RCB vs DC Highlights IPL 2024, 62nd Game

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That brings us to the end of our coverage for this encounter. A one-sided contest in the end with RCB continuing their winning run with a 47-run win against the Delhi Capitals. At the halfway stage, the Capitals would have been very happy to restrict RCB to a score under 190 but what transpired in the run chase was far from ideal for the Capitals. They lost four wickets in the powerplay and it was always going to be an uphill task from there on. Axar Patel waged a lone battle and scored a half century but that was nowhere close to being enough in the end. We are in the final stages of the tournament and every match is important now. The Gujarat Titans will square off against the Kolkata Knight Riders tomorrow. Another must-win game for GT. Do join us then and for many more sporting actions but for now, this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) and Pradeep signing off.

Cameron Green is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: Yeah, obviously a great game for our team. We have found some form in the last few games. Unfortunately, it wasn't there in the first half but we are still in with a chance. We had to come out and take early wickets. We knew the wicket wasn't that great so we had to bat according to the conditions. I think we identified that pace on was easier. Sometimes the dew takes it away, thankfully there wasn't any today. I think I have spend enough time in India in the last couple of years to get used to the conditions. There has been something for the bowlers this season in Chinnaswamy so that's not a bad thing to happen.

Live Score

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

187/9 (20)

Delhi Capitals

140/10 (19.1)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 47 runs.

Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain): We have put in some really good performances so that's very pleasing. It is just confidence. The first half of the tournament didn't go well for us and a couple of guys then started scoring regularly. Obviously the bowling department has stepped up. We failed to get wickets in the first half and now we are bowling out opposition's. It's just the feeling, sometimes people talk about match up. The match up wasn't great for Karn but as a left hander you have to go with the ball spinning in. Karn has been great for us. Axar batting through the middle would have been a little easier. I hope he gets a good crack in the next game. Yeah lot of work has gone in behind the scenes. That's the obvious things where the changes has happened. That for me is the shining light with the way the boys have bowled. Six or seven options. You access the conditions and you can pull the best options. The way Siraj has come back. Obviously proving a point. Yash has been brilliant and Lockie has also stepped up in the last few games. No both needs to have a full crack. We need to play a style of cricket which is bold. Still to be 60 of the powerplay on a pitch that wasn't too easy was a great achievement.

Axar Patel also gets the award for hitting most fours in the match.

Axar Patel bags the award for hitting most sixes in the match.

Yash Dayal is the Ultimate Fantasy Player of the Match.

Virat Kohli bags the Electric Striker of the Match Award.

Virat Kohli was seen applauding Mahipal Lomror after he smashed a six off Kuldeep Yadav. Switch 👇 to relieve that moment.

[Watch] Virat Kohli stands up and claps for Mahipal Lomror after his 6 against Kuldeep Yadav in RCB vs DC match

Lockie Ferguson (Royal Challengers Bengaluru): 100%, similar last game, throughout the innings, guys picking up wickets and all the hard work is paying off now. Even when we were having those losses, coaching staff, leadership were very even, we were enjoying ourselves and had good time, we knew if we had played to our potential, hopefully get on a roll and finish the tournament that way. Scores this tournament sort of all over it, the batters did extremely well tonight with the ball gripping and we struck early and made my job easier in the end. It's exciting, this part of the competition, it's nice to be in win or loss, and will be up against Chennai in few days. Obviously, it kept me challenging bowling here, but great working with Griffith, doing a lot of work and with this bowling units which picks up wicket, makes the job lot easier to me.

Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals captain): I thought, we dropped too many catches and if we had held on to it, we could've been chasing around 160 or 170 and we were always catching up from there. 160 or 170 was a par score with the ball not coming on to the bat, with the ball getting old, it was easy to hit. If your two players get run-out and lose four wickets in the powerplay, we were always behind the eight ball and were unlucky. Anything can happen, we haven't thought anything, we have to travel and see what happens.

Royal Challengers won by 47 runs

Rajat Patidar 52(32) | Yash Dayal 3/20(3.1)
Axar Patel 57(39) | Rasikh Salam Dar 2/23(3)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru keep their hopes alive in the 17th edition of the IPL, defeating the Delhi Capitals quite comprehensively by runs. The victory has made the table very interesting with the final group game for RCB becoming a virtual knockout against CSK. Even a win might not be enough to book a place in the playoffs but they managed to do the controllables so well in the last five matches.

At the halfway stage it looked that RCB might have left 10-15 runs in the ground but how things transpired right from the word go, made it a pretty one sided contest in the end. David Warner in his comeback game was dismissed in the opening over of Swapnil Singh. Jake Fraser-McGurk came out all guns blazing yet again. He smashed a couple of fours and sixes each to announce his arrival before an unfortunate way brought about his downfall.

Yash Dayal bagged the wicket of Abhishek Porel in his first over before getting a hand on the fierce drive from Shai Hope and caught Fraser-McGurk short of his ground. The charge from RCB continued as Mohammed Siraj then trapped Kumar Kushagra right in front of the stumps. At 30/4, the Capitals were staring down the barrel when the stand-in skipper Axar Patel joined Hope in the middle.

The duo batted sensibly to start with and also found the boundaries to keep the scoreboard moving. Hope was dismissed after a 56 run partnership of a slower full toss from Lockie Ferguson. Tristan Stubbs came out at the fall of Hope's wicket and the way he had batted in the tournament, DC had their hopes very much alive. However it was a horrible mix up with his captain which cost him wicket as Green hunted down the stumps at the non-striker's end.

Axar continued the good work and shared a good stand with Rasikh Salam to try and take the game deep. The boundaries had dried up and the pressure kept building. Axar Patel's dismissal in the 16th over was the final nail in the coffin for the Capitals. From there on, it was a formality of sorts and eventually Yash Dayal finished the match off by castling Kuldeep Yadav. Yash Dayal and Ferguson were the pick of the bowlers, bagging three and two wickets each.

Yash Dayal finishes it off in style and Royal Challengers Bengaluru continues their charge towards the latter half of the competition. Dayal hits the deck hard and Kuldeep unable to get ball on ball. This is DC's lowest total this season as they are virtually knocked out of the tournament due to their inferior net run rate. You don't often win too many games after losing four wickets in the powerplay and it turned out exactly in that manner. Axar Patel waged a lone battle with a brilliant partnership but it was too little too late as RCB registered a comprehensive 47 run win. RCB move to the 5th position and still in with a good chance or going through to the playoffs.

19.1 Yash Dayal to Kuldeep Yada

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Royal Challengers Bengaluru make it five in five and keep their playoffs alive! It has been a clinical win for RCB. Back of a length, angled in on the leg-stump. Kuldeep backing away misses, rattles the leg-stump. RCB will be up with CSK on May 18th in a virtual quarter final!

Kuldeep Yadav b Yash Dayal 6 (10b, 0x4, 0x6)

That's the end of the 19th over and both teams are waiting for the game to end. It's been a sorry take for the Delhi Capitals and Rishabh Pant who was suspended for this game will be very disappointed at this outcome. Final over of the match coming up.

End of over 19 (5 runs), Delhi Capitals 140/9

Ishant Sharma 0(4)
Kuldeep Yadav 6(9)
Mohammed Siraj 33/1

18.6 Mohammed Siraj to Ishant Sharma

full and straight from Siraj, Ishant presses and manages to keep it out.

18.5 Mohammed Siraj to Ishant Sharma

BEAUTY! Back of a length, jags back in sharply. Ishant with barely any footwork looks to defend, but cuts him in half instead.

18.5 Mohammed Siraj to Ishant Sharma

WIDE! Too straight from Siraj, angled it down the leg-side and has been called that a wide.

18.4 Mohammed Siraj to Kuldeep Yada

nails the yorker, right up in the blockhole. Kuldeep digs it out towards covers and they take the single.

18.3 Mohammed Siraj to Kuldeep Yada

length delivery outside the off-stump, Kuldeep hangs back and smacked it to mid-off for no run.

18.2 Mohammed Siraj to Kuldeep Yada

back of a length, angled it well outside the off-stump. Kuldeep reaches and misses it by a mile.

18.2 Mohammed Siraj to Kuldeep Yada

WIDE! Loses the radar this time with the change of pace, goes outside the tramline and Siraj has to reload that.

18.1 Mohammed Siraj to Kuldeep Yada

full toss outside the off-stump. Kuldeep slices it in the air past the covers, they scamper through for a couple.

The friendly banter between Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli continues. Another successful over for Lockie Ferguson. RCB just a wicket away from sealing this.

End of over 18 (2 runs), Delhi Capitals 135/9

Ishant Sharma 0(2)
Kuldeep Yadav 3(5)
Lockie Ferguson 23/2

17.6 Lockie Ferguson to Ishant Sharma

OH! Short delivery, angled into the batter as Ishant gets followed, looks to defend and misses, through to the keeper.

17.5 Lockie Ferguson to Ishant Sharma

OH! Length delivery, angled in on the leg-stump. Ishant backing away swings across, but gets a thick inside edge back on to the pad.

Ishant Sharma, RHB is the new man in at No 11.

That's a simple catch for Mahipal Lomror as Delhi Capitals lose their 9th wicket. Mukesh was not in a position to execute that pull shot. Ends up getting a top edge and a pretty simple catch for the short midwicket fielder.

17.4 Lockie Ferguson to Mukesh Kumar

OUT! STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Too quick for Mukesh that, short into the batter. Mukesh top edged the pull towards mid-wicket. Lomror back tracks and pouches this one safely and RCB are just one wicket away now.

Mukesh Kumar c Mahipal Lomror b Lockie Ferguson 3 (7b, 0x4, 0x6)

17.3 Lockie Ferguson to Mukesh Kumar

short and just outside the off-stump. Mukesh has a ugly swing across the line and misses.

17.2 Lockie Ferguson to Kuldeep Yada

short on the off-stump, Kuldeep walks across and helps it down to fine-leg for another single.

17.1 Lockie Ferguson to Mukesh Kumar

bangs in the short delivery, too quick for Mukesh who went back to pull but top edge it to clear short mid-wicket, takes a single.

It's all about completing the formalities at the end. Cam Green with another tight over and RCB getting close to their 6th victory. The lengths has been pretty tight and at this stage, DC doesn't have the batters to smoke the big shots.

End of over 17 (3 runs), Delhi Capitals 133/8

Kuldeep Yadav 2(4)
Mukesh Kumar 2(4)
Cameron Green 19/1

16.6 Cameron Green to Kuldeep Yada

dips a slower one on the stumps, was a full. Kuldeep drilled it to short cover for another dot.

16.5 Cameron Green to Mukesh Kumar

OH! In the air but goes just over Green. Short again, Mukesh mistimes the pull over the bowler's head for a quick single.

16.4 Cameron Green to Mukesh Kumar

slower one, back of a length over the top of the stumps. Mukesh too early into the swipe and misses.

16.4 Cameron Green to Mukesh Kumar

sharp bumper again from Green, well directed. Mukesh takes his eyes off to pull and misses, through to the keeper. But, umpire calls that a wide for height!

16.3 Cameron Green to Mukesh Kumar

OH DEAR! Bangs in the short delivery, hurries Mukesh who looks to defend, but hits high on the bat and lobs up to fall safely into the off-side.

16.2 Cameron Green to Kuldeep Yada

short delivery into the batter, Kuldeep mistimes the pull just over backward square-leg for one.

16.1 Cameron Green to Kuldeep Yada

back of a length on the off-stump, Kuldeep right behind it and defends it back to the bowler.

Cameron Green [3-0-16-1] is back into the attack.

We are done with the 16th over and RCB in a dominating position and within touching distance of another victory. Yash Dayal provided the most important wicket of the run chase as he deceived Axar Patel with a slower good length delivery. The home crowd enjoying themselves with RCB putting up another solid show.

End of over 16 (3 runs), Delhi Capitals 130/8

Kuldeep Yadav 1(1)
Mukesh Kumar 1(1)
Yash Dayal 20/2

15.6 Yash Dayal to Kuldeep Yada

pace off, back of a length outside the off-stump. Kuldeep waits and dabs it down to third-man for just one.

15.5 Yash Dayal to Mukesh Kumar

length delivery on the stumps. Mukesh clipped it down to long-on for a single.

Mukesh Kumar, RHB is the new man in.

That in all likelihood will be the final nail in the coffin as far as the Delhi Capitals are concerned. He had to try and play the big shots and perishes in the process. A nice running catch from Faf du Plessis and RCB inching closer towards their 5th consecutive victory.