Published on: Apr 15, 2023 7:33 pm IST|Updated on: Apr 15, 2023 7:34 pm IST
The 20th match of Tata IPL 2023 played between Delhi Capitals and the hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore is done and dusted and it is the home team Royal Challengers Bangalore who have registered their second win of the competition. With this win, RCB now has 2 wins and 2 losses from 4 matches have moved 7th on the points table. On the other hand, Delhi win 5 losses out of 5 are languishing right at the bottom with nowhere to go.
After winning the toss, Delhi Capitals opted to field, but their decision was proven wrong by Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis who came out all guns blazing for the hosts. Kohli scored a brilliant 50 and was influential in posting a formidable 174 runs on the board.
Delhi Capitals had a terrible start with the bat as they lost as many as 4 wickets inside the powerplay. The likes of Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, and Yash Dhull got out for 0, 0, and 1 respectively. Skipper David Warner was looking good before he fell prey to the debutant Vijaykumar Vyshak who went on to take a 3-fer in his debut IPL game. Kohli’s fifty earned him the Man of the Match award.
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Virat Kohli and debutant Vyshak Vijaykumar were the architect of Royal Challengers Bangalore victory. Kohli’s fifty helped RCB to scale a score of 174 for the loss of 6 wickets on a dry and slow surface. Later in the second half, the knuckle balls of Vyshak Vijaykumar troubled the DC batters and in the end, they could only manage 151 for the loss of 9 wickets falling short of 23 runs. Delhi have now lost 5 off 5 and have worsen their playoff hopes now.
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