Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in a thrilling IPL match. DC needed 15 runs in the last over. David Miller hit two consecutive sixes and a four and won with one ball remaining. Bengaluru, batting after losing the toss, scored 175 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi chased the target with 6 wickets in 19.5 overs. DC team has moved to fourth place in the points table with its third win. Whereas, RCB is at second place with 8 points. Stubbs-Rahul’s half-century: Delhi’s chase of the target of 176 runs did not have a good start. The team lost 3 wickets in the powerplay itself. Bhuvareshwar Kumar took all three wickets. However, opener KL Rahul stuck to one end and scored a half-century. There was a partnership of 69 runs for the fourth wicket between him and Tristan Stubbs. Apart from Rahul, Stubbs scored unbeaten 60 runs. David Miller scored 22 not out on 10 balls. Bhuvareshwar Kumar took 3 wickets for Bengaluru. Krunal Pandya got 1 wicket. Salt’s half-century did not work. Phil Salt scored a half-century for Bengaluru, who came to bat first. He scored 63 runs on 38 balls. This was his second fifty of this season. There was a partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket between him and Virat Kohli. Apart from Salt, Tim David scored 26, Kohli scored 19 and Devdutt Padikkal scored 18 runs. Delhi’s 3 bowlers took 2-2 wickets. For Delhi, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Lungi Ngidi took 2-2 wickets. Mukesh Kumar got 1 wicket. Whereas, Krunal Pandya was run out. Match Scorecard
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