Delhi Capitals (DC) thumped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by a huge margin of 59 runs in the 19th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Dubai international stadium. with the help of a fiery half-century from Marcus Stoinis, DC reached a huge total of 196/4 in their quota of 20 overs. While in the second innings, RCB succumbed to the DC bowlers as Kagiso Rabada took 4 wickets.
Openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan gave Delhi a fiery start as they had amassed 63 runs in the powerplay itself. However, the run flow slowed down after Mohammed Siraj sent Shaw back to the dressing room for 42 and skipper Iyer came out to bat and tried to carry forward the momentum.
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Shreyas made a short partnership with Dhawan who was next to go back to the pavilion for his personal score of 32 as RCB fought their way into the game. With the run-flow slowed down, Iyer took the responsibility of moving up the ante and took on Moeen Ali but succumbed to a brilliant catch of Devdutt Padikkal. After his dismissal, Stoinis and Rishabh Pant added 89 runs for the 4th wicket.
DC was at 102/3 by the end of 13 overs, and they managed to add as many as 94 runs in the last seven over which helped them to reach the score of 196/4 in their quota of 50 overs. Stoinis scored his second fifty of the tournament and both times he managed to maintain a strike-rate of beyond 200. For RCB, Mohammad Siraj two wickets and he conceded just 34 runs.
During the chase, RCB never managed to get the much-needed momentum as first Aaron Ficn got three lifelines followed by R Ashwin giving him warning for mankading the third over in which he dismissed Padikkal. However, Finch ran out of luck in the 4th over as Axar Patel dismissed him caught behind. AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli needed a big partnership in order to stand a chance but, Anrich Nortje dismissed ABD while attempting a pull-shot in the 6th over.
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After De Villiers’ wicket, Bangalore never managed to get back in the game despite the 32-run partnership for the 4th wicket between Kohli and Ali. After the dismissal of Ali in the 12th over, Virat took the onus of himself to smash the ball and he played some audacious shots but Iyer brought back Kagiso Rabada into the attack who dismissed the RCB skipper in the 14th overs. Eventually, they lost the game by 59 runs after losing wickets at regular intervals.
Hits
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada has always been a go-to bowler for DC and he didn’t disappoint when the team needed him. Bowling his second over managed to scalp Virat Kohli on the third delivery itself. He completed his spell after scalping 4 wickets and conceded just 24 runs.
Marcus Stoinis
After not getting much of a chance to bat in the last three matches of the IPL 2020, DC all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis was desperate to score and he roared when it mattered the most. Stoinis amassed as many as 53 runs in just 26 deliveries with the help of six 4s and a couple of 6s.
Flops
Aaron Finch
It’s been the second consecutive game when Aaron Finch has failed to deliver when the team needed him. Apart from his fifty against MI, he has been a disappointment for RCB.
Navdeep Saini
After bowling match-winning spells against MI and RR, Navdeep Saini has failed to take wickets for DC and conceded a lot of runs as well. In order for to Bangalore have a chance to reach the playoffs, Saini needs to be more consistent, as he is their frontline fast bowler.
