Glenn Maxwell and Srikar Bharat both hit half centuries to steer Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 7 wicket victory against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League encounter in Dubai. Coming in to bat first Delhi Capitals got off to a steady start courtesy of Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan. After they were gone, there was a lull in the innings until Shimron Hetmyer helped them to 164.

Beginning the chase, RCB lost both Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal in 3 overs. AB de Villiers had a small cameo but it was Srikar Bharat and Maxwell who would build a steady partnership and take RCB home. This match went till the last ball when Srikar hit Avesh for a 6 to bring the match to a thrilling end.
BANGALORE 166/3(20.0 OV) RR 8.3
EXTRAS: 7
(b – 0, w – 5, no – 0, lb – 2, penalty – 0)TOTAL166/3 (20.0 OV) RR 8.3
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Devdutt Padikkal, 0.5 ov), 2-6 (Virat Kohli, 2.1 ov), 3-55 (AB de Villiers, 9.3 ov)
BOWLERS | O | M | R | WKT | WD | NB | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANRICH NORTJE | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
AVESH KHAN | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.75 |
AXAR PATEL | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.75 |
KAGISO RABADA | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.25 |
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
RIPAL PATEL | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.33 |
MATCH NOTES
Bangalore
- Mandatory Power play (1-6): Bangalore 29/2
- Bangalore 50/2 in 8.5 overs
- Strategic Time-out: Bangalore 54/2 in 9.0 overs
- Bangalore 100/3 in 14.1 overs
- 4th wkt Partnership: 50 off 33 balls between K Bharat (26) and G Maxwell (26)
- K Bharat T20 Fifty: 50 runs in 33 balls (3×4) (2×6)
- Strategic Time-out: Bangalore 119/3 in 16.0 overs
- Bangalore 150/3 in 18.5 overs
- G Maxwell T20 Fifty: 50 runs in 32 balls (8×4) (0x6)
- 4th wkt Partnership: 100 off 59 balls between K Bharat (48) and G Maxwell (51)
- Referral 1 (19.3 ovs): Delhi against G Maxwell (LBW) Unsuccessful (DEL: 0, BAN: 1)
DELHI 164/5(20.0 OV) RR 8.2
EXTRAS: 9
(b – 0, w – 5, no – 1, lb – 3, penalty – 0)TOTAL164/5 (20.0 OV) RR 8.2
FALL OF WICKETS
1-88 (Shikhar Dhawan, 10.1 ov), 2-101 (Prithvi Shaw, 11.2 ov), 3-108 (Rishabh Pant, 12.4 ov), 4-143 (Shreyas Iyer, 17.4 ov), 5-164 (Shimron Hetmyer, 20 ov)
BOWLERS | O | M | R | WKT | WD | NB | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GLENN MAXWELL | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.66 |
MOHAMMED SIRAJ | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
GEORGE GARTON | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.66 |
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
HARSHAL PATEL | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 |
DAN CHRISTIAN | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
MATCH NOTES
Delhi
- Delhi 50/0 in 5.4 overs
- 1st wkt Partnership: 50 off 35 balls between P Shaw (24) and S Dhawan (23)
- Mandatory Power play (1-6): Delhi 55/0
- Strategic Time-out: Delhi 55/0 in 6.0 overs
- Delhi 101/1 in 11.1 overs
- Strategic Time-out: Delhi 112/3 in 14.0 overs
- Delhi 155/4 in 18.3 overs
- Delhi 155/4 in 18.3 overs
- Innings Break: Delhi 164/5 in 20.0 overs