All the major stats and facts from the 55th match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi.
Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and registered their eighth win of the season. And with this win, Delhi Capitals finished at the second position and qualified for the play-offs, and Royal Challengers Bangalore too qualified for the play-offs.
Earlier Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to field first. Their bowlers started well and didn't allow Bangalore openers to score runs and resultant Josh Philippe got out for 12 runs off 17 balls. Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli added 57 runs for the second wicket but they couldn't score quick runs. Kohli made 29 runs off 24 balls and Padikkal scored 50 runs off 40 balls. In the end, AB de Villiers' 35 off 21 balls and Shivam Dube's 17 off 11 balls helped Bangalore to post a fighting total of 152/7 on board.
In reply, Delhi Capitals lost Prithvi Shaw cheaply but Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane rebuilt the innings and scored runs for fun and their 88 runs partnership for the second wicket made the chase easy. Both Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring their respective fifties and in the end, Rishabh Pant and Marcus Stoinis scored winning runs and Delhi Capitals chased down the target in 19 overs.
All the major stats and facts from the 55th match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi :
1 - Delhi Capitals is the first team to finish at each of the ten positions in the points table in IPL.
Delhi Capitals' standings in the points table in IPL -
1 - 2009 / 2012
2 - 2020
3 - 2019
4 - 2008
5 - 2010
6 - 2016 / 2017
7 - 2015
8 - 2014 / 2018
9 - 2013
10 - 2011
4 - This is Delhi Capitals' 4th consecutive win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
25 - Kagiso Rabada has taken 25 wickets in this IPL season so far - the joint most wickets for Delhi Capitals in a single IPL season.
Most wickets for Delhi Capitals in a single IPL season -
25* - Kagiso Rabada, 2020
25 - Kagiso Rabada, 2019
25 - Morne Morkel, 2012
19 - Ashish Nehra, 2009
19* - Anrich Nortje, 2020
19 - Umesh Yadav, 2012
30 - Prithvi Shaw has scored only 30 runs in his last 6 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
Prithvi Shaw last 6 IPL innings -
9 vs RCB
10 vs MI
7 vs KXIP
0 vs CSK
0 vs RR
4 vs MI
42 - Shikhar Dhawan scored his 42nd fifty-plus scores in the Indian Premier League - the third-most by any batsman.
Most 50 plus scores in IPL -
51 - David Warner
44 - Virat Kohli
42 - Shikhar Dhawan
40 - AB de Villiers
39 - Suresh Raina / Rohit Sharma
525 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored 525 runs in this tournament so far - the third most runs for Delhi Capitals in an IPL season.
Most runs for Delhi Capitals in a single IPL season -
684 - Rishabh Pant, 2018
534 - Gautam Gambhir, 2008
525 - Shikhar Dhawan, 2020
521 - Shikhar Dhawan, 521
495 - Virender Sehwag, 2012