- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.1 Shaw tracks back at cover and takes a simple catch. Philippe's driven and pulled without finding his timing tonight. This time he looks to go inside-out and chip over the off side. It's a length ball angled in at middle stump and he backs away before opening the face. Done it too early and it comes off the toe-end and is a friendly skier 25/115.4 knocks middle stump with a 152kph length ball. It's scrambled seam, it's angled across from an initial leg-stump line. Padikkal backs into the leg side to try and lift him over the covers like he had in the powerplay. It's rapidly past him to hit the top of the stumps 112/312.3 taken at deep midwicket! Nice and slow again from Ashwin, 77kph. Up at length on middle stump. Kohli steps out to make the pitch of that but there's just no pace on this. Slugs it into the long boundary. Stoinis is in from the line, but he hangs on above his head and then does well to balance himself on the steps back 82/219.2 full toss at middle stump, goes too hard at the slog and miscues it. Ends up at long-on where Rahane has done brilliantly. Not the fielding itself, because it was straight at him. But the presence of mind to throw to the end AB is running at - the striker's end to keep strike. Took his time, lobbed it in really. Pant grabs it on the half-volley and catches AB well short. That is potentially a few runs saved for DC 146/615.6 outside edge is taken and the Morris gamble doesn't pay off. It looks like a cutter from Nortje on first viewing. On slow-mo that doesn't seem to be the case though. But that short ball has really gripped and lifted slowly off the surface as Morris runs down at it. Gets bigger and bigger on him and it's a thick edge that Pant takes above his head 112/418.6 finds deep midwicket. Short and just outside off. There in his pulling arc, but he's got no elevation on it.Dips into Rahane's lap 145/519.4 taken at long-off. 150.4kph. Short and rising outside off. Backs into the leg side and looks for the horizontal bat shot. Slices it up for Iyer, who had gone back after the last ball. Runs in and takes it easily 150/7Extras4 (b 1, w 3)TOTAL152/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.6)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Josh Philippe, 4.1 ov), 2-82 (Virat Kohli, 12.3 ov), 3-112 (Devdutt Padikkal, 15.4 ov), 4-112 (Chris Morris, 15.6 ov), 5-145 (Shivam Dube, 18.6 ov), 6-146 (AB de Villiers, 19.2 ov), 7-150 (Isuru Udana, 19.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.5 oh that is a stunner from Siraj! Unplayable. Simply stunning. He said pre-match about how he's been chewing Dale Steyn's ear off in training. Well this is one way to pay tribute to Steyn. It's a very similar initial line - at middle stump - as the last few balls. But the seam is upright and this shapes towards off stump, very late in it's path. Lands on the seam and keeps going away and climbs past Shaw's angled bat to hit the top of off. Actually scratch that, the bat is straight enough, he was looking to defend it. Dream delivery 19/112.4 lapped straight to short fine! Dhawan knows what he wants to do but he's down for it too early. Shahbaz slows it down. A full one on leg stump. He lifts it straight to the fielder. Standing ovation from the dugout as he goes out 107/217.2 steered straight to short third. Short of a length and across middle stump. Tries to use the angle to play the reverse lap. It comes off the top edge and is an easy take. Rahane's put them on the brink, can't take them over 136/416.2 drags it straight to long-on. Good length and holding in the pitch outside off. Reaches out and looks to clear the straight boundary. It comes off the inside half 130/3Extras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL154/4 (19 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Prithvi Shaw, 1.5 ov), 2-107 (Shikhar Dhawan, 12.4 ov), 3-130 (Shreyas Iyer, 16.2 ov), 4-136 (Ajinkya Rahane, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CH Morris 2 0 19 0 9.5 4 3 0 0 0 Mohammed Siraj 3 0 29 1 9.66 9 4 1 2 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 24 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 I Udana 2 0 24 0 12 1 4 0 0 0 YS Chahal 4 0 29 0 7.25 4 2 0 0 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 4 0 26 2 6.5 6 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days
02 November 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 56/1 in 9.0 overs (D Padikkal 31, V Kohli 12)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (D Padikkal 27, V Kohli 27, Ex 0)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 103/2 in 15.0 overs (D Padikkal 50, AB de Villiers 9)
- D Padikkal: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 152/7 in 20.0 overs (Washington Sundar 0, Shahbaz Ahmed 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 53/1 in 6.0 overs (S Dhawan 25, AM Rahane 17)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (S Dhawan 24, AM Rahane 26, Ex 2)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 37 balls (6 x 4)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- AM Rahane: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 128/2 in 16.0 overs (AM Rahane 55, SS Iyer 7)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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