Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 16 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. With this result, DC have climbed to the top of the IPL Points Table for now. For RCB, this defeat spells the end of their chances of completing a fairy tale late-season charge for the top four spots. Batting first, Delhi Capitals had put up a score of 187/5 in their 20 overs. Winning the toss, DC skipper Shreyas Iyer had opted to bat first. Prithvi Shaw (18 off 10 balls) started off on a positive note but was then dismissed by Umesh Yadav. Shreyas Iyer (52 off 37 balls) and Shikhar Dhawan (50 off 37 balls) then came together to put on a stable partnership, both eventually bringing up their respective fifties. Royal Challengers Bangalore were struggling to find a breakthrough, until Yuzvendra Chahal decided to have his say. He got Dhawan out by producing a thick top edge off his bat. Soon, he also got Shreyas Iyer to hole out in the deep. However, just as it looked like RCB would limit DC to a modest total, there was a last-minute carnage unleashed by Sherfane Rutherford (28* off 13 balls) to take the score beyond 180. Parthiv Patel (39 off 20 balls) and Virat Kohli (23 off 17 balls) got RCB off to a lightning start, but once their wickets fell, DC were all over them. There were contributions from Shivam Dube (24 off 16 balls), Gurkeerat Singh (27 off 19) and Marcus Stoinis (32* off 24 balls), but they were not enough as RCB finished at 171/7 in their 20 overs. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2019 Highlights Between Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, straight from Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi
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DC beat RCB by 16 runs
Washington Sundar is out
What a catch by Pant
Ishant keeping it tight
RCB 158/5 after 18 overs
Rabada bowling a tight line and length
Flat and strong! Six for Gurkeerat
52 runs required in the last four overs
Rutherford likes how Dhawan rolls
RCB 126/5 after 15 overs
RCB need 73 off the last 6 overs
Gurkeerat Singh joins Dube
Axar Patel and Rutherford must be new best friends
Heinrich Klaasen the new man in
Huge wicket! ABD is gone!
Another six for Dube
98 needed off the last 10 overs
That interesting passage of play
Shuvam Dube survives
Shivam Dube in at No.4
Mishra bowls a tidy over
Purple cap going nowhere this season
Parthiv Patel is out
Kohli not mincing any words
Kohli gets in on the act
Four for Parthiv again! This time off Rabada
Four, four for Parthiv again
RCB 20/0 after 2 overs
Four, four for Parthiv
It has been an uphill climb for a while though
What will the chase have to offer?
Iyer is out! Big wicket!
Wicket! Chahal gets Pant lbw
4500 IPL runs for Dhawan
Excellent over from Chahal
Chahal back into the attack
Shivam Dube gets the ball for the 12th over
Behind the keeper for four
Iyer and Dhawan on song
Umesh Yadav saves two runs
Sundar back to bowl his second over
DC 74/1 after 8 overs
RCB 59/1 after 6 overs
Excellent shot for four
Prithvi Shaw is out! Or is he?
Four for Prithvi Shaw
First six of the day
Four, four for Prithvi Shaw
Washington Sundar bowls the 2nd over
Who shall be the king of the Kotla today?
Players are in the middle
Another chance for Shivam Dube to come good
How the playing XIs stack up
How RCB will deal with Moeen Ali's absence
Why DC are batting first
Changes in Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals win toss and opt to bat first
Kaif with some wise words from the Kotla
Expected team changes
Whose roar rings out the loudest?
Home record not a pretty reading for DC
Delhi Capitals
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli