MATCH REPORT: M46 – DC V RCB

MATCH REPORT: M46 – DC V RCB

Match Replay

Following a 16-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the capital on Sunday, Delhi's capitals became the second team after securing their place in the playoffs of VIVO IPL 2019. With its eighth win of the competition, Capitol reached the top of the table with 16 points but improved the CSK with the net run rate. This is also the first time the franchise, which was previously known as Delhi Daredevils, has qualified for the Playoffs since 2012.

Chosen to bat after winning toss, Shikhar Dhawan and half-century captain Shreyas Iyer and late Chedo of Sherfen Rutherford gave Delhi capitals a strong position in hot conditions in Feroz Shah Kotla. In response, the Royal Challengers Bangalore went ahead in 90 overs in the 10 over, but at crucial intervals, the wicket meant that no batsman would be able to convert their start to big scores in order to chase the run.

Puppy Cap leader Kagiso Rabada, after giving Parthiv Patel's wicket to DC with the initial breakthrough, Rutherford came back with a fast-paced innings from the bat to get AB de Villiers's valuable wicket in the 12th over. Great innings of 39 runs in his 20 balls. Ezra Patel grabbed Virat Kohli for 23 runs after being punished in the over the power of his overs.

Shivam Dube and Gurkeerat Singh, who was drafted on behalf of RCB on Sunday afternoon, scored 24 and 27 runs so that they could be followed, but none of them succeeded in taking the game to the end, 19 Over, due to Gurkeerat Ishant Sharma falling in over, wicketkeeping Rishabh Pant smashed a great catch. Marcus Stonis made two powerful sixes for the unbeaten 24-ball 32, but in the last, over of Rabada many runs were scored.

Capitol was a fast bowler from Earth Shaw, and in the fourth over, Umesh Yadav scored 18 off the ball, he did not stop the domestic team from continuing to attack the RCB bowlers. DD Powerplay overs scored 59 runs, and despite the defeat of Rishabh Pant and Iyer in consecutive overs, the DC increased the scoreboard to the late scores of Rutherford and Axar Patel, who added 46 runs in the last three overs, Which included the last 20 runs. Navdeep Saini bowled.

Standing Batting Performance

Shikhar Dhawan's third consecutive half-yearly innings gave another concrete platform to Delhi's capitals. Dhawan pulled out his signature further to start the proceedings in Umesh Yadav's over before star batsman Ujjwendra Chahal removed RCB's star spinner YuvaVendra Chahal in the powerplay and hit six fours in the third over. Despite the slow nature of the Firoj Shah Kotla surface, Dhawan looked easily against both speed and spin, and due to his team, another good half-century was scored.

Notable Support Act - Batting

The 20-year-old Sherfen Rutherford waited for his turn to get his first game in the VIVO IPL but succeeded in making an immediate impact after the draft was created. Against Rajasthan Royals, a quick cameo took DC in line and got in. Rutherford had to work immediately, batting in the 17th over against RCB, after the RCB strikers Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini in search of quick runs. In the three sixes and the last two overs, the boundary brought the DC to the challenging total on the surface of slow Delhi.

Standout bowling performance

Ezra Patel is in excellent form with the ball for Delhi Capitals, and the left-arm spinner showed his feat during the victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday evening. Despite taking Parthiv Patel to the boundary in the second over, Ezra returned to remove RCB captain Virat Kohli in the 8th over, breaking the combination of dangerous Kohli-AB de Villiers in the middle. The wicket of the eraser allowed DC to come back into the game because the figures of 1-26 ensured that RCB did not score enough runs in the middle overs.

In the previous versions of the VIVO IPL, Washington Sunder gave a name to bowl himself in the powerplay, which gave him the fastest recognition in the Indian team, and in 2019 he waited till the end of the competition, he roamed his chance. Sundar started bowling against the aggressive Delhi Capitol openers, but only three boundaries in the entire four overs. Coming back to bowling in the 16th over, Sundar got rid of well-set DC captain Shreyas Iyer for 52, who brake the home team's scoring and ended up with a 1-29 score.

Notable Support Act - Bowling

Kagiso Rabada once again showed that Vivo is at the forefront of the IPL Purple Cap Standing race. With figures of 2-31 in his four overs, Rabada dismissed RCB with 18 balls and needed 36 runs. Rabada, who bowled two overs and dismissed dangerous Parthiv Patel on the second ball of the Powerplay, back from the 18th over, making only 6 runs. With the need of 26 runs in the last over, Rabada added another wicket to his talent and conceded 9 runs to win the DC by 16 runs.

Short score:

Delhi Capitol 187-5 (Shreyas Iyer 52, Shikhar Dhawan 50, Sharifah Rutherford 28 *, Yuswendra Chahal 2-41), Royal Challengers Bangalore 171-7 (Parthiv Patel 39, Marcus Stinis 32 *, Amit Mishra 2-29, Kagiso Rabada). 2-31) by 16 runs

State of the match:

This is the first time that Delhi's franchise has qualified for the playoffs since 2012.

Best match player:

Shikhar Dhawan scored 50 runs in 37 balls.