- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.4 Hazlewood ends Porel's march! He's strangled down leg! Short down leg, Porel looks to swivel and pull and only gloves it behind. Jitesh takes it diving to his right and the finger goes up immediately. Porel doesn't bother with a review and Hazlewood takes the lead in the Purple Cap race! 33/19.5 Faf's struggles come to an end! This is tossed up full on leg and du Plessis clears his front leg and looks to hit it down the ground. Comes off the inside half of the bat and goes straight to Virat Kohli, who makes no mistake and pumps his fist as his opening partner for the last three years walks back to the dugout 72/34.4 Skies it and it's taken! Short ball angled across, Nair looks to pull it away but is a bit cramped for room. Top edge goes high in the night sky and Bhuvneshwar Kumar makes no mistake. RCB keep getting powerplay wickets 44/216.2 there comes the big shot straightaway against pace and he's gone! Pitched up, scrambled seam, he swings down the ground but doesn't quite get the distance and Bethell dives forward for an easy catch 118/513.4 takes away middle stump! It's flat on the ground. You just can't keep this man out of the game in any phase. Good length and towards middle stump, Axar swings across the line and does't connect at all 102/419.5 135.1kmh, miscues the drive down completely with the change of pace and he skies it to point. Hazlewood gets his bucket hands under it easily 162/816.5 bamboozled! The impact sub lasts three balls. At 124.3kmh was that slow legcutter, pitching in line with the stumps and Ashutosh thought he could place it behind square but he was done with his shot, shower and shave before the ball reached him and hit leg stump 120/619.2 gone at the non-striker's end! He lofts the full delivery over the bowler and they decide to go for the second. No way there was a second there, so Nigam falls well short, but they get one and Stubbs keep strike 158/7Extras4 (lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL162/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Abishek Porel, 3.4 ov), 2-44 (Karun Nair, 4.4 ov), 3-72 (Faf du Plessis, 9.5 ov), 4-102 (Axar Patel, 13.4 ov), 5-118 (KL Rahul, 16.2 ov), 6-120 (Ashutosh Sharma, 16.5 ov), 7-158 (Vipraj Nigam, 19.2 ov), 8-162 (Tristan Stubbs, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Kumar 4 0 33 3 8.25 10 2 2 0 0 Yash Dayal 4 0 42 1 10.5 10 5 1 1 1 JR Hazlewood 4 0 36 2 9 10 5 1 1 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 22 0 5.5 8 2 0 0 0 KH Pandya 4 0 28 1 7 5 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 What a catch! Bethell looks to pull away this shorter ball and doesn't get a hold of it. Karun Nair has to run in from deep backward square and dives in front and holds on to it. Bethell knew the moment he hit it that he was in trouble, and his debut is just a cameo in the end 20/117.5 really well-judged catch from Starc at long off! Slow legcutter well outside off, Kohli might think he has enough to send this for six, and it's sailing away, but Starc has his eyes glued to it while he goes to his left, stays just inside the rope and gobbles it nicely 145/42.4 Chopped on! Axar Patel gets both the RCB left-handers at the top order out! It's a bit short outside off and quicker too, at 99.9kph. DDP looks to cut and gets a massive inside edge onto the stumps! The DC skipper is pumped! 20/23.6 Direct hit! The DC players think Patidar is a goner! Kohli clips it to midwicket and looks to take off, but he has sent Patidar scrambling back. And yep, Patidar is well short! Another run-out involving Kohli. Karun Nair with the throw. He took a good catch earlier, and now he's pulled off another stunning bit of fielding! Kohli took a few steps forward and Patidar was charging down when he's sent back 26/3Extras4 (nb 2, w 2)TOTAL165/4 (18.3 Overs, RR: 8.91)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Jacob Bethell, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Devdutt Padikkal, 2.4 ov), 3-26 (Rajat Patidar, 3.6 ov), 4-145 (Virat Kohli, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AR Patel 4 0 19 2 4.75 9 1 0 1 0 MA Starc 3 0 31 0 10.33 6 4 1 0 0 Mukesh Kumar 3.3 0 51 0 14.57 7 6 3 0 1 V Nigam 1 0 12 0 12 1 1 0 0 1 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 28 0 7 8 1 1 0 0 PVD Chameera 3 0 24 1 8 3 1 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
27 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Delhi Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Madhav Tiwari and Tripurana Vijay
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Liam Livingstone and Swapnil Singh
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 69/2 in 9.0 overs (F du Plessis 21, KL Rahul 14)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub: Devdutt Padikkal in for Suyash Sharma (Delhi Capitals innings, 14.6 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 117/4 in 16.0 overs (KL Rahul 41, T Stubbs 5)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: Ashutosh Sharma in for Faf du Plessis (Delhi Capitals innings, 16.2 ov)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 3
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 162/8 in 20.0 overs (MA Starc 0, PVD Chameera 0)
- Over 19.6: Review by Delhi Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - PVD Chameera (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 7.4: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - KH Pandya (Struck down)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 56/3 in 9.0 overs (V Kohli 23, KH Pandya 14)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (V Kohli 25, KH Pandya 24, Ex 1)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (82 balls), Extras 1
- Over 14.1: Delhi Capitals opts for a ball change allowed under IPL playing conditions (dew factor)
- KH Pandya: 50 off 38 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 125/3 in 16.0 overs (V Kohli 49, KH Pandya 56)
- V Kohli: 50 off 45 balls (4 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 75 balls (V Kohli 42, KH Pandya 56, Ex 2)
- Over 17.0: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - KH Pandya (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 3
- Over 18.1: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - TH David (Upheld)
Match Coverage
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Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood restrict DC to 162
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