Turning point in Bangalore losing Phil Salt having a tumble before reaching the popping crease whilst batting alongside Virat Kholi simply turned Royal Challengers Bangalore head towards a competitive score. It was a feature in the home team losing to arch rivals Delhi Capitals yesterday.
Put into bat Royal Challengers Bangalore stitched 53 runs in 3 overs with packed stadium support for RCB, but the joys came to a standstill for the home team as Delhi Capitals spun the spinner restrictions after the departure of Phil Salt for 37 run out with the score on 61in 3.5 overs.
Virat Kholi, Devdutt Padikal, Liam Livingston and Jitesh Sharma all back in the hutch with RCB struggling to keep the scoring rate on a high as the scoreboard read Royal Challengers Bangalore 102 for 5 wickets in 12.2 overs.
Kholi made 22 skipper Rajat Padikar 27 helped, but Tim David, a cameo 37 at the back end, saved the day for Royal Challengers Bangalore to record 163 for 7 wickets a total below par on Indian pitches.
Royal Challengers Bangalore score 53 in 3 overs, 36 in the last 2 overs, and an appaling 74 runs in 15 overs that included 3 overs of the powerplay.
Kuldeep Yadav 2 for 17 and Vipraj Nigam 2 for 18 unsettled the home team’s batting prowess as they struggled with their batting.
164 as a target at mid break clearly indicated that Delhi Capitals dressing room was the happier of the two.
Chasing 164, Delhi Capitals looked in disarray as Faf du Plessis, Jake Frazer Mcgurk, and Abisheik Porel were done and dusted as Delhi Capitas lost 3 wickets in the power play overs.
The departure of Axer Patel for 15 with the visitors still in the woods on 4 for 58 in 8.4 overs gave the home team a glimmer of hope.
K.L.Rahul, our man of the match, found his timing err to a great extent until he reached 29 runs in 29 balls with South African Tristan Stubbs playing second fiddle.
Then came the carnage from K.L. Rahul. The stylish right-hander smashed 7 boundaries and lofted 6 big sixes striking at 175 whilst Tristan Stubbs 38, played the supporting role in helping with the unbroken partnership of 111 runs for the 5th wicket with K.L.Rahul showing his class on 93 to win the blockbuster by 6 wickets with 14 balls to spare. Amazing batting period.
Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitol , Punjab Kings , and Royal Challengers Bangalore are⁰ amongst the top 4 in the points table.
Today, Kolkota Night Riders play Chennai Super Kings.