The 19th match of the IPL 2020 saw Delhi Capitals (DC) beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Dubai, as RCB chose to chase on a tough wicket after Virat Kohli won the toss.
Marcus Stoinis (53*), Prithvi Shaw (42), and a couple of thirties from Dhawan and Pant took DC to an impressive 196/4 in 20 overs. Mohammed Siraj of RCB was their best bowler with 2/34 in 4 overs.
In reply, RCB struggled to get going in front of a huge asking rate. Virat Kohli top-scored with 43, while the next best score came from Washington Sundar, who made 17. Padikkal, De Villiers, Ali, and Finch all failed to go past 15-run mark.
Kagiso Rabada picked 4/24, while Akshar Patel took 2/18 in their quota of 4 overs. Anrich Nortje provided great support with 2/22. In the end, RCB managed just 137/9 from their 20 overs and lost the match to DC by 59 runs.
With this win, DC went straight to the top of the points table with 4 wins from 5 matches and 8 points to their name. The cricket fraternity was elated at the clinical performance shown by Shreyas Iyer and his team and took to Twitter to applaud them.
Here are some tweets:
