Delhi Capitals scored their fourth consecutive win in the IPL. On Thursday, the team beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. KL Rahul scored a match -winning fifty from Delhi. Kuldeep Yadav and Vidaraj Nigam took 2-2 wickets.
Delhi chose to bowl at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bengaluru lost 16 wickets for 163 runs. Delhi achieved the target by losing only 4 wickets in 17.5 overs. Bhubaneswar Kumar took 2 wickets from Bengaluru. Tim David and Phil Salt scored 37-37 runs. Read Match Updates …
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Chasing a target of 164 runs, Delhi lost 3 wickets for 30 runs. In the third over, KL Rahul came to bat and took over the innings. He scored 20 runs with Abhishek Porel and 28 with Captain Akshar Patel. He then won the team by 6 wickets by partnership with Triston Stubs.
2. The hero of the win
- Triston Stubs: Stubs batted cautiously after losing 4 wickets in the 9th over. He scored 38 runs and survived the end, giving the team a victory.
- Visit Corporation: Bowling from Delhi, Leg Spinner Varaj took 2 big wickets. He sent Virat Kohli and Karnal Pandya to the pavilion.
- Kuldeep Yadav: Kuldeep bowled in the middle of the over and gave up only 17 runs in 4 overs. He also sent Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma to the pavilion.
3. Fighter of the Match
Bhubaneswar Kumar gave RCB two wickets in powerplay while trying to defend the target of 164 runs. He caught Jack Fraser Megark and Abhishek Porel behind. He gave only 26 runs in 4 overs, but he got no support from the other end.
4. Turning points
RCB scored fifty runs in 3 overs after losing the toss first. Phil Salt run out due to confusion in the fourth over. From here the team started to collapse and could not score a big score. RCB's score on Chinnaswamy's batting pitch could only reach 163.
5. Points are in the top-2 of the table
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow has a Purple Cap with Orange Cap and Noor Ahmed of Chennai. Delhi defeated Bengaluru and won the fourth consecutive win. With this, the team reached second with 8 points. See points table …
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