IPL 2020: DC vs RCB: Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 Wickets

 

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IPL 2020: The current IPL tour of Virat Kohli & Company looked as shaky as the start. Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore face off at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday to finalize the play-offs. Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Delhi Capitals, had the last laugh in the fight for the 2nd place in the points table.

Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in Abu Dhabi. Delhi captain Shreyas won the toss. But despite winning the toss, he decided to field first. In the first innings, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and scored 152 runs. In reply, Delhi Capitals lost 4 wickets in 19 overs and won the match by 154 runs.

Delhi's batting line-up looks shaky from day one. Opener Josh Philip was out for just 12 runs. However, another opener Devdutt Padikkal was continuing the game in his glory. Then Bangalore captain Virat Kohli was dismissed for 29 off 24 balls. AB de Villiers tried to catch the match but was run out at 35. At that time the Devdutt Padikkal made a half century.But Devdutt was out for 50 runs. And that is why the huge team fell in front of a great danger. Everyone from Chris Morris to Shivam Dubey , Isuru Udana went back to the pavilion at the speed of a storm. Bangalore lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 152 runs, which is like a kind of sniff for Delhi! Delhi's Anrich Nortje and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled brilliantly on the day. This is the first time Ashwin has taken a wicket from Virat Kohli in the IPL. Nortje took 3 wickets and Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets.

Delhi, on the other hand, lost the wicket of Prithvi Shaw in 1 over 4 balls. And then Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan took the helm of the match. The two also formed a 100-run partnership. The good news for Delhi is that Ajinkya Rahane returned to the run after a long absence. Shikhar Dhawan also batted well on this day. However, Gabbar was dismissed for 54 off 41 balls. Rahane, on the other hand, returned to the pavilion for 60 off 48 balls.

Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer was also dismissed for just six runs. However, both Rahane and Gabbar paved the way for winning the match. In the end, Rishabh Panth and Marcus Stoinis led Delhi to victory in 19 overs. Like the batting, the bowlers of Bangalore could not look at the bowling on this day. Mohammad Siraj and Washington Sundar took 1 wicket each and Shahbaz Ahmed took 2 wickets.

After winning this match, Delhi Capitals secured the 2nd position in the table with 16 points. There are no more obstacles in front of Shreyas' team. Delhi also reached the play-offs. However, the most shocking thing is that even after losing this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore took a place in the play-offs. And the only reason is the net run rate (NRR).

Despite Delhi win the match on today, they had to play more than 17overs and 2balls, That is why the RCB went ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders in net run rate. If Delhi Capitals had won today's match in 15 overs, Bangalore's play-off would not have been ready. That means Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have reached the play-offs at the moment. Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to fight for the fourth place.

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IPL 2020: DC vs RCB: Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs

 Delhi Capitals dished out a clinical performance to outclass Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs and reclaim the pole position within the Indian Premier League here on Monday.

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IPL 2020: Asked to bat first, blistering knocks by Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis (53) and Prithvi Shaw (42) powered Delhi Capitals to 196 for four.

Pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada then led a fine bowling display to finish with excellent figures of 4/24, including picking the massive wicket of Virat Kohli.

With 43 off 39 balls, skipper Kohli, who became became the first Indian batsman and the seventh within the world to surpass 9000 T20 runs, was the highest scorer for his side.

But the chase master could do little as his team was stopped at 137 for nine.

With the win, Delhi reclaimed their position at the top, having lost just one game within the tournament so far.

Stoinis, who was dropped on 30 by Yuzvendra Chahal, made RCB pay for the mistake as he raced to his 53 in only 26 balls, hitting two towering sixes and 6 fours at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Shaw, however, missed what would have been a well-deserved half-century.

Chasing a stiff total, RCB were never in the game after losing the wickets of the in-form opener Devdutt Padikkal (4), Aaron Finch (13) and AB de Villiers (9) within the Powerplay to Delhi spinners Ashwin (1/26) and Axar Patel (2/18) and pacer Anrich Nortje (2/22).

Finch (13) got three reprieves. First, Rabada put down a simple caught and bowled chance when the Australian ODI and T20 skipper was on zero. He was again dropped on six by Dhawan off Nortje.

There was another incident involving Finch as he was caught well outside the crease at the non-striker's end, earning himself a warning from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. However, the right-handed batsman couldn't capitalise on his chances.

With RCB reeling at 43 for 3 , skipper Kohli was joined in the middle by Moeen Ali (11). The duo added 32-runs before Axar broke the stand by getting rid of the england all-rounder.

Earlier, Shaw provided a blazing start, hitting three fours off pacer Isuru Udana within the game's very first over. His innings was laced with five boundaries and two maximums.

The opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan (32 off 28-balls) and Shaw put up a 68-run stand and looked to go the distance before the RCB bowlers made a splendid comeback.

Mohammed Siraj provided the first breakthrough for his team by removing the dangerous looking Shaw.

After Udana accounted for Dhawan, young Devdutt Padikkal pulled off a superb catch at the boundary to dismiss DC's in-form skipper Shreyas Iyer (11).

Stoinis and Rishabh Pant (37) immediately got into the recovery act. The duo stitched an 89-run partnership. Shimron Hetmyer also played a short cameo, the Guyanese hitting a six in the last over.

Siraj (2/34 in 4 overs) was the most impressive bowler for RCB as he picked the key wickets off Shaw and Pant.

After an expensive first over, Chahal pulled things back but couldn't provide a breakthrough for his team.

Playing in place of Adam Zampa, Moeen Ali (1/21) and Udana (1/40) claimed a wicket each, while Washington Sundar (0/20 in four overs) was the most economical.

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