Delhi Capitals (DC) continued their winning streak in the ongoing IPL season as they defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by six wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday (April 10).
Asked to bat first, the hosts posted 163/7 in their allotted 20 overs. Phil Salt and Tim David were the joint top scorers for RCB with 37-run each.
Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the visiting team bowlers as he returned with the figures of 4-0-17-2 on a perfect batting track to keep RCB under the pump for the majority of the innings.
In the chase of 164, the Capitals lost Faf du Plessis (2), Jake Fraser-McGurk (7) and Abhishek Porel (7) for single-digit scores. Skipper Axar Patel (15) failed to make his start count as DC were left reeling at 58/4.
Amid the intense pressure, KL Rahul rose to the occasion for Delhi. Batting at No. 4, the wicketkeeper-batter produced a jaw-dropping knock of 93* in just 53 balls to take DC over the line with 13 deliveries to spare.
During his whirlwind knock, studded with 7 boundaries and 6 sixes, Rahul forged an unbroken 111-run stand with Tristan Stubbs, who stayed unbeaten on 38 off 23 balls.
For his match-winning exploits, KL Rahul received rich praise from the cricket fraternity on social media platform X.
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