Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs over Delhi Capitals in the 20th match of the IPL 2023. Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl. Put into bat, Kohli scored a quickfire fifty and with others’ contributions, they managed to post 174 runs in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh and Kuldeep Yadav claimed 2 wickets each.

While chasing, Delhi Capitals lost four wickets within the powerplay. However, Manish Pandey scored a fifty but he didn’t get enough support from the other end and eventually managed 151 runs in 20 overs, losing the game 23 runs as well.

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Here is what the captains and the player of the match said after the game:

Virat Kohli, Player of the Match said as quoted by Cricbuzz: It was a tricky one. When it went up in the air, I made sure there was no one close to me. I made sure I grabbed it solidly. I was quite disappointed that I got out to a full toss. I’ve been playing really well. One thing I mentioned to the guys in the change room that 175 was enough on this pitch. It slowed down considerably. We did well to get to that score and had the belief it was enough. When I’ve played my best cricket, those are the balls I’ve put away consistently. When I put away their best balls, it puts pressure on the bowlers. We kind of let it slip away last two games. That was a different mentality and phase altogether (T20 World Cup 2016 semis). I back myself to hit good shots. When they come off they look good.

Faf du Plessis, RCB captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: We needed that to get the confidence back in the group. Especially the bowling group. Defending a total is not always easy at the Chinnaswamy, so very proud of them. It’s the first day game of the season. Also the new rule now – you always feel you need more. 175 in a day game here is a good score. But with the new rule there’s some uncertainty. Generally the first six overs is more important. The way we bowled was just unbelievable. Huge credit to our seamers in the first six.

David Warner, DC captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: I said at the toss we needed to do all disciplines well, but we lost three early wickets and we didn’t chase down what should have been an easy chase. They (RCB) came out and started well with the ball, Siraj was outstanding. The positives were good – bowling and fielding was exceptional, the energy we showed was great too. Have to go back, we have five days off, have a hard look at ourselves, we need to do better with the bat and build partnerships at the top of the order. It is a matter of starting well with the bat. Teams have come back well from this position before and we can go on and do better.

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Vijaykumar Vyshak said as quoted by Cricbuzz: I didn’t know about that (on having the best bowling figures on debut for an RCB bowler), have been working hard for the opportunity. Faf came and told me the wicket was holding up a bit, so I went with the hard lengths and slower balls which worked well. I’ve been working on these variations for the last couple of years. I wanted to bowl the knuckle ball, but Faf came up with suggestions on how to go about on this pitch. The management backed me well and Faf came up with suggestions often to help me. I was with the team as a net bowler