IPL 2020 Highlights, RCB vs DC Match, Full Cricket Score: Delhi Capitals beat RCB by 59 runs, jump to top of table

Axar Patel is Man of the match for his spell of 2 for 18:

Axar: We knew the ball was stopping on the wicket. I have practiced bowling in the powerplay. So I executed the plan well. I wanted to bowl my stock delivery and vary my pace. It was important to slow down and get turn on the wicket. I had a more defensive approach when I came to bowl in the powerplay but soon I switched to attacking mode after seeing how pitch was behaving.

Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals captain: Kudos to the boys. The strategy was to play with freedom and be fearless. We have got good youngsters in our team who are filled with energy. It’s just that we have to go out and execute our talent and skill. It is really important for us to get good recovery after the games. It is not easy when you are in the bio bubble.

On missing Amit Mishra: “It’s really saddening when your senior-most player who has been doing so well misses out. We will miss him, but we have got good replacements as well."

Best bowling figures for Rabada in IPL:

4/21 v RCB, Bangalore, 2019
4/22 v SRH, Hyderabad, 2019
4/24 v RCB, Dubai, 2020*

Virat Kohli, RCB captain: They got off to a great start, in first six, we pulled things back in next eight but in last phase, it again went away from us. We are dropping half chances, dropping sitters. Execution could have been better. Not a good show from us in any regard. Shaw and Dhawan batted very well but we tried to put them under pressure, we did not put our heads down. Stoinis batted well, we gave him a life but he took the game away from us. Chris Morris was close to playing the game. It is just about rectifying those small mistakes. We just need to go professional in those small moments. Conversation around chasing is having a big partnership. When you lose a few early wickets, the game starts drifting away from you. DC are playing good cricket, their batting is fearless. It is a side hard to beat. Against this kind of team, you need to bring your A game and we did not do that tonight.

After 20 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/9 ( Navdeep Saini 12 , Yuzvendra Chahal 0)

DC win by 59 runs

That’s it. RCB manage just 137/9 in reply to DC’s target of 197 runs. DC jump to top of table with the win. Top show by the South African pacers Nortje and Rabada alongside the spinners. RCB completely outplayed in all departments tonight.

FOUR! Saini swings his bat and connects, collects a boundary at long off.

After 19 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/9 ( Navdeep Saini 4 , )

Nortje continues. Top spell from him. Finishes with two wickets in the game. Has been very good in death overs. RCB lose their ninth wicket in form of Siraj. Chahal comes in to bat.

OUT! Yorker from Nortje, cleans up Siraj. The batsman gave a good look of all the three stumps to Nortje and he castled the stumps. Siraj b Nortje 5(4)

FOUR! Fuller from Nortje, Siraj makes room and and puts bat on the ball to collect boundary on off side square of the wicket.

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 121/8 ( Navdeep Saini 3 , Mohammed Siraj 0)

Rabada removes Dube on first ball of the over. Was on hat-trick but missed it, bowled a short ball to Saini who somehow evaded it. He got second wicket in the over in form of Udana. He finishes off with a four-fer. What a spell of pace bowling. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 76 runs in 12 balls.

OUT! Rabada gets another one. Slower from him and Udana attempts a heave, could connect it well and is caught at mid off by Iyer. Udana c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada 1(3)

OUT! Rabada strikes! Dube attempts a heave and missed it completely but Rabada did not miss the stumps. Sound of the timber as Dube walks back. RCB seven down. Shivam Dube b Rabada 11(12)

After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 118/6 ( Shivam Dube 11 , Isuru Udana 1)

Nortje returns to the attack after final time out of the match. Isuru Udana, right handed bat, joins Dube in the middle. Two singles off the first two balls and then two dots before Dube runs a leg bye. Nortje yet again excellent with his yorkers. He is fast, sharp and disciplined. Just 3 off the over. Top work. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 79 runs in 18 balls.

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/6 ( Shivam Dube 10 , )

Rabada continues. Sundar hits two boundaries in the over, as if announcing that this is still not over for them. But he perishes on the last ball of the over. Time out called. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 82 runs in 24 balls

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/6 ( Shivam Dube 10 , )

Rabada continues. Sundar hits two boundaries in the over, as if announcing that this is still not over for them. But he perishes on the last ball of the over. Time out called. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 82 runs in 24 balls

OUT! Sundar gone, slow and short from Rabada and Sundar hits it directly to Ashwin at mid-wicket. RCB six down. Washington Sundar c Ashwin b Rabada 17(11)

FOUR! That is stop shot from Sundar, fuller from Rabada and Sundar hits it down the ground for a boundary.

FOUR! Room for Sundar from Rabada and he cuts it to deep backward point for a boundary

After 15 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 105/5 ( Washington Sundar 8 , Shivam Dube 9)

End of Ashwin’s spell. He finishes with figures of 1 for 16. It could have looked better had Dube not him for a six on the penultimate ball of the over. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 92 runs in 30 balls.

SIX! Ashwin flights and Dube’s eyes lit up, he hits it over long on for a maximum. RCB go past 100 finally.

After 14 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 97/5 ( Washington Sundar 7 , Shivam Dube 2)

Rabada back on. Starts off with a wide down the leg. Has bowled a couple of wides tonight. But he straightens his length quickly and gets Kohli as well. The RCB skipper gave in to the rising required rate, attempted a heave and fell. Think that wicket has sealed the win for DC. Mere formalities left now. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 100 runs in 36 balls. Dube joins Sundar in the middle.

OUT! Rabada strikes and he gets the big wicket. Kohli gone. Not so short, but Kohli swings across the line, the ball takes the inside edge and goes to Pant who takes a good low catch. Kohli c Pant b Rabada 43(39)

After 13 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 91/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 42 , Washington Sundar 5)

Harshal continues and on the first ball of the new over, Kohli spots his slower one and smashes it for a six. Sundar joins Kohli in them middle and starts off with a lovely cover drive. 16 off the over. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 106 runs in 42 balls.

FOUR! That is a super shot from Sundar, drives it beautifully through extra cover region for a four

SIX! Slower from Harshal and Kohli spots it early, hits it over long on for a big six!

After 12 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 75/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 32 , )

Axar finishes his four overs. Both Kohli and Moeen are finding it difficult to play the power shots. Moeen in fact was failing to time the ball and in order to hit the big shot, has perished. RCB in deep trouble, Kohli is the man for them now. Axar finishes with two wickets, top spell from him.

OUT! Moeen Ali gone. He stepped out and Axar bowled low full toss, Moeen still went on with the shot, he targeted the long boundary on the on side and was caught by Hetmyer placed in the deep. Moeen Ali c Hetmyer b Axar 11(13)

After 11 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 70/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 29 , Moeen Ali 9)

Harshal comes into the attack. RCB scored 63 in first 10 overs which means they need to go big in the remaining over but the ball seems to be stopping a bit on pitching, as both batsmen have been unable to connect. Lovely off cutters from Harshal, tough to spot, not giving any pace on the bat for the batsmen. Kohli runs a couple of doubles and singles but the need of the hour are sixes and boundaries. Seven off the over.

After 10 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 63/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 23 , Moeen Ali 9)

Time out over. Axar continues. Single off the first ball. Followed by four dots. Kohli got stuck in there before taking a single off the last ball. Just 2 off the over.

After 9 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 61/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 22 , Moeen Ali 8)

Ashwin continues from the other end, and continues to bowl the tight lines in this over as the under-pressure pair of Virat and Moeen are able to collect a total of four singles and a brace — aside from a wide — from the offie’s third.

After 8 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 54/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 18 , Moeen Ali 6)

Axar’s brought back into the attack, having bowled a tidy first over in which he got rid of Aussie opener Aaron Finch. Starts off with a couple of dots, followed by a single off each of the next two. Virat gets an under-edge off the fifth and comes back for a brace as the ball runs away towards third man. The skipper retains the strike with a single off the last ball.

After 7 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 49/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 14 , Moeen Ali 5)

Ashwin back on. Moeen joins Kohli in the middle. He needs to go big from the word go and the asking rate is about to touch the 12 mark. He hits a four to Ashwin in the over and RCB need more of them. But just six off the over.

FOUR! Lovely shot from Moeen Ali, who has just come in, sweeps Ashwin for a boundary.

After 6 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 43/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 13 , Moeen Ali 0)

Nortje returns to the attack. There was a big mixup between ABD and Kohli which almost ran the RCB skipper out. But Ashwin missed the targetat the non-striker’s end. ABD hit Nortje for a four but he returned strongly to dismiss him. Wicket for DC in the over and five runs for RCB.

OUT! Hit for a six on the previous delivery and Nortje come back with a short ball, angled in and ABD swung across the line, the ball took the leading edge, went up in the ai, Dhawan caught it safely. de Villiers c Dhawan b Nortje 9(6)

FOUR! Nortje pitches short and wide and ABD smacks it over long off for four runs. Top shot that. Stand and deliver.

Players with 9000-plus T20 runs:

Chris Gayle 
Kieron Pollard
Shoaib Malik 
Brendon McCullum 
David Warner 
Aaron Finch 
VIRAT KOHLI*

After 5 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 38/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 12 , AB de Villiers (W) 5)

Harshal Patel, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and starts off with a poor ball, down the leg stump line and Kohli reached 9,000 T20 runs with a boundary to fine leg. AB de Villiers has joined Kohli in the middle and has opened his account with a flick to short fine leg. He ends the over with a stunning hit. 11 off the over.

FOUR! De Villiers smashes this through mid off for a boundary. Smashed really!

FOUR! Harshal comes into attack and bowls on Kohli’s pads, he flicks it fine leg boundary for four runs. 9,000 T20 runs for Kohli with that boundary.

After 4 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 27/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 6 , )

More spin. Axar Patel, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack. Kohli comes in and starts off with a boundary. Axar bowls a lovely off spinner that beats Kohli all ends up. DC appeal for stumping but to no avail. A similar delivery two balls later to Finch though gets a wicket for Axar. RCB two down. Seven off the over and a wicket.

OUT! Finch runs out of luck, lovely off spinner from Axarm, around the off stump and spins, takes the edge to the keeper and that’s that for Finch tonight. Finch c Pant b Axar 13(14)

FOUR! Kohli comes in and drives beautifully through the covers for a boundary.

After 3 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 20/1 ( Aaron Finch 13 , )

Ravichandran Ashwin, right-arm off break, into the attack. Finch takes a double at mid wicket region on the first ball. Ashwin warns Finch for backing up too far before the release of the ball. Padikkal loses his wicket trying to take on the offie. RCB one wicket down. Five off the over.

OUT! Ashwin strikes in his first over. From round the wicket, Padikkal comes down the wicket and tries to play a one-handed heave to the on side and perishes in the process, caught by Stoinis at deep mid-wicket. Devdutt Padikkal c Stoinis b Ashwin 4(6)

Aaron Finch has a SR of 75.00 against Ashwin in IPL.

After 2 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 15/0 ( Devdutt Padikkal 3 , Aaron Finch 9)

Anrich Nortje, right-arm fast, to bowl from the other end.He is welcomed with a stunning cover drive off Finch’s bat. Finch however is having some close shaved with danger, another catch dropped in the slips. He is living by the edge of the sword but important for RCB is that he is still there. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Wide and short, outside the off stump and Finch frees his arm, collects boundary the cover.

After 1 over,Royal Challengers Bangalore 5/0 ( Devdutt Padikkal 2 , Aaron Finch 2)

Rabada bowls. Padikkal on strike for first ball. Inswinger first up from KG and the ball seemed to have risen more than the batsman anticipated. Wide down leg to Finch. Finch has weakness to inswingers and guess, this is the plan. Rabada dropped a dolly in his follow through and Finch needs to make most of it this second chance now. Rabada has not been able to find the right line to Finch. But Finch finding it difficult to stay there, an edge off the bat on the last ball that did not carry to the first slip. Phew, what an exciting first over in the chase already. Five off it.

DROPPED! OH NO, KG! Finch gives the simplest of caught and bowl to Rabada and he makes a mess of it.

Seven of the eight IPL matches played at Dubai this season have been won by teams batting first.

DC today:

1-6 overs: 63/0 (RR – 10.5)
7-15 overs: 71/3 (RR – 7.89)
16-20 overs: 62/1 (RR – 12.40)

After 20 overs,Delhi Capitals 196/4 ( Marcus Stoinis 53 , Shimron Hetmyer 11)

DC finish their 20 overs with 196/4, their highest ever total against RCB, tells Michael Slater on broadcast. This is going to be difficult chase for RCB, not an impossible one though. Udana bowled well in the last over, yorker lengths and gave 12. Not bad at all. We will see you when the chase starts. RCB need 197 to win this contest and jump to top of points table.

SIX! Hetmyer joins the fun, low full toss on the legs and Hetmyer smashes this over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 184/4 ( Marcus Stoinis 52 , Shimron Hetmyer 1)

Siraj returns, gets hit for six over fine leg off the no-ball. Free hit does not go for any run. And then he cleans up Pant on the second ball of the over. Hetmyer (LBH) comes in to bat and swings hard, misses it completely, RCB think to go upstairs to review an edge but decide against it last moment. Stoinis collects a boundary off the last ball to reach to his fifty. 13 off the over.

FOUR! Fifty for Stoinis, his second in IPL 2020, he shuffles across and hits it to deep backward square leg boundary for four runs.

OUT! Siraj returns to clean up Pant. Shortish and slower, Pant swings wildly, ball takes the inside edge of the bat and chops on to the stumps. Pant b Siraj 37(25)

SIX! Siraj bowls a beamer now and Pant manages to watch it till the end somehow and puts it away for six over fine leg.

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 171/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 31 , Marcus Stoinis 48)

Udana comes back on. Pant collects a single off the first ball. Udana gets hit for a boundary two balls later but returns superbly. Good yorkers later in the over and he gives only three off the last 3 balls. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Pant continues to hit, widish delivery and he frees his arm and fetched a boundary deep extra cover.

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 161/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 25 , Marcus Stoinis 46)

Saini continues. Stoinis collects a boundary off the second ball. Gets more furious as Pant says no to a double and it almost led to Stoinis getting run out. But Kohli failed to collect there and hence a chance missed by RCB. Pant then hits a flat six down the ground and a four to fine leg before taking a single off the last ball. 18 off the over.

FOUR! That is top stuff from Pant, just beautifully guides it to fine leg region for a boundary off his hips.

SR in death overs in IPL:

Marcus Stoinis: 162.0
Rishabh Pant: 223.0

SIX! In the slot for Pant and he swings it, straight down the ground for a maximum. Powerpunch!

FOUR! Stoinis shuffles across in the crease and he swings the bat, gets a boundary at deep mid-wicket.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 143/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 14 , Marcus Stoinis 39)

Siraj comes back on and is welcomed with a dismissive boundary by Stoinis. He is in some form and that beamer from Saini has fired him up as well. DC are attacking every ball. Making sure there is a run every ball. Nine off the over.

FOUR! Stoinis is fired up. Fuller from Siraj and Stoinis drives it through the cover for four runs.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 134/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 13 , Marcus Stoinis 31)

Saini returns to the attack. And starts off with some good full length and yorker deliveries. Goes short and Stoinis pulls him for six and then for a four down the ground. Saini bowls a beamer next and that hit Stoinis on his fingers. He gets fired up and hits a boundary next ball. The over sees a climatic finish as Chahal drops Stoinis at deep mid-wicket. Kohli gets angry and shows his emotions. Great hitting from Stoinis. 17 off the over.

FOUR! Saini bowls fuller and wide and Stoinis hits it over the point fielder for four runs.

FOUR! Fuller from Saini and Stoinis hits it down the ground for a boundary.

SIX! We have seen some very good shots today and this one is equally good, short of length and Stoinis smacks it flat for six over deep mid-wicket.

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 117/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 13 , Marcus Stoinis 16)

Moeen continues. Stoinis was struggling against spinners before he delivered one of the biggest sixes in IPL 2020. Huge one that. Everyone would have enjoyed it except Moeen who bowled a half tracker. Stoinis collects one more boundary in the over and DC collect 15 off the over. Time out called.

FOUR! Too full from Moeen and Stoinis hit is straight down the ground for a boundary.

SIX! Huuuuuuuge one! Short ball from Moeen, Stoinis rocks back and pulls it away for a big maximum.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 102/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 11 , Marcus Stoinis 5)

Chahal continues. Caught and bowls chance for Chahal but it missed his fingers by inches. Stoinis the new man takes a deep breath after playing that shot. Pant shows aggression and collects a boundary with huge swing of the bat. 100 comes up for DC. Eight off the over.

FOUR! Chahal flights it in the air and Pant smashes this over deep mid-wicket region for a boundary.

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 94/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 5 , Marcus Stoinis 3)

Moeen Ali, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and he delivers. Gets Iyer, the DC captain but courtesy a brilliant catch in the deep by Padikkal. He is doing nothing wrong these days, is he, Padikkal? Six off the over and a wicket.

OUT! Padikkal pulls off a brilliant catch at deep mid-wicket! Moeen tosses it up, and Iyer plays the big shot and it almost travelled to the ropes before Padikkal took the catch, and before stepping outside the field, threw the ball up, came back in and caught it. Top stuff. DC skipper is gone. Shreyas Iyer c Devdutt Padikkal b Moeen Ali 11(13)

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 88/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 10 , Rishabh Pant (W) 3)

Chahal returns. Dot to start with before two singles are collected by Iyer and Pant on the second and third ball of the over. Iyer plays it down the ground next ball for just one. Pant plays two dots while attempting to find gaps on the on side. Seven off the over.

SR against Chahal in IPL:

Pant : 145.2
Iyer : 161.5

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 85/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 8 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

Udana returns to the attack. He is focussing more on slower ones here Udana. Dhawan plays a lofted drive off extra cover for two before getting caught in the deep. The bat turned in his hand as he tried to play the shot. Seven off the over and a wicket. Pant comes in.

OUT! Dhawan gone. Udana gives it right under his bat and Dhawan plays it in air to give a catch to Moeen Ali at long on. DC lose their second wicket. RCB coming back nicely in the game. Dhawan c Moeen Ali b Udana 3​

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 78/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 29 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 6)

Siraj continues. Two off the first three balls. Dhawan gives a charge on the fourth and Siraj bangs is short to surprise him, Dhawan unable to deal with it loses his balance and falls. Terrific skills and awareness from Siraj. Superb from Siraj on the last ball as he bowls a perfect yorker to Iyer. Good over for RCB, 3 off it.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 75/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 27 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 5)

Sundar finishes his spell. Top stuff from him. Three dots in the over and then three singles on the last three balls. He finishes his spell with figures of 0 for 20. No wickets but he has done his job, pulling things back for RCB with economical overs.

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 72/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 25 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 4)

Mohammed Siraj, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack now. A run-out chance at non-striker’s end but Shaw reached back in time. Dhawan with a dismissive pull on the next ball for four. But Siraj comes back well in the over to remove Shaw. Iyer comes in and starts off with a boundary. Nine off the over and a wicket.

FOUR! Iyer comes in and gets a gift on his legs, flicks it away for four runs to open his account.

OUT! Siraj gets his man, Prithvi Shaw. Good short ball, Shaw pulls but he was off balance playing it as it came quicker to him, and the ball kissed his gloves to the keeper. He is gone for 42. Prithvi Shaw c de Villiers b Siraj 42(23)

FOUR! Siraj comes in to bowl, half tracker this one and Dhawan pulls it through mid-wicket for four

Shaw average and SR in IPL:

v right-arm leg-break bowlers: 14.9, 145.1
v right-arm off-spinners: 66.0, 113.8

P Shaw SR in PP overs in IPL:

2018 : 154.2
2019 : 127.7
2020 : 129.2
Overall : 136.8

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 63/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 42 , Shikhar Dhawan 20)

Sundar bowls his third. Shaw continues to impress, playing freely. Powerplay finished and DC are right on top. Time out  also taken. 10 runs off it.

FOUR! Shaw sweeps Chahal for four runs to fine leg. He is looking great today

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 53/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 33 , Shikhar Dhawan 19)

Kohli brings in Chahal inside the powerplay. He has more trust in his spinners this year. He wants Dhawan and Shaw to go at him. Know what? Shaw goes after him, hits a four and six before taking a risky single. Dhawan collects a boundary as well. Chahal has turned out to be costly. 18 off the over. Fifty comes up for DC.

FOUR! Dhawan also goes after Chahal, sweeps the leggie for four, hit it with the turn! Fifty comes up on the board for DC.

SIX! Fuller from Chahal and Shaw smashes this over long on boundary for a long six. My word, what a shot. This ball’s not coming back.

FOUR! Just too short from Chahal who has come in to bowl the fifth over and Shaw powers it through covers for four runs.

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 35/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 22 , Shikhar Dhawan 12)

Sundar continues. No run off the first ball. Shaw collects single off the next ball. Dhawan rotates the strike. Sundar varying his pace nicely. Shaw again tries to play across sitting on one knee but ball finds the fielder. Two singles off the last two balls. Just four off the over. Another top over from Sundar.

After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 31/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 20 , Shikhar Dhawan 10)

Navdeep Saini, right-arm fast, comes into the attack. He starts badly, a lovely half volley, gift, to Dhawan who collects a boundary off it. And then he plays through the mid-wicket for a three. Good shots but not better than the Shaw six in the over, sitting one one knee, he launched it over extra cover for maximum. Good over for DC. 14 off it.

SIX! Shaw gets a fuller length from Saini and sits on one knee, to smack it over cover for a maximum. Top shot.

FOUR! Saini comes into the attack and bowls a half volley, Dhawan drives it beautifully through the covers.

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 17/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 13 , Shikhar Dhawan 3)

Washington Sundar, right-arm off break, comes into the attack. Two dots to start with. Dhawan wanted to sweep him away for four but missed it completely. Shaw collects a single with a lovely on drive. He is looking good. Next ball, Dhawan made room, exposing all stumps but Sundar bowled it wide so that he is not able to connect. Good over. Just 3 off it.

After 1 over, Delhi Capitals 14/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 12 , Shikhar Dhawan 1)

Udana bowls the first over. Leg bye first up and DC open their account. Dhawan tucks the second ball of the over on the on side to collect first run off the bat. Shaw collects the first boundary on the next ball and gets beaten on the fourth, finishes the over with two back to back boundaries. Good start for DC. 14 off the over.

FOUR! Shaw finishes the over with a boundary to deep square leg. On the hips and he guided it away beautifully.

FOUR! Slower ball from Udana and Shaw flicks it through mid wicket for four runs. Nicely played.

FOUR! No pace on the ball, short and at just the right height for Shaw, who pulls it away for four runs.

RCB have a 14-8 win/loss record against Delhi in IPL.

Here are the two teams for today

DC XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

RCB XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Iyer: I have been playing well. Today’s another day and hopefully we continue the momentum. We need everyone to contribute. It is good to have KG and Nortje. Everybody in the team is taking responsibility and it is relaxing for you as captain. We have least amount of experience but we also play fearless brand of cricket. Axar comes in for Mishra.

Kohli: With the dew in, batting second you are never going out of the game. Zampa out for us and Moeen comes in, Gurkeerat out and Siraj in. I am glad that I am making contribution and others are also putting hands up. Apart from expectations, you need to score for team. Take a lot of pride in going out there and play. Padikkal plays great cricketing shots. Exciting prospect for RCB. We have won crucial moments in first four games. Three wins early on allows you to play positive cricket and express our abilities.

TOSS NEWS: Virat Kohli has won the toss and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be bowling first.

Kevin Pietersen with the pitch report: Expect it to be slower. It was used last night. I don’t think it will make too much of difference today apart from it slowing down a little.

RCB captain Virat Kohli was back to his best in their clash against Rajasthan Royals, with an unbeaten knock of 72. He slammed two sixes that night, and needs eight more to complete 200 sixes in the IPL.

After their win on Saturday, Gaurav Joshi wrote on how Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer’s knock of 88 against Kolkata Knight Riders showcased modern-day power-hitting at its best. Read more on that here .

Here are two squads:

RCB: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmad.

DC: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Sams, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande.

A back-in-form Virat Kohli’s tactical acumen will be put to test against Shreyas Iyer’s unassuming but dynamic brand of captaincy when the two most impressive teams of the ongoing IPL – Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals – face each other today.

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In the second edition of IPL on Pod, Firstpost’s weekly IPL podcast, Shantanu Srivastava, Ujwal Singh and Shubham Pandey discuss the biggest movers on points table, Ishan Kishan’s solo act, DK’s tactics, and more. 

No Amit Mishra today for DC

Big news and not the one Delhi Capitals will be liking. Their senior leg-spinner Amit Mishra’s IPL stint this season has come to an abrupt end after he fractured his ring finger during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah.

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Hello and welcome to Match 19 of IPL 2020 to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Expect an exciting game as these two have been the best teams in the tournament so far, winning three out of their four games. Stay tuned for more updates as we build up to the game.