14* (16)
KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis are both striking at 87.5 currently. However, the run rate for DC is still close to eight runs per over, thanks to the blistering 10-ball knock Abhishek Porel played. The RCB bowlers will be wary of the fact that these two are pretty experienced and can quickly change gears.
Delhi Capitals are at 52/2 after 6 overs. Du Plessis: 14* (15), Rahul: 4* (6)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru has shown why they are the best travelling team in the season. Against the Capitals, they were put under a great deal of pressure from Abhishek Porel early on in the innings. However, Josh Hazlewood dismissed the young batter in his first over before Yash Dayal picked up the second wicket of the power play.
Delhi Capitals are at 45/2 after 5 overs. Du Plessis: 10* (14), Rahul: 1* (2)
Yash Dayal, after bowling the first no-ball by an RCB bowler this season, made a strong comeback in the fifth over. The left-arm pacer dismissed Karun Nair on the fourth ball of the over.
KL Rahul played a match-winning knock in the previous game against the same opponents. He is now at the crease and would need to play a big knock to bail the hosts out of trouble.
Delhi Capitals are at 37/1 after 4 overs. Du Plessis: 4* (11), Nair: 4* (2)
Abhishek Porel’s dream start has come to an end thanks to Josh Hazlewood. The left-handed batter had already scored 28 runs in 10 balls, but Faf du Plessis’ knock from the opposite end was putting the young DC batter under some pressure. The veteran South African batter on the other end is finding it pretty difficult.
Delhi Capitals are at 15/0 after 2 overs. Porel: 12* (5), Du Plessis: 3* (7)
Faf du Plessis made a return to open the innings for Delhi Capitals. After missing out on the last few games, the South African batter has started on a quiet note. In the seven balls he has faced so far in the first two overs, du Plessis has scored only three runs.
RCB won the toss and elected to field first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
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