IPL 2022, RCB Vs DC HIGHLIGHTS, Delhi vs Bangalore Full Scorecard:
Dinesh Karthik batted with authority in his unbeaten 34-ball 66 before the bowlers staged a fine comeback as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 16 runs in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday.
Karthik blazed away after Glenn Maxwell hit seven fours and two sixes in his 55 off 34 deliveries to take RCB to 189 for five.
In reply, the Capitals could only manage 173 for seven despite David Warner's sensational 38-ball 66.
It was RCB's fourth win in six games and they are now third on the points table while Delhi slumped to their third loss in five outings.
Chasing 190, DC were off to a flier with Warner and young Prithvi Shaw (16) pummelling the RCB bowlers into submission, the duo racing to 50 before Mohammed Siraj dismissed the Indian.
Warner was then joined by compatriot Mitchell March, who was playing his first match for the Capitals. The all-rounder, who is coming off a hip injury, looked rusty and struggled to hit the ball.
But that didn't dampen Warner's spirits as the southpaw continued to strike the ball with perfection as his family cheered him on from the stands.
The 35-year-old cracked five sixes and four fours before his fiery knock was brought to an end by Wanindu Hasaranga.
The Australian's wicket signalled a shift in momentum as RCB made a strong comeback with Delhi losing a flurry of wickets.
First, Marsh's painstaking knock 14 off 24 balls came to an end thanks to a bizarre run out. Josh Hazlewood (3/28), who was exceptional, then bowled a brilliant 15th over, dismissing Rovman Powell for a first ball duck and then accounting for Lalit Yadav (1).
Delhi's hopes were pinned on the big-hitting Pant (34), who did hit some lusty blows, but his whirlwind innings was brought to an end by a one-handed blinder from Virat Kohli.
Shardul and Axar Patel managed to play some big shots but the RCB bowlers had other plans as DC fell short.
Earlier, the Capitals' bowlers performed as a well-oiled unit initially with Shardul Thakur (1/27), Khaleel Ahmed (1/36), Axar Patel (1/29) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/46) doing well but bled runs in the slog overs as Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed (32 not out) added 74 in the last five.
Karthik, who has been revelling in his role as a finisher this season, hit five fours and as many sixes in his sensational knock.
DC made full use of the coin landing in their favour as they put pressure on RCB early on with tight fielding and good bowling.
The Delhi bowlers managed to snare two wickets in the powerplay overs while giving away 40 runs.
Thakur produced a beautiful inswinger that curled into Anju Rawat (0) to give Delhi the early breakthrough. Khaleel Ahmed then made it two as he accounted for the dangerous Faf du Plessis.
Lalit Yadav effected Virat Kohli's run out with a brilliant direct hit to compound RCB's woes.
It was then that Maxwell took the onus upon himself as he pummelled Kuldeep Yadav for 23 runs in the ninth over. The all-rounder hit top gear as he smashed the ball to the fence twice and over it a couple of times.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed.
RCB Playing XI (probable): Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj.
Harshal Patel bowls the last over of the match and concedes 10 runs in the over.
Bangalore wins the match by 16 runs
Delhi 173-7 after 20 Overs
Harshal Patel [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack and concedes 11 runs.
Delhi 156-6 after 18 Overs
Mohammed Siraj [3.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack and pant collects a couple of runs off the first ball while deposits the second ball into the stands for a SIX. Pant tries to hit the 3rd ball over extra cover but Kohli takes a ONE-HANDED STUNNER to send Delhi captain packing.
Axar Patel arrives at the crease and collects a single towards short mid-wicket. Sraj concedes 11 runs in the over.
Delhi 145-6 after 17 Overs
Hasaranga continues...
Shardul Thakur smashes the 2nd ball for a SIX and collects a single off the next.
Pant goes hammer & tongs and smashes a FOUR and a SIX.
Delhi Capitals 134-5 after 16 Overs
Wanindu Hasaranga [1.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack and gets the prized wicket of David Warner.
Bangalore curbed the run-flow in the middle overs as Mitchell Marsh fail to make any impression.
In a pursuit of big runs, Lalit Yadav gets perished in the 15th over too. Delhi in deep deep trouble.
Delhi 115-5 after 15 Overs
Maxwell comes back into the attack and concedes only five runs.
David Warner completes his fifty. TIMEOUT TAKEN
Delhi 75-1 after 9 Overs
Wanindu Hasaranga, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes eight runs, including a SIX.
Delhi 70-1 after 8 Overs
Harshal Patel, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes five runs.
Delhi 62-1 after 7 Overs
Josh Hazlewood [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes seven runs in the over.
Delhi 57-1 after 6 Overs
Mohammed Siraj bowls the 5th over and breaks the 50-run opening stand. Prithvi Shaw departs for 16 runs.
Mitchell Marsh joins his Australian counterpart in the middle.
Delhi 50-1 after 5 Overs
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and Warner smashes the first ball for a SIX.
Shaw hits the 5th ball for FOUR.
Hazlewood concedes 11 runs in his first over.
Delhi 30-0 after 3 Overs
Mohammed Siraj bowls the second over...
Shaw collects a couple of runs off the second delivery while smashes the 5th ball for a SIX.
Delhi 19-0 after 2 Overs
Prithvi Shaw and David Warner open the innings for Delhi. Maxwell bowls the first over....
Shaw collects a single off the first ball. Warner slog-sweeps the second ball towards mid-wicket for a SIX.
Maxwell concedes 9 runs in first over.
Delhi 9-0 after 1 Over
Kuldeep Yadav bowls the last over...
Kuldeep starts with a DOT ball but leaks 17 runs, including a SIX and a boundary, in the over.
Bangalore 189-5 after 20 Overs
Shardul bowls the penultimate over and leaks 12 runs.
Bangalore 172-5 after 19 Overs.
Mustafizur bowls the 18th over...
Dinesh Karthik goes hammer and tongs in the over. He first hits three consecutive boundaries, then two mammoth sixes and ends the over with a boundary down the ground and completes his FIFTY.
Bangalore 160-5 after 18 Overs
Khaleel Ahmed continues...
Shahbaz collects a single off the first delivery. Karthik collects a couple of runs off the next. He deposits the third ball into the mid-wicket stands.
Khaleel concedes 12 runs in the over
Bangalore 132-5 after 17 Overs
Mustafizur returns into the attack and concedes only five singles in the over.
Bangalore 120-5 after 16 Overs
Khaleel Ahmed [2.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack and Shahbaz hits the second ball for FOUR. Karthik hits the last bal for FOUR,
Bangalore 115-5 after 15 Overs
Axar Patel [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack and concedes five runs.
Bangalore 100-5 after 13 Overs
Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack after the first over thrashing from Maxwell. Shahbaz collects a single off the first delivery.
Maxwell holed out to long-on in search of a big hit, GONE. Sweet revenge for Kuldeep Yadav.
Dinesh Karthik replaces Maxwell in the middle. Kuldeep concedes only four singles in the over.
Bangalore 95-5 after 12 Overs
Shardul Thakur comes into the attack and maxwell collects two leg-byes off the first delivery.
Maxwell hits the ball on the pads towards deep fine leg for FOUR and completes his first IPL fifty.
Shardul concedes nine runs in the over.
Bangalore 91-4 after 11 Overs
Axar Patel continues and Maxwell collects a single off the first delivery. Prabhudessai smashes the next ball towards cow corner for FOUR.
Prabhudessai tries to play a cheeky shot but fails to clear backward point fielder, GONE.
Shahbaz Ahmed arrives at the crease and cuts towards backward point for FOUR.
Bangalore 82-4 after 10 Overs
Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack and Maxwell greets the Chinnaman with a superb boundary follows by a couple of runs.
Kuldeep bowls the half-tracker and Maxwell rocks back and deposits it into the stands. Kuldeep gives more air and Maxwell slaps it towards extra cover for FOUR. Maxwell hits the second six of the over as he targets the mid-wicket boundary again.
Kuldeep concedes 23 runs in the over.
Bangalore 70-3 after 9 Overs
Axar Patel [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack and concedes only five runs.
Bangalore 47-3 after 8 Overs
After stablising RCB innings, Kohli gets runout as Lalit Yadav produced fielding effort.
Suyash Prabhudessai arrives at the crease and collects a single off the third ball.
Bangalore 42-3 after 7 Overs
Khaleel Ahmed comes into the attack and Kohli pushes the first ball down the ground for an easy single. Faf dances down the track and goes for a biggie but manages to slice the ball towards deep point, GONE. Bangalore openers fail two-match in a row.
Maxwell arrives at the crease and smashes the last ball of the over for FOUR.
Bangalore 17-2 after 3 Overs
Shardul Thakur, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and traps talented Anuj Rawat first ball in front of stumps.
Virat Kohli arrives at the crease and drives the first ball he faced towards sweeper cover for a couple of runs. Kohli hits the 3rd ball of the over towards deep point for a single.
Faf du Plessis drives the 4th ball towards extra cover for FOUR. TWO DOTS from Shardul to end the over.
Bangalore 12-1 after 2 Overs
Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat are at the crease. du Plessis on strike. Mustafizur open the attack and concedes five runs.
Bangalore 5-0 after 1 Over
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Rishabh Pant wins the toss and elects to bowl first.
Mitchell Marsh receives his DC cap
The ground is really small. That's why sides love to chase here and have done so successfully. There's plenty of grass on this wicket, but it's very dry which means that the spinners - Hasaranga and Kuldeep Yadav - are in the game
The 31-year-old from Gujarat, who had taken 32 wickets in the 2021 edition, has emerged as one of the best T20 bowlers with his variations, which include off-cutters and slower ones, bowled with variable arm speed.
This season too, Harshal has snapped six wickets from four games at an economy of just 5.50 and remains the go-to-man for du Plessis whenever the going gets tough.
Their winning streak halted by the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bangalore will hope Harshal Patel returns to the playing XI and contribute in bringing their campaign back on track when they face Delhi Capitals in an IPL match.
RCB were flying high with three successive wins before Chennai Super Kings outwitted them by 23 runs in their last outing.
It was absence of Harshal which hurt the team as skipper Faf du Plessis looked out of options to control the rampaging duo of Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa, who took the bowlers to the cleaners as CSK posted a huge total on board.
Known for his variations and death bowling skills, Harshal is a vital cog in RCB's wheels and Du Plessis had admitted that the team missed his services after he left the bio-bubble on Sunday following the death of his cousin.
Having lost their first match against Punjab Kings, Faf du Plessis-led Bangalore bounced back perfectly to win the next 3 but lost the momentum in the previous match vs Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli is out of form as he has scored 107 runs in 5 matches. However, Anuj Rawat impressed the fans in the match vs Mumbai Indians when he scored 66 off 47. Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed and Glenn Maxwell are playing their role brilliantly and the team has found a positive in the form of last match debutant Suyash Prabhudessai. WATCH RCB vs DC PREVIEW HERE
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