RCB vs DC, IPL 2023: Good game by Bangalore as they win by 23 runs, Delhi lose their 5th game

Much-needed victory for RCB, but a 5th match losing streak by DC!

RCB seamers managed to defend the total of 174 convincingly.

While the total was not that big, especially at M.Chinnaswamy, but the RCB bowlers did a good job.

Vijaykumar Vyshak infact gets his best bowling figures for RCB on debut as in the 4 overs he gave off just 20 runs but took 3 crucial wickets.

Another one for Vyshak!

Surely the bowler is having the time of his life on debut. 

It was a slower knuckle ball outside off, and Lalit slaps it hard but it goes straight to long-off where Maxwell is standing! 

Lalit Yadav c Maxwell b Vijaykumar Vyshak 4(7)

Good call by DK to go for a review!

Pandey looked to nudge it through the on-side but missed it. RCB go for a review, but it did not look anyone was convinced.

But ball tracking showed no bat involved and the ball is crashing into the top of leg stump. 

Manish Pandey lbw b Hasaranga 50(38) [4s-5 6s-1]

Vyshak deceives Axar with the knuckle ball! 

Big big wicket as Axar is known to score runs.

But this time, Axar looked to loft down the ground but he's through the shot early. 

The ball goes high off the toe-end, and Siraj takes a good catch.

Axar c Siraj b Vijaykumar Vyshak 21(14) [4s-3]

DC slipping from bad to worse!

Another leading edge and Abishek Porel has holed out to mid-on as it becomes another simple catch to Parnell. 

Abishek Porel c Parnell b Harshal Patel 5(8)

Vijaykumar Vyshak on debut in front of his home crowd gets the big wicket of David Warner!

Maiden IPL wicket for the guy and surely a huge huge wicket for the Royal Challengers. 

Warner himself looks stunned as he had a look at his bat and walked away.

It was a shot early and toe-ended the lob towards mid-wicket but Kohli ran in and completed an easy catch.

Warner c Kohli b

This is plumb but Dhull has reviewed it.

UltraEdge shows a flat line and it's three reds on ball-tracking. 

Capitals are 2 for 3! 

Yash Dhull lbw b Siraj 1(4)

Marsh was shaping across on the flick, but he got a massive top-edge, high and down towards cover-point where Kohli is the man under it.

He watched the ball all along and takes it with glee. 

His wife Anushka Sharma at the stands is seen jumping in happiness.

Mitchell Marsh c Kohli b Parnell 0(4)

A direct hit from RCB's impact player and Shaw is OUT! 

What a sensational bit of fielding from the man and Shaw's poor form continues.

Prithvi Shaw run out (Anuj Rawat) 0(2)

Axar Patel sends back Harshal Patel while Kuldeep Yadav gets the better of Maxwell and DK!

RCB do it yet again, get a very good start but lose their plot in the middle and the end. Batting 1st at Chinnaswamy would mean to score 200+ runs, but now with the collapse of wickets, it does not look possible.

Harshal Patel c Abishek Porel b Axar 6(4) [6s-1]

Maxwell c Warner b Kuldeep Yadav 24(14) [6s-3]

Karthik c Lalit Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 0(1)

Marsh demanded for the review and got the reward.

It was a cross seam delivery and Lomror took a swipe and missed, but the ball took a faint edge through to the keeper. 

Lomror c Abishek Porel b Mitchell Marsh 26(18) [6s-2]

50 and out for Virat Kohli!

Virat Kohli just got a 50, but when he got out to a juicy full toss on the next ball, he looked to hit for a SIX.

However, the ball goes towards the longest part of the ropes where Yash Dhull judges it to perfection. 

Kohli c Yash Dhull b Lalit Yadav 50(34) [4s-6 6s-1]

A brilliant catch by Aman Khan at mid-wicket! 

Faf du Plessis went down the wicket and heaves it towards mid-wicket. Aman Khan stretches to his right and takes it on the second attempt as it was really tough catch. 

du Plessis c Aman Hakim Khan b Mitchell Marsh 22(16) [4s-3 6s-1]

For RCB, Hasaranga comes in for Willey while for DC, Marsh comes in for Powell.

Vyshak Vijaykumar makes his IPL debut for RCB.

Teams:

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Abishek Porel(w), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak