Royal Challengers Bengaluru kept their unlikely Indian Premier League playoff hopes alive after a fifth straight win as they defeated Delhi Capitals by 47 runs on Sunday. (As It Happened | Scorecard)
Faf du Plessis' side leapfrogged the Capitals with this victory, moving into fifth in the standings and just two points behind fourth-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of RCB's final game with Chennai Super Kings.
Rajat Patidar set the tone with a 32-🥀ball 52, alongside Wi🌳ll Jacks' rapid 41 runs from 29 deliveries, before Cameron Green added an unbeaten 32 to guide RCB to 187-9.
Impact substitute David Warner mustered only one in response, with number three Abishek Por💞el also out for just two runs, as Delhi limped to 30-4 inside four overꦆs of the second innings.
Yash Dayal managed to run out opener Jake Fraser-McGurk on 21 b🌳efore Axar Patel – in as captain for the suspended Rishabh Pant – offered resistance with 57 from 39 balls in the middle order.
Yet Dayal dismissed the Capitals captain to claim an impressive 3-20, assisted by Lockie Ferguson's 2-23, as RCB wrapped up a convincing victory in bowling Delhi out for ꦕ140.
Data debrief: Capitals Contained
Kuldeep's last over went for 22 as the Capitals leg-spinner finished with 1 for 52 off his four overs, the second time he has gone for over fifty runs after the four for ♋55 versus Sunrisers.
That 𒁏dismal showing with the ball was in stark contrast to the RCB bowlers, with Green also chipping i♈n with an economical 1-19 and Mohammed Siraj's 1-33.
Despite victory, Dinesh Karthik claimed an unwanted piece of history for the most ducks in IPL history, moving onto 18 and past Glenn Maxwell aft🧸er falling to Khaleel Ah🐬med (2-31) in the first innings.
