The 46th match of the IPL 2025 saw Delhi Capitals (DC) hosting Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on April 27, 2025. RCB won the toss and chose to chase on a sluggish pitch.
The decision proved to be correct as DC struggled to score runs freely on the pitch. Abishek Porel (28) and Faf du Plessis (22) didn’t give the start DC was hoping for. Only KL Rahul (41) and Tristan Stubbs (34) helped DC reach 162/8 in 20 overs.
Jacob Bethell, playing his first game for RCB in IPL 2025, scored good good-looking 12 runs, but he, Devdutt Padikkal (0), and Rajat Patidar (6) got out in succession to put RCB on the back foot at 26/3 in 4 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar starred with 3 wickets, while Josh Hazlewood took 2 scalps.
Then Krunal Pandya joined Virat Kohli added 126 runs for the 4th wicket. Kohli got out for 51 with 4 fours, but Krunal scored 73* in 47 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes to take RCB home. Tim David hit 19* in 5 balls to win RCB the match by 6 wickets.
With this win, RCB stormed to the top of the points table with 7 wins in 10 games in 14 points to their name, while DC are now placed 4th with 6 wins from 9 games and 12 points.
The cricket fraternity was all elated to see Virat Kohli acing another chase and Krunal Pandya coming to the rescue in style for RCB.
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