• RCB vs DC IPL 2020 Match Report: The 19th match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in Dubai. In this match Delhi Capitals beat Bangalore badly. Delhi have again secured the top spot in the tournament table by winning by 59 runs against RCB.
In this match, Bangalore team won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, the Delhi team came out to bat first and scored 196 runs, losing 4 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to a stormy half-century from Marcus Stoinis. In this way, Bangalore had a target of 197 runs to win, but Virat Kohli’s captaincy Bangalore team was able to score 137 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 59 runs.
Delhi’s innings, got a modest start
Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan got off to a good start by losing the toss and batting first. Both added 63 runs in the powerplay. This is the biggest score made in IPL 2020 Powerplay. Delhi Capitals got their first blow as Prithvi Shaw, who was dismissed by 42 runs. Delhi got the second blow as Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 32 runs and became the victim of Isuru Udana.
Delhi suffered the third blow in the form of captain Shreyas Iyer, who was caught by Devdutt Paddikal after scoring 11 runs off Moin Ali. Delhi’s fourth wicket fell in the form of Rishabh Pant, who was clean bowled by Mohammad Siraj for 37 runs in 25 balls. Marcus Stoinis scored the only half-century of the innings for Delhi. Stoinis was dismissed by scoring 53 runs from 26 balls and Hetmyer by 11 runs.
For this match, there have been two changes in Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli. Australian all-rounder Adam Zampa as well as Gurkirat Singh have had to sit out. RCB has replaced all-rounder Moin Ali in the squad in place of Adam Zampa, while Mohammad Siraj has been included in the playing eleven in place of Gurkeerat Mann. There has been a change in the Delhi team. Akshar Patel has a chance to replace Amit Mishra.
Bangalore’s innings, strong batsman failed
The duo of Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch came on the field to chase down the target from Delhi. Veteran R Ashwin caught the in-form Devadatta on the score of just 4 runs at the hands of Marcus Stoinis. After this, the second opener Finch was caught by Akshar Patel for 13 runs behind the wicket by Rishabh Pant.
The third setback took the team as AB de Villiers. On the score of 9 runs, Enrich Nortje got de Villiers caught by Shikhar Dhawan for 9 runs. After falling three wickets, Mohin Ali, who was playing with captain Kohli, got Delhi’s big success by getting Shimron Hetmyer caught by Akshar Patel on the score of 11 runs.
Captain Virat Kohli, who was batting fiercely in the midst of constantly falling wickets, was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada, Delhi’s best bowler. Playing 43 runs off 39 balls, Kohli got him caught behind the wicket by Rishabh Pant. The sixth blow to the team was in the form of Washington Sundar, who scored 17 runs and became the victim of Rabada.
RCB’s seventh wicket fell as Shivam Dubey, who was clean bowled by 11 runs off Kagiso Rabada’s ball. The team received the eighth blow as Isuru Udana, who scored one run and became the victim of Rabada. Mohammed Siraj returned to the pavilion as the 9th wicket, scoring only 5 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore playing XI
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Shivam Dubey, Isuru Udana, Moin Ali, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammad Siraj.
Playing XI of delhi capitals
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Norkhia.