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Best performances - Batsmen

PD Salt
PD Salt
87(45) 8x4 - 6x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 26 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
9 6 7 2 16 8 9 30
V Kohli
V Kohli
55(46) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 20 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 2 2 6 10 1 6 28

Best performances - Bowlers

MR Marsh
MR Marsh
O3
M0
R21
W2
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
JR Hazlewood
JR Hazlewood
O3
M0
R29
W1
Eco9.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Abhimanyu Bose

11.25pm So that's that then. Lots to talk about, starting with Kohli's innings, the RCB bowlers being taken apart in the powerplay and Delhi Capitals' newfound confidence with the bat. Vishal's report is in, and there will be more to read on the game. For now, it's me (Abhimanyu) signing off on behalf of Vishal, Vairavan and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo.

The player of the match, unsurprisingly, is Phil Salt. Here's what he has to say: "We spoke about being positive and taking them on. We saw how good they were in Bangalore when they had their tails up. Something that's a real strength of mine is that if I really get going I don't take my foot off the pedal too often. We knew the wicket is a little slow and low and we knew that realistically we would slow down in the middle. I thought it was par. I thought we would have to bat really well to get there but the boys came out swinging and we got it done. [On Marsh] He came in and hit the second ball for six or something like that and put the bowlers on the back foot."

Delhi Capitals captain, David Warner: "It was absolutely amazing. I thought 180 was possible. The ball started skidding on nicely. We said from the outset that we wanted to try and target Siraj. That was our intention. We knew he has been bowling really well and been their backbone so if we could just take him on, it would work in our favour. Credit to the bowlers. They have been brilliant. They defended 130 twice. We have a strong Indian bowling unit with Ishant and Khaleel. And we are looking like a good team now."

11.12pm Time for the presentation ceremony

Aswin: "No talk of Virat's innings? Hugely negative impact as even seen in the MVP list" Indeed, the slowdown cost RCB.

Mayank: "I am more interested in knowing if Kohli shook hands with ganguly" I can confirm that the two did shake hands.

Rilee Rossouw: "Fantastic result. I think we bowled alright. I thought it was an average score. Salt and Warner got off to a good start and Marsh continued that and I thought I could hopefully knock off what's left. What a great bunch of guys. It's been amazing. It was a pretty tricky pitch. It was very slow and it was gripping, it was turning. I think Salt put in a blinder in the first six otherwise it was a tough wicket. We can't lose another game so we are going out with the freedom to play the way we want to. Just keep going as far as possible and who knows, we get lucky and make the playoffs."

RCB captain, Faf du Plessis: "I thought we were pretty close to par. We thought 185 is a good score. But there was a little bit of dew in the second innings. But we have to give credit to their batters, they played really well. The pressure their batters put on the spinners led to some mistakes. We didn't maximise out innings. At about 12 overs, we felt like 185 was a par score. Obviously you like to have one of those big overs to take you to 200, which would have been a good score. But they made our bowlers sit back a little bit after the powerplay. We felt that we had a good enough foundation for Maxi to come in at three. Very pleased to see Lomror come in at No. 5 and play really well. It was very positive for him. Just hope that at No. 3, someone puts their hands up and scores a lot of runs. They pretty much broke the back of the chase in the first six, the way they were going."

11pm Delhi Capitals will be pumped after their batters finally put on an authoritative show. At the heart of it was Phil Salt, with his 45-ball 87. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh also played some important knocks that ensured they had the momentum with them through the chase. Karthik had dropped Salt early in his innings and that could have proved costly for RCB, who miss a chance to enter the top four. Capitals are keeping their hopes alive.

16.4
6
Maxwell to Rossouw, SIX, Victory sealed with a six! Hammers this over midwicket and Delhi Capitals are off the bottom of the table!
16.3
0
Maxwell to Rossouw, no run, Darts it in full on middle, he clips it to midwicket

Scores are level

16.2
1
Maxwell to AR Patel, 1 run, On a length outside off, he goes back and punches it out to cover
16.1
1
Maxwell to Rossouw, 1 run, On a length outside off, Rossouw chips it back and Maxwell can't get there! Just goes past the non-striker and that was at a very catch-able height

Just three runs left to win now off the last four overs. Glenn Maxwell will bowl his second

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | DC: 179/3 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 11.18, RRR: 0.75)

  • Rilee Rossouw28 (19b)
  • Axar Patel7 (2b)
  • Karn Sharma3-0-33-1
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-29-1
15.6
1
Sharma to Rossouw, 1 run, On a length on off, Rossouw goes back and punches it out to long-off
15.5
1
Sharma to AR Patel, 1 run, Tossed up full on middle, he digs it out to mid-off for a single

DC 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60DA WarnerPD Salt
2nd59MR MarshPD Salt
3rd52RR RossouwPD Salt
4th16RR RossouwAR Patel

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.809
CSK1485170.652
LSG1485170.284
MI148616-0.044
RR1477140.148
RCB1477140.135
KKR146812-0.239
PBKS146812-0.304
DC145910-0.808
SRH144108-0.59