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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IPL 2020: DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 18 runs

 Delhi Capitals (DC) have registered their third win by beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 18 runs. Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi made 73 runs in 30 balls to bring KKR back into the match. But KKR lost this game as soon as both batsmen were out.

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IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals (DC) have registered their third win by beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 18 runs. With this, Delhi has now reached the top of the points table with 6 points. While batting first here, Delhi gave Kolkata a huge target of 229 runs, in which KKR could score 210 runs. For KKR, apart from Nitish Rana (58), Eoin Morgan (44) played quick innings but he could not win his team.

Kolkata lost their 6 wickets for 123 runs. Rahul Tripathi and Eoin Morgan were on the field now. Both batsmen scored 77 runs in the next 30 balls to reach KKR's score of 200. But on this score, Eoin Morgan (44), who was playing a brilliant innings, was dismissed. In his 18-ball innings, Morgan scored 1 four and 5 sixes. Rahul Tripathi also supported him at the other end. He scored 36 runs in his 16-ball innings with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. However, in the 20th over, he was bowled by Stoinis' ball and KKR's hopes of winning the match were dashed.

The Kolkata Knight Riders team had to face a huge challenge here. He needed to start his opening batsman Sunil Narine today. But Naren failed in his fourth match of the season. Nortje bowled him for the first blow with a personal score of 3 runs. KKR will now have to think about Sunil Narine's performance. Naren has proved to be a flop in all four innings so far. After losing the first wicket.

Nitish Rana came to the crease and played Shubman Gill in a brilliant style. Both batsmen added 59 runs by the end of the Powerplay game. But after the powerplay, Shubman Gill (29) was dismissed by the ball of Amit Mishra. Rishabh Pant caught his easy catch.

KKR had fielded their powerful batsman Andre Russell at number 4 today for the purpose of doing a big blast on this small ground. But Russell was able to score only 13 runs here. He was hunted by Kagiso Rabada. Nitish Rana, who was batting brilliantly after Russell, caught Akshar Patel (Substitute) in an attempt to hit a long shot off Harshal Patel. Rana scored four fours and four sixes in this 35-ball innings. This was KKR's fourth wicket at 117. But on the next ball of Harshal, captain Dinesh Karthik also gave a catch to Shikhar Dhawan and made KKR more difficult.

In the end, Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi made 73 runs in 30 balls to bring KKR back into the match. But both batsmen lost their wickets in an attempt to maintain the required run pace and KKR returned to the match and lost the game by 18 runs.

Earlier, Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss here and invited Delhi to bat first. Delhi had set a mammoth 228-run target in front of KKR thanks to the brilliant half-century of captain Shreyas Iyer (88 *) and Prithvi Shaw (66).

apart from these two, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant (38) and Shikhar Dhawan (26) scored excellent runs. For KKR, only Andre Russell was the lowest bowler in his 4 overs, taking 2 wickets for 29 runs.

The pair of Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan added 56 runs for the first wicket here. After this, Shikhar Varun Chakraborty lost his wicket on the ball, then he was joined by Captain Iyer, who shared a 73-run partnership for the second wicket. Here, Prithvi Shaw was dismissed by Kamlesh Nagerkoti on a personal score of 66. Sav scored 4 fours and 4 sixes in this 41-ball innings.

Captain Iyer also scored an unbeaten 88 off 38 balls, in which he hit 7 fours and 6 sixes. Apart from him, Pant contributed useful runs of 38 runs in 17 balls, which included 5 fours and a six.