KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs put on a 100-run partnership for the fifth wicket to seal a victory for the visitors. Rahul playing against his former franchise put on a display of smart batting with a full range of shots. Their partnership not only won DC the game but also helped them boost their net run rate as they chased down the target with 13 balls to spare.
Delhi Capitals are at 146/4 after 17 overs. Need 18 runs in 18 balls. Rahul: 76* (49), Stubbs: 37* (22)
Both KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs played out the 17th over carefully as they knew it was the last over from RCB’s highly experienced bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. They played risk-free shots and still collected 12 runs in the over.
Delhi Capitals are at 134/4 after 16 overs. Need 30 runs in 24 balls. Rahul: 74* (47), Stubbs: 27* (18)
Suyash Sharma returned to bowl his final over. It was the final roll of the dice for Rajat Patidar. He was hit for a four and a six by Tristan Stubbs on the fourth and the fifth balls of the over. He had only conceded a four in his spell before this over.
Delhi Capitals are at 121/4 after 15 overs. Need 43 runs in 30 balls. Rahul: 73* (45), Stubbs: 15* (14)
Delhi Capitals slight favorite after the 15th over. KL Rahul started the over from Josh Hazlewood with two fours on the trot. However, there are a few drops of rain falling at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Delhi Capitals were behind the DLS par score by eight runs at the start of the 15th over. A 22-run over must have put them ahead at the end of the over.
Delhi Capitals are at 99/4 after 14 overs. Need 65 runs in 36 balls. Rahul: 51* (39), Stubbs: 15* (14)
Unlike Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul’s return to the Chinnaswamy Stadium was pretty fruitful. The Indian wicketkeeper batter scored back-to-back fifties. It was the first half-century of the match. Can he lead the Delhi Capitals to a victory against his former franchise at his home ground?
Delhi Capitals are at 94/4 after 13 overs. Need 70 runs in 42 balls. Rahul: 48* (35), Stubbs: 13* (12)
KL Rahul continues the momentum from the previous over as the Capitals start to accelerate. The wicketkeeper batter struck a four and a six to put some pressure back on the hosts. The last two overs have been great for the Capitals with 27 runs coming off them.
Delhi Capitals are at 80/4 after 12 overs. Need 84 runs in 48 balls. Rahul: 36* (31), Stubbs: 11* (10)
Krunal Pandya could not sustain the pressure created by Suyash Sharma in the previous over. The left-arm off-spinner was hit for a four and a six by Tristan Stubbs and KL Rahul, respectively.
Delhi Capitals are at 67/4 after 11 overs. Need 97 runs in 54 balls. Rahul: 29* (29), Stubbs: 5* (6)
Suyash Sharma has bowled with some great control tonight. The young leg spinner conceded only a single run in his third over. He has made sure that DC has fallen very much behind the asking rate.
Delhi Capitals are at 66/4 after 10 overs. Need 98 runs in 60 balls. Rahul: 29* (25), Stubbs: 4* (4)
The hosts have tightened their grip on the match by putting a chokehold on the visitors. KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs need to manufacture a decent stand to seal the win for their side.
Delhi Capitals are at 58/4 after 8.4 overs. Need 106 runs in 68 balls. Rahul: 25* (21)
Suyash Sharma picked up his first wicket of the match. He dismissed Axar Patel after being hit for a four in the over. The DC skipper has left his team in a precarious position.
Delhi Capitals are at 52/3 after 8 overs. Need 112 runs in 72 balls. Rahul: 25* (21), Axar: 9* (7)
KL Rahul broke the shackles hitting Josh Hazlewood for a six. However, it was not a confident-looking shot as it was a top-edge flying over the boundary behind the wicketkeeper.
Delhi Capitals are at 42/3 after 7 overs. Need 122 runs in 78 balls. Rahul: 17* (17), Axar: 7* (5)
Suyash Sharma came into the game as the impact sub replacing Devdutt Padikkal. The leg-spinner bowled a great over. He went for only three runs in his first over.
Delhi Capitals are at 39/3 after 6 overs. Need 125 runs in 14 overs. Rahul: 14* (11), Axar: 7* (5)
Josh Hazlewood came to bowl his first over of the match. The Australian pacer conceded the first boundary after 11 balls. Eight runs were scored off his first over.
Delhi Capitals are at 31/3 after 5 overs. Need 133 runs in 15 overs. Rahul: 12* (8), Axar: 1* (1)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is bowling his third over in the innings. He got another wicket dismissing impact sub, Abhishek Porel. DC is losing its head in the chase and needs a partnership to steady its innings. With this wicket, Bhuvneshwar has overtaken Ravichandran Ashwin to become the third-highest wicket-taker in the history of the IPL.
The hosts are back on top of the visitors and would like to keep the same momentum going. However, for some reason, Josh Hazlewood is yet to feature with the ball in hand. He had attempted a diving stop on the boundary on the last ball of the third over.
Delhi Capitals are at 30/2 after 4 overs. Need 134 runs in 16 overs. Porel: 7* (4), Rahul: 12* (7)
KL Rahul gets a life in his chase. The Indian batter had skied a delivery from Yash Dayal but RCB skipper, Rajat Patidar dropped a pretty tough catch running back. He struck a boundary on the very next ball to add salt to RCB’s wounds.
Delhi Capitals are at 21/2 after 3 overs. Need 143 runs in 17 overs. Porel: 6* (2), Rahul: 5* (3)
Jake Fraser McGurk after being out for a duck in the previous game against Chennai Super Kings was dismissed for another low score. Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his second over got his first wicket and has put RCB right back into this game.
Delhi Capitals are at 9/1 after 2 overs. Need 155 runs in 18 overs. Fraser McGurk: 7* (5)
Faf du Plessis's return to the Chinnaswamy Stadium is ruined. The South African sustained an injury in the first innings and was then dismissed after scoring only two runs in the second innings.
Delhi Capitals are at 1/0 after 1 over. Need 163 runs in 19 overs. Du Plessis: 1* (4), Fraser McGurk: 0* (2)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was right on the money on the first over. He bowled three dot balls to Faf du Plessis to start the over. The South African batter was returning to his former home ground, having captained RCB in the past few seasons. He survived a close run out on the fourth ball of the over.
Delhi Capitals made a sensational comeback in the first innings. The visitors had conceded 53 runs in the first three overs but a run-out in the fourth over triggered a collapse. The hosts could only score 163 runs in the first innings.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 125/7 after 17.1 overs. David: 3* (7)
Vipraj Nigam dismissed Krunal Pandya to get his second wicket of the match. RCB has been left in shambles thanks to the DC spinners.
Kuldeep Yadav has bowled out with impressive figures of 4-0-17-2. The left-arm spinner has led the spin attack beautifully.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 117/6 after 15 overs. Krunal: 13* (11), David: 0* (1)
Kuldeep Yadav continues to shine with another great over. The left-arm spinner has gotten rid of the RCB skipper who had been in some great form leading up to this game. He has bowled three overs so far in the innings and has gone for only 13 runs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 105/5 after 13 overs. Patidar: 24* (20), Krunal: 2* (3)
Kuldeep Yadav came back into the attack and struck with only his second ball of the second over. Jitesh Sharma survived a close shave on the first ball as the umpire gave an LBW not out. However, on the following ball, Kuldeep induced a top-edge from Jitesh and the ball ballooned up in the air with KL Rahul completing the simple catch. The RCB wicketkeeper played a very poor knock scoring only three runs in 11 balls.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 101/4 after 12 overs. Patidar: 23* (19), Jitesh: 3* (9)
The innings for Royal Challengers Bengaluru seem to be going nowhere. The duo of Patidar and Jitesh Sharma are playing cautiously with the last couple of overs going for only 11 runs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 91/4 after 10 overs. Patidar: 15* (13), Jitesh: 0* (3)
Mohit Sharma came into the attack and made an immediate impact on the game. The right-arm pacer struck with his third ball and dismissed Liam Livingstone.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 89/3 after 9 overs. Patidar: 14* (12), Livingstone: 3* (4)
Kuldeep Yadav came into the attack to bowl the ninth over. The experienced Indian spinner bowled a quiet over going for only five runs. RCB after a great start has lost momentum and Rajat Patidar would need to push for some boundaries against the DC spinners.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 74/3 after 7 overs. Patidar: 2* (4)
Vipraj Nigam got the big fish as the young leg-spinner dismissed Virat Kohli. He was hit for a six on the third ball of the over by Kohli but bounced back to get him on the last ball of the over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 64/2 after 6 overs. Kohli: 14* (10), Patidar: 0* (2)
After conceding 53 runs in the first three overs, the visitors made a strong comeback in the rest of the powerplay. The last three overs went for only 11 runs. Axar’s fourth over also brought upon the first wicket for the Capitals albeit a run out. The skipper was also involved in the second wicket as he completed the catch to send Padikkal back to the pavilion. Mukesh Kumar bowled a wicket-maiden over to end the powerplay.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 64/1 after 5 overs. Kohli: 14* (10), Padikkal: 1* (4)
Vipraj Nigam after accounting for Salt’s wicket came in to bowl the fifth over. The young leg-spinner bowled a cheap over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 62/1 after 4 overs. Kohli: 13* (7), Padikkal: 0* (1)
Virat Kohli struck a record-breaking six against Axar Patel in the fourth over to reach 1000 boundaries in the IPL, becoming the first player to do so. However, a mix-up between him and Phil Salt resulted in the latter’s dismissal via run-out.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 53/0 after 3 overs. Salt: 36* (14), Kohli: 6* (5)
Phil Salt has berserk against his former team. After smashing a four and a six against Axar Patel, the English opener welcomed Starc into his second over with a six before hitting three fours and a six on a free hit on the first four balls.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 23/0 after 2 overs. Salt: 12* (8), Kohli: 6* (4)
Axar Patel brought himself into the attack in the second over itself. The DC skipper was struck for a couple of fours and a six in the over by Virat Kohli and Phil Salt.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are at 7/0 after 1 over. Salt: 1* (5), Kohli: 1* (1)
Mitchell Starc bowling the first over had a wayward start. He was on the money for the first couple of balls before a bouncer went over the batter and wicketkeeper’s head resulting in five runs off wides.
DC won the toss and elected to bowl first at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Two of the strongest teams in the tournament so far will clash against each other as the Chinnaswamy Stadium hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals. The two teams led by rather inexperienced captains at this level have showcased a great amount of consistency in their performances as well as picking their playing XIs.
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma
Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
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