An all-round performance from DC in this match. With tonight's win DC go on the top of the points table. They have overtaken MI. But MI can reclaim the top spot at the end of tomorrow night. It won't be easy for them as they RR. But it is possible given the form MI are in. So join us tomorrowm for the coverage of the match between MI and RR. For now it is goodnight!
Axar Patel: I knew it was stopping on the wicket. I knew I would bowl in the powerplay and I had practiced for it as well. I think I executed my plans really well. My plan after speaking to batsmen was that since the wicket was slow, I wanted to bowl at the stumps and vary the pace. In the powerplay I was in a mood to defend at first, but when the third ball spun I changed gears and got into an attack mode.
Player of the Match
For bowling a decent spell of 4-0-18-2 and keeping RCB's charge in the powerplay in the control. DC's Axar Patel is the Player of the Match.
Shreyas Iyer: Our strategy was to be fearless and play with full freedon. We have got good youngsters in our side, so we just need to go out and execute our talent and skills. I am very happy with the way things are going so far, and we need to keep up the momentum. When we come on to the ground we talk about comprehensive victories. The boys have been working really hard and we have maintained our temperament really well. It is important for us to get a good recovery. It isn't easy going back into the bio bubble, so we try to spend time with each other and that is working really well for us. It is saddening when a senior player who was doing amazingly well gets injured but we have got good replacements as well. Chopping and changing spoils the atmosphere in the team so we're trying to keep it really simple. I am feeling really good (about myself).
Virat Kohli: I think they got off to a great start in the first six then we pulled it back in the next 8 overs and the last phase again got away from us. Those important chances in between we need to grab when the opportunity comes our way, it is not like we are dropping half chances, we are dropping sitters and those things hurt you. The execution with the ball towards the end could have been better and with the bat as well. Not a complete performance in any regard today. We were quite aggressive with the new ball, Prithvi and Shkihar batted really well. I think Prithvi took the game on and we expected that, we kept a catching position and even tried to pick a wicket with the spinner. We got into the game after the first six and then Stoinis batted really well in the end, we gave him a life, he took the game away from us. Chris was really close to playing today as well but couldn't make it. We have four days to the next game, once he comes back into the squad it is a different balance altogether. The good thing is we have won three out of five, we have lost two where we haven't played good cricket, so I think it is about rectifying those small mistakes.
Result
Delhi Capitals win by 59 runs
RCB 136/9 after 20 overs.
Harshal Patel to bowl the last over. Saini is on strike.
19.1 Fuller delivery and Saini plays the ball to off side for 2 runs.
19.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Saini plays the ball straight back over the bowler's head for a boundary.
19.3 Fuller delivery and Saini blocks.
19.4 Fuller delivery and Saini plays the ball down to third man for a single.
19.4 WIDE! Poor ball down the leg side. Saini takes a single.
19.5 Short ball outside off. Saini goes for big shot but misses.
19.6 Short ball and the ball takes the inside edge and goes to off side. Saini takes a single.
RCB 127/9 after 19 overs.
Nortje to bowl. Siraj is on strike.
18.1 Fuller delivery and Siraj plays the ball to deep cover for a single.
18.2 Fuller delivery and Saini plays the ball to mid off.
18.3 Fuller delivery and Siraj plays the ball for a single.
18.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Siraj makes room and hits the ball down to third man for a boundary.
18.5 Fuller delivery and Siraj misses.
18.6 WICKET! Siraj b Nortje 5(4)
Fuller delivery and Siraj makes room. Nortje hits the bull'e eye!
RCB 121/8 after 18 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Dube is on strike.
17.1 WICKET! Shivam Dube b Rabada 11(12)
Fuller delivery fired on the stumps. Dube goes for wild swing but fails to connect the bat onto the ball. The ball hits the stumps.
Navdeep Saini is on strike,
17.2 Short ball and Saini plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
17.3 WICKET! Udana c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada 1(3)
Short ball outside off. Udana goes for big shot. The ball hits the lower end of the bat and goes in the air. Shreyas Iyer takes an easy catch.
Mohammed Siraj is the new batsman. Saini is on strike.
17.4 Fuller delivery and Saini plays the ball to sweeper cover for 2 runs.
17.5 Full and Straight. Saini fails to connect the bat onto the ball.
17.6 Full and straight delivery and Saini blocks.
RCB 118/6 after 17 overs.
Nortje to bowl. Dube is on strike. Isuru Udana is the new batsman.
16.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Dube plays the ball to long off for a single.
16.2 Fuller delivery outside off. Udana plays the ball down to third man for a single.
16.3 Fuller delivery and Dube plays the ball down to mid off.
16.4 Short ball and Dube swings. The ball goes past him.
16.5 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery and the ball hits the leg and goes down to fine leg. The batsman takes a single.
16.6 Short ball and Udana swings his bat but fails to connect. The ball goes to the keeper.
RCB 115/6 after 16 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Sundar is on strike.
15.1 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Sundar cuts the ball to third man for a boundary.
15.2 Short ball and Sundar goes for swing but misses.
15.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Sundar smacks the ball down the ground for a boundary.
15.4 Back of the length delivery. Sundar plays the ball to cover for a single.
15.5 Fuller delivery and Sundar plays the ball down to third man for a single.
15.6 WICKET! Washington Sundar c Ashwin b Rabada 17(11)
Good length delivery and Sundar swings. The ball goes straight into the hands of Ashwin at short midwicket.
RCB 105/5 after 15 overs.
Ashwin to bowl. Dube is on strike.
14.1 Beaten! Fuller delivery which turns after pitching and beats the outside edge.
14.2 Short ball and Dube plays the ball to off side for a single.
14.3 Fuller delivery and Sundar plays the ball to point.
14.4 Short delivey and Sundar plays the ball to deep for a single.
14.5 SIX! Fuller delivery and Dube powers the ball over long on for a maximum.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Dube plays the ball to leg side for a single.
RCB 97/5 after 14 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
13.1 WIDE! Poor ball from Rabada as he bowls down the leg side.
13.1 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball to square leg for a single.
13.2 Short delivery outside off stump. Sundar works the ball down to third man for a single.
13.3 WICKET! Kohli c Pant b Rabada 43(39)
Good length delivery outside off. Kohli goes for wild swing. The ball takes the inside edeg of his bat and goes to Pant. The keeper makes no mistake and takes a good low catch.
Shivam Dube is the new batsman.
13.4 Short ball and Dube plays the ball down to third man for a single.
13.5 Short ball and Sundar plays the ball to leg side for a single.
13.6 Fuller delivery and Dube plays the ball to leg side for a single.
RCB 91/4 after 13 overs.
Harshal Patel to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
12.1 WIDE! Poor ball down the leg side
12.1 SIX! Fuller delivery and Kohli takes a step down the ground and hits the ball over long on for a maximum.
12.2 Short ball and Kohli plays the ball to fine leg for 2 runs.
12.3 Short delivery outside off stump. Kohli plays the ball to short fine for a single.
12.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Sundar drives the ball through extra cover for a boundary.
12.5 Fuller delivery and Sundar plays the ball down to long off for a single.
12.6 Short ball and Kohli plays the ball down to deep midwicket for a single.
RCB 75/4 after 12 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
11.1 Flat delivery and Kohli plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
11.2 Fuller delivery and Ali comes down the track. He gets the inside edge of the bat. The ball goes to short fine as Ali completes a single.
11.3 Short ball and Kohli plays the ball to leg side for a single.
11.4 Short ball and Ali plays the ball to square leg for a single.
11.5 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball to leg side for a single.
11.6 WICKET! Moeen Ali c Hetmyer b Axar 11(13)
Fuller delivery and Ali targets deep midwicket boundary. He holes a straight forward catch to Hetmyer.
RCB 70/3 after 11 overs.
Harshal Patel to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
10.1 Short ball and Kohli walks down the track and plays the ball down to midwicket for a single.
10.2 Short ball and the ball raps on the pads and the batsman takes a single.
10.3 Full toss and Kohli plays the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
10.4 Fuller delivery and the ball raps on the pads.
10.5 Low full toss and Kohli works the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
10.6 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball to leg side for a single.
RCB 63/3 after 10 overs.
Patel to bowl. Ali is on strike.
9.1 Short ball outside off. Ali plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball to midwicket.
9.3 Short ball and Kohli works the ball around.
9.4 Fuller delivery and Kohli pushes the ball back to the bowler.
9.5 Short delivery and Kohli cuts the ball to cover.
9.6 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball down to long off for a single.
RCB 61/3 after 9 overs.
Ashwin to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
8.1 Floated delivery and Kohli plays the ball to cover.
8.2 Back of the length delivery and Kohli plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
8.3 Fuller delivery and Ali plays the ball to third man for a single.
8.4 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays the ball down to long off for a single.
8.5 Short ball and Ali plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
8.5 WIDE! Poor ball as Ashwin bowls down the leg side.
8.6 Fuller delivery and Kohli sweeps the ball to fine leg for 2 runs.
RCB 54/3 after 8 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Kohi is on strike,.
7.1 Fuller delivery and Kohli blocks.
7.2 Fuller delivery and Kohli plays tyhe ball to midwicket.
7.3 Short ball outside off stump. Kohli plays the ball to cover for a single.
7.4 Short delivery and Ali plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
7.5 Short ball and Kohli plays the ball to third man for 2 runs.
7.6 Fuller delivery and Kohli drives the ball down to long off for a single.
RCB 49/3 after 7 overs.
Ashwin to bowl. Ali is on strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery and Ali plays the ball to leg side for a single.
6.2 Fuller delivery and Kohli leans to play the ball to long on for a single.
6.3 Fuller delivery and Ali blocks.
6.4 Fuller delivery and Ali blocks.
6.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Ali sweep the ball to deep square leg for a boundary.
6.6 Fuller delivery and Ali plays the ball to mid off.
RCB 43/3 after 6 overs.
Nortje to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
5.1 Short delivery on off stump. Kohli plays the ball to short fine leg for a single.
5.2 Fuller delivery and de Villiers hits the ball to mid on.
5.3 Fuller delivery and de Villers pushes the ball to the fielder at midwicket.
5.4 FOUR! Short delivery outside off stump. de Villiers slaps the ball over extra cover for a boundary.
5.5 WICKET! de Villiers c Dhawan b Nortje 9(6)
Good length delivery and de Villiers goes for wild swing. The ball turns in his hand. The ball goes high in the air. Shikhar Dhawan settles under the ball and completes a good catch.
Moeen Ali is the new batsman. Kohli is on strike.
5.6 Short ball outside off stump. Kohli leaves the ball for the keeper.
RCB 38/2 after 5overs.
Harshal Patel to bowl. Kohli is on strike.
4.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery on the pads. Kohli flicks the ball down to fine leg for a boundary.
4.2 Good length delivery outside off stump. Kohli comes on front foot and blocks the ball.
4.3 Good length delivery outside off. Kohli pushes the ball to cover and darts to the other end for a quick single.
4.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. de Villers flicks the ball to short fine leg and takes a single.
4.5 Good length delivery outside off. Kohli dabs his bat to play the ball down to third man for a single.
4.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. de Villiers hits the ball juts away from the fielder at mid off for a boundary.
RCB 27/2 after 4 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Kohli is on strike .
3.1 FOUR! Creamed through cover. Fuller delivery on middle stump and Kohli slaps the ball through cover for a boundary.
3.2 Short delivery and Kohli plays the ball to short fine leg for a single.
3.3 1 Leg Bye! Short ball which hits the pads. Finch takes a single.
3.4 Good length delivery which spins and straigts. Beats the outside edge of Kohli's bat.
3.5 Fuller delivery and Kohli pushes the ball to long off for a single.
3.6 WICKET! Finch c Pant b Axar 13(14)
Fuller delivery which spins. Finch goes for gentle push. The ball takes the outside edge. Pant pouches the ball.
RCB 20/1 after 3 overs.
Ashwin to bowl. Finch is on strike.
2.1 Fuller delivery and Finch pushes the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
2.2 Fuller delivery and Finch plays the ball to leg side for a single.
2.3 Short ball outside off. Padikkal goes for cut but misses.
2.4 Fuller delivery and Padikkal pushes the ball for a single.
2.5 Short ball and Finch plays the ball to leg side for a single.
2.6 WICKET! Devdutt Padikkal c Stoinis b Ashwin 4(6)
Fuller delivery and Padikkal takes a step out of his crease to play the ball to deep midwicket. Stoinis takes a good catch.
RCB 15/0 after 2 overs.
Anrich Nortje to bowl.
1.1 FOUR! Short and wide. Fich slaps the ball through cover for a bounadry.
1.1 WIDE! Short ball way outside off stump.
1.2 Short delivery on middle stump. Finch goes on the backfoot to punch the ball to cover.
1.3 DROPPED! Fuller delivery and Finch goes for drive. The ball takes the outisde edge. Dhawan jumps but the ball slips from his grip. Finch takes 2 runs.
1.4 Fuller delivery and FInch plays the ball down the ground for a single.
1.5 Short ball and Padikkal plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
1.6 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery rapping on the pads. Finch takes a single to retain the strike.
RCB 5/0 after 1 over.
Kagiso Rabada to bowl the first over. Facing Rabada is Padikkal.
0.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Padikkal plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
0.1 WIDE! Poor ball as Rabada bowls down the leg side.
0.2 DROPPED! Rabada drops an absoulte dolly. Fuller delivery and Finch punches the ball back to Rabada. Rabada lets the ball slip from his grip.
0.3 Fuller delivery and Finch pushes the ball to mid on.
0.4 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Finch plays the ball to midwicket and takes a single.
0.5 Short ball on middle stump. Padikkal works the ball down to third man for another run.
0.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Finch goes for drive. The ball takes the outside edge and fall just short of Dhawan at slip. Finch takes a single.
RCB's chase is about to get underway. DC players are out on the field and warming up. RCB openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikall walk out to the middle.
DC 196/4 after 20 overs.
Udana to Hetmyer.
19.1 Fuller delivery and Hetmyer plays the ball down to long off for a single.
19.2 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery outside off. Stoinis moves across. The ball raps on the pads and Stoinis takes a single.
19.3 Low full toss outside off. Hetmyer swings his bat to send the ball flying over deep midwicket for a maximum.
19.4 Fuller delivery and Hetmyer plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
19.5 Fuller delivery and Stoinis plays the ball down to long on for a single.
19.6 Fuller deliver and Hetmyer plays the ball down to long off for 2 runs.
DC 184/4 after 19 overs.
Siraj to bowl. Pant is on strike.
18.1 NO BALL! Beamer from Siarj. Pant swings his bat to send the ball flying over fine leg for a maximum.
FREE HIT!
18.1 Fuller delivery and Pant goes for ramp shot but misses.
18.1 WIDE! Poor delivery down the leg side.
18.2 WICKET! Pant b Siraj 37(25)
Fuller delivery and Pant swings his bat targeting midwicket. The ball hits Pant on thighs and goes on to hit the stumps.
Hetmyer is the new batsman.
18.3 Short ball and Hetmyer goes for pull but misses.
18.4 Short ball and Hetmyer leaves the ball for the keeper.
18.5 Fuller delivery and Hetmyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
18.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Stoinis moves across and plays the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
DC 171/3 after 18 overs.
Udana to bowl. Pant is on strike.
17.1 Low full toss outside off stump. Pant plays the ball down to third man for single.
17.1 WIDE! Short ball way outside off stump.
17.2 Fuller deivery and Stoinis drives the ball to cover for a single.
17.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pant powers the ball over extra cover for a boundary.
17.4 1 Leg Bye! Low full toss. Pant wants to play the ball to leg side. The ball raps on the pads and goes to off side. Pant takes a single.
17.5 Good fuller delivery. Stoinis drives the ball through extra cover for a single.
17.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pant creams the ball through cover for a single.
DC 161/3 after 17 overs.
Saini to bowl. Stoinis is on strike.
16.1 Full toss outside off. Stoinis plays the ball to deep midwicket and gets 2 runs.
16.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Stoinis flicks the ball down to square leg for a boundary.
16.3 Low full toss and Stoinis plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
16.4 SIX! Fuller ball on middle stump. Pant smacks the ball straight back over the bowler's head for a maximum.
16.5 FOUR! Short delivery on middle stump. Pant moves across and turns the ball around the corner to send it down to fine leg for a boundary.
16.6 Low full toss and Pant plays the ball down the ground for a single.
DC 143/3 after 16 overs.
Siraj is back in the attack. Stoinis is on strike.
15.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Stoinis drives the ball through extra cover for a boundary.
15.2 Fuller delivery and Stoinis plays the ball to cover for a single.
15.3 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to cover.
15.4 Fuller delivery and Pant lifts the ball down to long on for a single.
15.5 Short delivey on middle stump. Stoinis plays the ball to midwicket for 2 runs.
15.6 Short delivery on middle stump. Stoinis pulls the ball to fine leg for a single.
DC 134/3 after 15 overs.
Saini to bowl. Pant is on strike.
14.1 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery on leg stump. The ball raps on the pads as Pant takes a single.
14.2 Good yoker. Stoinis digs the ball out and plays it to cover.
14.3 SIX! Slightly short delivery on middle stump. Stonis makes the most of his wrists to smack the ball over deep midwicket for a maximum.
14.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Stoinis goes deep in his crease to smash the ball down the ground for a boundary.
14.4 NO BALL! Full toss above waist height. Stoinis plays the ball to fine leg.
Stoinis seems to be in some pain. There is pain in his middle finger of left hand.
FREE HIT!
14.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside offl. Stoinis plays the over the head of the fielder at backward point for a boundary.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Stoinis flicks the ball to deep midwicket. Chahal at deep midwicket drops the catch. Stoinis takes 1 run.
DC 117/3 after 14 overs.
Ali continues. Pant is on strike.
13.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Pant plays the ball to leg side for a single.
13.2 Short delivery going down leg. Stoinis plays the ball back to Ali.
13.3 SIX! Short delivery outside off stump. Stoinis goes deep in his crease and hammers the ball over deep midwicket for a maximum.
13.4 Fuller delivery going down leg. Stoinis pushes the ball for a single.
13.5 Fuller delivery. Pant drives the ball down to long off for a single.
13.5 WIDE! Poor ball as it is way outside off stump.
13.5 WIDE! Poor ball again as it is way outside off stump.
13.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery on middle stump. Stoinis goes down town to clear long on for a boundary.
DC 102/3 after 13 overs.
Chahar is back in the attack. Stoinis is on strike.
12.1 Fuller delivery and Stoinis plays the ball over the bowler's head down the ground for a single.
12.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pant swings his bat to send the ball down to deep midwicket for a boundary.
12.3 Fuller delivery and Pant pushes the ball to leg side.
12.4 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
12.5 Short delivery outside off stump. Stoinis comes down the track and pushes the ball down to long off for as single.
12.6 Short delivery and Pant plays the ball to leg side for a single.
DC 94/3 after 12 overs.
Moeen Ali to bowl.
11.1 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Iyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
11.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pant plays the ball to square leg for a single.
11.3 WICKET! Shreyas Iyer c Devdutt Padikkal b Moeen Ali 11(13
Big wicket for RCB! Shreyas Iyer. Fuller delivery outside off stump. Iyer flicks the ball to deep midwicket. Devdutt Padikall standing on the boundary rope takes the catch. He get rids of the ball just before tipping obver the boundary rope and then gets inside the boundary rope and takes the catch again.
Marcus Stoinis is the new batsman. Pant is on strrike.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
11.5 Fuller delivery and Stoinis plays the ball to long on for 2 runs.
11.6 Short delivery and Stoinis plays the ball to leg side for a single.
DC 88/2 after 11 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Iyer is on strike.
10.1 Short delivery and Iyer plays the ball to backward point.
10.2 Short delivery outside off stump. Iyer plays the ball through cover for a single.
10.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Pant pushes the ball down the ground for a single.
10.4 Fuller delivery and Iyer plays the ball back over the bowler's head for a single.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to midwicket.
10.6 Fuller delivery and Pant sweeps the ball to the fielder at short fine leg.
DC 85/2 after 10 overs.
Udana to bowl. Dhawan is on strike.
9.1 Fuller delivery going down leg stump. Dhawan comes down the track and plays the ball straight back to the bowler. Udana stops the ball. Dhawan takes a single.
9.2 Short delivery and Iyer works the ball to leg side for a single.
9.3 Slowr fuller delivery outside off stump. Dhawan plays the ball over cover and gets 2 runs.
9.4 WICKET! Dhawan c Moeen Ali b Udana 32(28)
Slow fuller delivery on middle and leg. Dhawan smacks the ball down to long on. Moeen Ali down in the deep takes a good catch.
Rishabh Pant is the new batsman. Iyer is on strike.
9.5 Short delivery on middle and leg. Iyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
9.6 Fuller delivery and Pant guides the ball to midwicket for 2 runs.
DC 78/1 after 9 overs.
Siraj continues. Dhawan is on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery and Dhawan plays the ball to mid off for a single.
8.2 Good length delivery and Iyer plays the ball to midwicket.
8.3 Shot delivery outside off stump. Iyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
8.4 Good bouncer. Dhawan is down the track but he has to duck to save himself. The ball goes to the keeper.
8.5 Short delivery on middle and leg stump. Dhawan works the ball to fine leg for a single.
8.6 Good yorker outside off stump. Iyer digs the ball out.
DC 75/1 after 8 overs.
Sundar to bowl his last over. Dhawan is on strike.
7.1 Short ball outside off stump. Dhawan pushes the ball to cover.
7.2 Fuller delivery and Dhawan pushes the ball back to the bowler.
7.3 Short delivery outsdie off stump. Dhawan pushes the ball to cover.
7.4 Short delivery and Dhawan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Iyer plays the ball to the fielder at short fine leg for a single.
7.6 Fuller delivery and Dhawan plays the ball down to long on for a run.
DC 72/1 after 7 overs.
Siraj to bowl. Dhwan is on strike.
6.1 Short delivery on middle and leg stump. Dhawan goes on the backfoot to block the ball.
6.2 FOUR! Short delivery outside off stump. Dhawan pulls the ball to dismiss it from his presence down to deep midwicket.
6.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Dhawan pushes the ball down to sweeper cover for a single.
6.4 WICKET! Prithvi Shaw c de Villiers b Siraj 42(23)
Short delivery going down the leg side. Shaw goes for pull. The ball kisses Shaw's gloves and goes to de Villiers who makes no mistake.
Shreyas Iyer is the new batsman.
6.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery down the leg side. Iyer flicks the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
6.5 Good bouncer and Iyer ducks the ball to let the ball fly to the keeper.6
DC 63/0 after 6 overs.
Sundar to bowl. Shaw is on strike.
5.1 Fuller delivery and Shaw pushes the ball back to the bowler.
5.2 Fuller delivery and Shaw sweeps the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
5.3 Short delivery and Shaw pulls the ball to square leg for 2 runs.
5.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Shaw pulls. The ball takes the gloves and goes down to fine leg for a boundary.
5.5 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Shaw pulls the ball to send it to square leg for a single.
5.6 Fuller delivery and Dhwan plays the ball down to fine leg for a single.
DC 53/0 after 5 over.
Chahar to bowl. Dhawan is on strike.
4.1 Fuller delivery. Dhawan walks down the track and plays the ball down to long on for a single.
4.2 FOUR! Cracked through cover. Short ball on the off side. Shaw powers the ball through cover for a boundary.
4.3 SIX! Crisp over long on. Short ball outside off stump. Shaw goes on one knee and slogs the ball over long on for a maximum.
4.4 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Shaw pushes the ball to mid on and takes the single.
4.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery on middle stump. Dhawan slogs the ball to send it down to backward square leg for a boundary.
4.6 Fuller delivery and Dhawan steps out of his crease to play the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
DC 35/0 after 4 over.
Sundar continues. Shaw is on strike.
3.1 Short ball on leg stump. The ball raps on the pads.
3.2 Short delivery and Shaw plays the ball to leg side for a single.
3.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Dhawan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
3.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Shaw pulls the ball to leg side.
3.5 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Shaw pushes the ball to long on for a single.
3.6 Fuller delivery going on leg stump. Dhawan guides the ball to fine leg for a single.
DC 31/0 after 3 over.
Saini to bowl. Dhawan is on strike.
2.1 FOUR! First boundary for Dhawan. Half-volley outside off stump. Dhawan drives the ball through cover for a boundary.
2.2 Fuller delivery on middle and leg stump. Dhawan goes on the backfoot to work the ball through leg side for 2 runs.
2.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Shaw creams the ball to cover but Kohli stops the ball.
2.4 SIX! First maximum of the evening. Fuller delivery outside off stump. Shaw makes room for himself and smacks the ball over cover for a maximum.
2.5 Fuller delivery and Shaw plays the ball to leg side.
2.6 Short delivery outside off stump. Shaw pulls the ball to square leg and gets a run.
DC 17/0 after 2 over.
Washington Sundar to bowl from the other end. Dhawan is on strike.
1.1 Fuller delivery fired on the pad. Dhawan plays the ball to midwicket.
1.2 Fuller delivery. Dhawan goes for sweep but misses.
1.3 Fuller delivery. Dhawan plays the ball to square leg for a single.
1.4 Fuller delivery and Shaw pushes the ball down to long on to add another single to DC's total.
1.5 Fuller delivery outsdie off. Dhawan swings his bat but misses. The ball goes to the keeper.
1.6 Fuller delivery and Dhawan plays the ball down to long on for a single.
DC 14/0 after 1 over.
Isuru Udana to bowl the first over for RCB. On strike is Prithvi Shaw.
0.1 1 Leg Bye! Straight and short delivery hitting the pads. The ball goes to leg side. Shaw takes a single.
0.2 Short delivery on middle stump. Dhawan plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
0.3 FOUR! Short delivery on middle stump. Shaw pulls the ball to send it down to square leg for the first boundary of the match.
0.4 Fuller delivery moving away from the right hander. Shaw goes for drive but the ball beats him and flies to the keeper.
0.5 FOUR! Slow ball, full on the pads. Shaw flicks the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
0.6 FOUR! Short ball on legh stump. Shaw pulls and send the ball down to leg side for the third boundary of the over.
The two umpires walk out. Virat Kohli can be seen giving insipiring words to his team. And out come Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan to open the inning for DC.
Live action gets underway shortly.
DC Playing XI
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
RCB Playing XI
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Virat Kohli: We'll bowl first. Same pitch. With the dew in, you're really not out of the game when batting second. Unfortunately, Zampa is out. Moeen Ali comes in. Mann misses out, Siraj comes in. I'm glad that I was make a contribution. I have been playing with that expectations for 7-8 years, nothing new. I take a lot of pride in going out there and playing. He's (Devdutt) someone who has come and taken the tournament by storm. We have won those crucial moments in the first four matches. Three wins early on will allow you to play positively.
Toss
RCB skipper Virat Kohli wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Team News
Earlier in the day the news broke that DC spinner Amit Mishra has been ruled out of the remainder of the IPL because of the injury in his his spinning finger. It is a blow for DC as Amit Mishra was doing a fine job for the side. May be Mishra's loss could be Sandeep Lamichhane's gain. We have to wait for the toss to find that out.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
Ahead of every match Deccan Herald brings to you the Deccan Herald's DreamXI. The tream comprises of the best 11 players from the two sides. This team will help and guide you to pick your IPL fantasty teams and maximize your IPL fantasy points. And this is our team for tonight's match. Which of these players have you picked in your fantasy teams?
Devdutt Padikkal, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Navdeep Saini
Impact player for DC
Shreyas Iyer: Consistency is his middle name. Iyer is DC’s leading run-scorer this season and is averaging 56.66. Expect him to continue his rampant run.
Impact player for RCB
Yuzvendra Chahal:The spinner is again RCB’s leading wicket-taker with eight scalps so far. He is averaging 14.37 with an economy of 7.18. He is Kohli’s trump card to face any tough match situation.
DC Threats: DC appear to be among the strongest teams this year but they need to work on their consistency. Can they become one of the rare teams to book a play-off berth early?
DC Opportunities: With Shimron Hetmyer's inconsistency, Alex Carey can be given a chance to show his skills.
DC Weaknesses:ShikharDhawan has not got a fifty yet and his form is a cause for concern. Prithvi Shaw has been hit or miss so far. The opening partnership simply needs to get better.
DC Strengths:The South African duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje have bowled extremely well at a fiery pace. Rabada takes on the responsibility of bowling at the death while Nortje takes care of the middle period. Captain Shreyas Iyer has been able to rotate the Indian pacers around the two and the method has worked wonders.
The SWOT analysis of DC
RCB Threats:The team has momentum on their side. The tournament is moving closer to the halfway mark, so they need to keep the pressure on the opponents and fight for the results. A couple of defeats could undo the good work that has been done.
RCB Opportunities:With 174 runs, Padikkalnow has the most runs by an Indian in their first four IPL innings as an opener. This is the perfect opportunity for him to establish himself as an RCB mainstay. If Padikkalmakes a strong case for himself, he could get a call for Indian's T20 squad.
RCB Weaknesses: The bowling still has problems. RCB's bowlers had reduced RR to 70/4 but they managed to recover and post 154. RCB’s death bowling continues to be poor and the bowlers are not able to close out the matches.
RCB Strengths: The batting has been RCB’s strength for many years. Virat Kohli was having some batting troubles in recent matches but roared back to form with a fifty against RR. The main batsmen - Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, AB de Villiers and Kohli - have all registered fifties in the tournament.
The SWOT analysis of RCB
Form Guide (last five matches)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: W-W-L-W-W
Delhi Capitals: W-L-W-W-L
Head to Head
Matches Played: 24
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 15
Delhi Capitals: 8
No Result: 1
As these numbers show, RCB have enjoyed much success over DC in past many years. They would want to continue their domination over the team from the Capital. But a young team led by Shreyas Iyer is looking very good this season and they would want to spoil Virat Kohli's record. Will they be able to do that?
Both team have 6 points from 4 matches but Delhi Capitals are second and Royal Challengers Bangalore are third. Delhi Capitals are better placed that Royal Challengers Bangalore thanks to their superior NRR of +0.586 compared to RCB's NRR of -0.954. But NRR won't matter after the last ball of tonight's match. The winner of the match will fetch 2 points and with a total of 8 points go on the top of the table displacing Mumbai Indians. Natrually a lot is at stake in tonight's fixture.
Good evening and weclome to the coverage of match 19 of the 2020 Indian Premier League. Tonight Delhi Capitals take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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