All-round RCB take DC in stride, jump to top of points table

By Fatima | Published on April 28, 2025

Sports / April 28, 2025

All-round RCB take DC in stride, jump to top of points table

Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets in an IPL 2025 match in New Delhi on Sunday.

Krunal Pandya’s 47-ball 73 not out and a disciplined bowling effort guided Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2025 match on Sunday.

Brief Scores:

Delhi Capitals: 162 for 8 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 41; Bhuveshwar Kumar 3/33).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 165 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Krunal Pandya 73, Virat Kohli 51; Axar Patel 2/19).

Bit then Kumar and Hazlewood claimed wickets with their dogged consistency as RCB choked Delhi in the middle overd.

RCB’s seventh win in 10 games lifted them to the top spot in the standings and put them on course to qualify for the play-offs.

Fourth-placed Delhi (12 points) suffered only their third defeat in nine matches they too remain in the hunt to advance to the last four stage.

Pandya power:

In his first season for RCB, Pandya sparkled with both bat and ball as he came int bat at 26 for three.

But he and Kohli shared a 119-run partnership off 84 deliveries to bail them out, laying the platform for RCB to win with nine deliveries to spare as they extended their unbeaten run away from home.

Earlier, Faf du Plessis (22 off 26 balls) made his return from injury and together with Abhishek Porel (28 off 11) helped Delhi reach 52 for two in the powerplay.

For Delhi, skipper Axar Patel (2/19) was the only bowler to make a mark.

India batter KL Rahul top-scored with a 39-ball 41 but Delhi lost wickets at regular intervals until Tristan Stubbs blasted an 18-ball 34 to pull them to a competitive total.

But it proved too little as RCB reached their target in 18.3 overs overs with Pandya (73 not out) and Virat Kohli (51) making bulk of the scoring.

Tim David then put finishing touched to their chase with 19 not out off five deliveries and scored the winning runs too.

RCB won the toss and opted to field with experienced seamers Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) getting support from Pandya (1/28) and Yash Dayal (1/42) to restrict hosts Delhi to 162 for 8 at the Arun Jaitley stadium.