Head Lines
    Headlines
  • Telangana Assembly passes TSRTC merger Bill
  • 'Money Heist'-Inspired Cyber Criminals Arrested For Conning Noida Businessman
  • SC to monitor cases of crime against women in Manipur
  • Veg thali cost surges 28% in July amid soaring food prices
  • IIM Lucknow launches executive programme in AI for Business
  • Govt to open research park at top educational institutions to promote science & tech
  • US to send Ukraine first $200 million of arms freed by $6.2 billion 'error'
  • Reliance Retail says it is set to lead the retail industry in the coming decade
  • Karnataka High Court accepts petition challenging provisions of Real Estate Regulatory Act
  • ‘I’m doing this for Pewdiepie’: MrBeast challenges T-Series, will fight to become YouTuber with maximum subscribers

Delhi Capitals outclassed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs at the Dubai International Stadium on Monday. A fourth win in five matches took DC to the top of the IPL points table.

 

Faced with a huge target of 197, RCB stumbled to a disappointing 137 for 9. Only Virat Kohli (43, 39b, 2x4, 1x6) got among the runs for RCB, and when the skipper edged pacer Kagiso Rabada to the wicketkeeper, it was game over.

Axar, Nortje shine

Axar Patel (two for 18), Anrich Nortje (two for 22) and R. Ashwin (one for 26) were impressive as well, choking the RCB batters by keeping a tight line and length. Spinners Axar and Ashwin were not afraid to give the ball air, tempting batsmen into playing false shots.

Nortje contributed by getting the key wicket of A.B. de Villiers (9, 6b, 2x4), whose slog only went as far as Shikhar Dhawan at mid-wicket.

Earlier, Marcus Stoinis (53 n.o., 26b, 6x4, 2x6) and Rishabh Pant (37, 25b, 3x4, 2x6) provided the late impetus to carry DC to a big total.

Delhi Capitals batsman Marcus Stoinis in action during the IPL 2020 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on October 5, 2020.   | Photo Credit: PTI

Stoinis and Pant came together when DC was struggling for momentum, at 90 for three. The duo got cracking, putting on an 89-run stand in 6.5 overs. Stoinis, his muscular frame exuding power, notched up his second fifty of the tournament.

Openers Prithvi Shaw (42, 23b, 5x4, 2x6) and Dhawan (32, 28b, 3x4) gave DC a good start, scoring 68 in 6.4 overs.

It took a brilliant catch to get rid of form batsman Shreyas Iyer (11, 13b, 1x4). Shreyas struck a full delivery from Moeen Ali to deep mid-wicket, where Devdutt Padikkal threw the ball in the air before stepping out of the field of play and then jumping back in to claim the catch.

RCB spinner Washington Sundar was once again impressive, giving just 20 runs in his four overs.

Saini, on the other hand, was not at his best. The fast-bowler delivered a dangerous beamer to Stoinis, just a couple of days after hitting Rajasthan Royals’ Rahul Tewatia with a speedy beamer. That Saini did not immediately apologise to Stoinis is sure to raise eyebrows.

Scoreboard

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw c de Villiers b Siraj 42; Shikhar Dhawan c Moeen b Udana 32; Shreyas Iyer c Devdutt Padikkal b Moeen 11; Rishabh Pant b Siraj 37; Marcus Stoinis not out 53; Shimron Hetmyer not out 11. Extras: (lb-4, w-4, nb-2) 8

Total: 196/4 in 20 overs

Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-82, 3-90, 4-179

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Isuru Udana 4-0-40-1 Washington 4-0-20-0 Navdeep Saini 3-0-48-0, Yuzvendra Chahal 3-029-0, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-34-2, Moeen Ali 2-0-21-1.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal c Stoinis b Ashwin 4; Aaron Finchc Pant b Axar 13; Virat Kohli (c)c Pant b Rabada 43; AB de Villiers c Dhawan b Nortje 9; Moeen Ali c Hetmyer b Axar 11; Washington Sundar c Ashwin b Rabada 17; Shivam Dube b Rabada 11; Isuru Udana c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada 1; Navdeep Saini not out 12; Mohammed Siraj b Nortje 5; Yuzvendra Chahal not out 0. Extras: (lb-4, w-7) 11

Total: (for 9 wickets in 20 Overs) 137

Fall of Wickets: 1-20, 2-27, 3-43, 4-75, 5-94, 6-115, 7-118, 8-119, 9-127.

Delhi Capitals bowling: Kagiso Rabada 4-0-24-4, Anrich Nortje4-0-22-2, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-26-1, Axar Patel 4-0-18-2, Harshal Patel 4-0-43-0.

comments

No Comments Till Now.

Write Your Story