It was an important game for both the Delhi Capitals as well as the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi registered a comfortable victory over its opposition to qualify for the playoffs but even after losing the match, Bangalore also qualified for the playoffs of the tournament and that because of its net run rate. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals.
Shreyas Iyer who is the captain of Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field first and the opening pair of Royal Challengers Bangalore came out to start the proceedings of the most important match of the tournament. Men in orange Jersey got a shaky start as they lost the opener very cheaply but Devdutt Padikkal continued his dream run in the IPL 2020, as he smashed his fifth half-century of the season. He combined with skipper Kohli to put on 57 runs for the second wicket.
Virat Kohli also played some sensation shots after getting some luck as the catch was dropped. AB de Villiers and Shivam Dube also scored some handy runs and help Bangalore to score 152 runs on the board after 20 overs. It is worth to mention that the bowlers of Delhi performed really well as they were capable to remove wickets in the regular intervals and the same helped the team to restrict the explosive batting lineup of Bangalore for an average total.
In the reply, Delhi Capitals also doesn’t started with a great manner as Prithvi Shaw went back to the pavilion once again for a single digit but Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane both the experienced guys handled the match very well and the players scored half century and put 88 runs partnership. This particular partnership help the team to register the victory comfortably over Royal Challengers Bangalore. After The dismissal of the experienced guys of the team, the match was slowed down and then completed the formalities by registering a six wicket with 6 balls to spare.
Having said that, as the match was extended a couple of overs Bangalore also entered into the playoffs of the tournament because of its high net run rate. We should forget that if Delhi completes the day before 16 overs then Bangalore will not able to qualify for playoffs but the bowlers of Bangalore help the team to extend the match for a couple of more over and that help them to enter into the playoffs.
Delhi Capitals finished second position on the points table of IPL 2020 after Mumbai Indians who is the defending champions of the tournament.
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