Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets in the match held on Monday, in which Josh Hazlewood, who took 4 wickets, was chosen as the Player of the Match. Excellent bowling was also seen by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he took 3 wickets. Virat Kohli also created history in batting, he has become the first batsman to score 9000 runs in IPL.
In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, a shameful performance of Delhi Capitals batsmen was seen. The entire team collapsed for 75 runs in 16.3 overs, at one point it seemed that the record of lowest score (49) in IPL history might be broken. Abhishek Porel, who came as an impact player, played an inning of 30 runs. Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets for 12 runs in 3.3 overs, dismissing KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Abhishek Porel.
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets in the form of Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs and Akshar Patel. He gave only 5 runs in his 3 overs. Apart from this, Rasik Salam, Suyyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya took 1 wicket each. While chasing the target, Virat Kohli scored 23 not out and Devdutt Padikkal scored 34 not out. In this short innings, Virat Kohli created history, he became the first batsman to score 9 thousand runs in IPL.
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Has RCB reached the playoffs?
Royal Challengers Bangalore have not yet reached the playoffs, but after this record win, their claim has become stronger. RCB has won 6 out of 8 matches. Bengaluru are second in the points table with 12 points, while their net run rate (+1.919) is better than first-placed Punjab Kings (+1.333).
Now RCB has to win only 2 out of 6 matches to reach the playoffs. If the team remains in the top-2, then they will get 2 chances to reach the IPL final.
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Can DC still reach the playoffs?
Delhi Capitals has won only 3 out of 8 matches, while it has lost 5. Delhi has 6 points and net run rate of -1.060. Delhi is at seventh place in the points table. Now Delhi has 6 matches left, out of which they have to win 5 matches. After winning 5 matches, Delhi will reach 16 points, then it can reach the playoffs. Although if we look at history, a team with 14 points also reaches the playoffs, but in such a situation one will have to depend on the results of other teams.
