IPL 2025 Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap: DC, RCB’s Positions Remain Unchanged

The craftiness of spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam echoed within the assiduous unbeaten 93 of KL Rahul as Delhi Capitals overcame a top-order meltdown to attain a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru of their IPL match in Bengaluru on Thursday. Once the Royal Challengers have been restricted to 163 for seven, the Capitals simply wanted to bat with widespread sense however it was a uncommon commodity of their frontline batters on the evening. But participant of the match KL Rahul, whose knock got here off 53 balls with seven fours and 6 sixes, added 111 runs for the fourth wicket with an equally level-headed Tristan Stubbs (38 not out) to attain their fourth victory on the bounce. DC made 169 for 4.

Rahul’s innings was a primary instance of threat administration as he began at a slower tempo earlier than shifting the gears seamlessly.

The approach Rahul, who was dropped on 5 by Rajat Patidar off Yash Dayal, handled leg-spinner Suyansh Sharma and pacer Josh Hazlewood underlined his clever strategy.

He was prudent towards Suyansh, ready for his possibilities to attain runs on a sluggish observe and carted him for a lone six – a sweep over mid-wicket.

But as soon as Hazlewood returned for his second spell, Rahul used the additional tempo to good impact to fabricate large photographs similar to a scorching six over the bowlers’ head.

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Stubbs too joined his companions with a few pretty straight hits off Bhuvneshwar to the fence as DC strolled house.

However, they’d a horror begin to the chase as Faf du Plessis, who got here again for this match after lacking the sport towards Chennai Super Kings with a niggle, skied Dayal for Rajat Patidar to finish a wonderful catch.

The mode of dismissal echoed twice quickly as Jake-Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel walked again to the shed in the identical method.

The guests have been in a quagmire at 30 for 3 effectively contained in the Power Play, which they ultimately completed at 39 for 3.

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Rahul and captain Axar Patel (15) added 28 runs for the fourth wicket, and the DC innings appeared to have gotten again on the observe.

But Axar’s try to seek out the boundary over covers off Suyansh couldn’t progress past the running-in Tim David.

However, that was the final of the blips within the DC innings as Rahul marked their triumph with a six off Dayal which he celebrated with a sword-on-the-ground celebration.

Earlier, the wizardry of Kuldeep and Nigam helped the Capitals stage a stirring comeback to limit RCB to a below-par 163 for seven.

Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (2/17) and leg-spinner Nigam (2/18) adjusted their lengths superbly to halt RCB after the Capitals selected to bowl first.

But Delhi’s determination to subject appeared totally obtuse as Royal Challengers went off the blocks like a galloping horse, going previous the 50-run mark in simply three overs.

Central to that cost was opener Phil Salt’s turbo-charged innings of 37 off 17 balls.

The England batter hammered Mitchell Starc for a sequence of 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 to gather 24 runs within the third over.

However, Salt acquired run out in a yes-no scenario involving Virat Kohli (22, 14b). Kohli and Salt added 61 runs off 24 balls for the opening stand.

But the introduction of Nigam proved a course-altering level.

Nigam gave away simply two runs within the fifth over, and pacer Mohit Sharma adopted that up with one other tidy few balls.

Pressurised by a sequence of dot balls, Devdutt Padikkal (1) went for a launch shot off Mohit, however it lacked any kinetic vitality as Axar accomplished a straightforward catch.

Kohli, who started to unshackle himself with a six off Nigam over long-on, quickly fell to the identical bowler whereas making an attempt to clobber a supply large on the off-stump.

Thereafter, the house facet misplaced the wickets of Jitesh 4) and Liam Livingstone (3) in fast succession as they slipped to 102 for 5 within the thirteenth over, a far cry from the beginning they’d.

However, David (37 not out, 20b) performed a couple of beefy photographs as RCB added 36 runs within the final two overs to go previous the 160-run mark. 

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