Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) received again to profitable methods, beating Delhi Capitals (DC) by 23 runs on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
Asked to bat first, the house aspect made 174 – a rating which appeared underwhelming on the break – earlier than its bowlers made it a night to recollect. For DC although, the agony piled, for it was a fifth consecutive defeat.
With considerable swing and seam motion, RCB pacers lowered the customer to 2 for 3. Prithvi Shaw was run out by an excellent throw from cowl by an off-balance Anuj Rawat. Mitchell Marsh was caught off a forefront and Yash Dhull trapped in entrance by Mohammed Siraj.
David Warner (19, 13b) hit Siraj for a hat-trick of fours, however quickly miscued a pull to turned native lad V. Vyshak’s maiden IPL sufferer. The right-arm pacer went on to scalp the in-form Axar Patel, and finally completed with spectacular figures of 4-0-20-3 on debut.
Manish Pandey resisted (50, 38b, 5×4, 1×6), however the contest was nearly over when Wanindu Hasaranga received a leg-before resolution overturned to ship the Karnataka batter again.
As it occurred
Earlier, RCB rode on Virat Kohli’s 50 (34b, 6×4, 1×6) however had a forgettable PowerPlay, scoring simply 47 runs and struggling in opposition to spin (16 runs from three overs).
Kohli received issues shifting, slapping Kuldeep Yadav for a 4, creaming Mustafizur Rahman previous long-off and flicking the left-arm pacer for a six earlier than citing his half-century (33b).
But he fell to Lalit Yadav within the eleventh over, hitting a full toss straight to deep mid-wicket. Not lengthy after, Kuldeep eliminated Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik off consecutive deliveries, with the previous foxed by a googly.
With RCB 132 for six, Rawat was introduced in because the Impact Player. Runs didn’t come at a quick clip – solely 4 boundaries within the final six overs – however the 42-run partnership with Shahbaz Ahmed supplied the RCB bowlers sufficient cushion to wreak havoc later.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com