IPL 2021 HIGHLIGHTS, RCB vs DC Today’s Match Updates: KS Bharat, Glenn Maxwell Lead Bangalore to Victory

 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

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BATSMAN	R	B	4S	6S	SR
VIRAT KOHLI (C)c Kagiso Rabada b Anrich Nortje	4	8	0	0	50
DEVDUTT PADIKKALc Ravichandran Ashwin b Anrich Nortje	0	1	0	0	0
SRIKAR BHARAT (W)not out	78	52	3	4	150
AB DE VILLIERSc Shreyas Iyer b Axar Patel	26	26	2	1	100
GLENN MAXWELLnot out	51	33	8	0	154.54
SHAHBAZ AHMED
DAN CHRISTIAN
GEORGE GARTON
HARSHAL PATEL
MOHAMMED SIRAJ
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL

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

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BATSMAN	R	B	4S	6S	SR
PRITHVI SHAWc George Garton b Yuzvendra Chahal	48	31	4	2	154.83
SHIKHAR DHAWANc Dan Christian b Harshal Patel	43	35	3	2	122.85
RISHABH PANT (C) (W)c Srikar Bharat b Dan Christian	10	8	1	0	125
SHREYAS IYERc Dan Christian b Mohammed Siraj	18	18	1	0	100
SHIMRON HETMYERc Virat Kohli b Mohammed Siraj	29	22	2	2	131.81
RIPAL PATELnot out	7	7	1	0	100
AXAR PATEL
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN
KAGISO RABADA
AVESH KHAN
ANRICH NORTJE

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