Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by 1 run in match 22 of IPL 2021 in Ahmedabad to reclaim the number one spot in the points table. Meanwhile, this eas Delhi’s second loss of the season, and they are now placed at third position in the points table. More about the match report in detail below.
RCB’s Mohammed Siraj defended 14 off the final over to give his side a 1-run win over their opponents. Rishabh Pant (58*) and Shimron Hetmyer (53*) added 76 tuns between themselves and ended at last by just a run. The top-order did not fire for Delhi Capitals this time around with Prithvi Shaw (21), Shikhar Dhawan (6) and Steve Smith (4) falling cheaply. The last effort of Pant and Hetmyer was just not enough to see Delhi home.
With the ball for RCB, Harshal Patel took two wickets and Kyle Jamieson picked two. Harshal has now taken his tally to 15 wickets from just five games.
Earlier in the game, Rishabh Pant won the toss and asked RCB to bat first. Virat Kohli (12) was dismissed cheaply. Devdutt Padikkal (17) and Glenn Maxwell (25) could not score big either. Thanks to AB De Villiers 42-ball 75 RCB scored 171/5. That included a 23-run 20th over from Marcus Stoinis.
RCB reclaim top spot in IPL 2021 points table
All the Delhi bowlers barring Stoinis picked a wicket each. Amit Mishra dismissed Maxwell for the fifth time in his IPL career. Playing his first match this season, Ishant Sharma dismissed Padikkal. Avesh Khan accounted for Virat Kohli’s wicket.
At last, it was another win for RCB, their fifth in the campaign taking them to 10 points and at the top of the points table. This has been RCB’s best season so far where they are on 10 points before the season is even past midway. After this win, RCB and Delhi play three more games each in Ahmedabad. RCB play Punjab Kings next while Delhi Capitals play KKR.
