New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) displayed superb bowling and fielding prowess on Sunday as they cruised to a resounding 47-run win over Delhi Capitals, keeping their IPL playoff aspirations alive.
Despite recording a modest total of 187 for 9, thanks to half a century of fiery energy in Inform. Rajat PatidarRCB’s bowling attack dismantled the underperforming DC line-up, scoring just 140 runs in 19.1 overs.
Patidar’s brisk 52 off 32 deliveries and Will Jacks’ 41 off 28 balls combined to lay a solid foundation for an 88-run partnership for the third wicket in less than nine overs.
but, Yash Dayal (3/20) and cameron green (1/19) showed incredible length and accuracy to stifle the Delhi batsmen. Except axar patelDespite scoring 57 off 39 balls, none of the Delhi batsmen were able to make much of an impact on the game.
Axar, DC’s interim captain against RCB, accepted the fact that dropped catches were one of the main reasons for the defeat.
“The dropped catches hurt us. We could have restricted them to 150. Losing four wickets in the powerplay always puts you chasing the game. 160-170 would have been the tie score. The pitch was two-tier,” he said. Axar said. After the game.
There were two run outs. The first was Jake Fraser-McGurk, the team’s most influential batsman, and the other was Tristan Stubbs. DC cost a lot of money.
“Some slipped, some were on hold. When you run out of key players and lose four on the power play, you’re chasing the game. Anything can happen, but we weren’t thinking that far into the future,” Axar added.
Delhi Capitals, who are in 6th place with 6 wins and 7 losses in 13 games, will face Lucknow Super Giants at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on the 22nd.
RCB are also on 12 points but their superior NRR of +0.387 against DC’s dismal -0.482 leaves them still in the hunt if they win their last game and get some results.
Despite recording a modest total of 187 for 9, thanks to half a century of fiery energy in Inform. Rajat PatidarRCB’s bowling attack dismantled the underperforming DC line-up, scoring just 140 runs in 19.1 overs.
Patidar’s brisk 52 off 32 deliveries and Will Jacks’ 41 off 28 balls combined to lay a solid foundation for an 88-run partnership for the third wicket in less than nine overs.
but, Yash Dayal (3/20) and cameron green (1/19) showed incredible length and accuracy to stifle the Delhi batsmen. Except axar patelDespite scoring 57 off 39 balls, none of the Delhi batsmen were able to make much of an impact on the game.
Axar, DC’s interim captain against RCB, accepted the fact that dropped catches were one of the main reasons for the defeat.
“The dropped catches hurt us. We could have restricted them to 150. Losing four wickets in the powerplay always puts you chasing the game. 160-170 would have been the tie score. The pitch was two-tier,” he said. Axar said. After the game.
There were two run outs. The first was Jake Fraser-McGurk, the team’s most influential batsman, and the other was Tristan Stubbs. DC cost a lot of money.
“Some slipped, some were on hold. When you run out of key players and lose four on the power play, you’re chasing the game. Anything can happen, but we weren’t thinking that far into the future,” Axar added.
Delhi Capitals, who are in 6th place with 6 wins and 7 losses in 13 games, will face Lucknow Super Giants at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on the 22nd.
RCB are also on 12 points but their superior NRR of +0.387 against DC’s dismal -0.482 leaves them still in the hunt if they win their last game and get some results.
