Bangalore blows in a storm of salt, Delhi keeps playoff hopes alive with win

DC vs RCB, Philip Salt, Royal Challengers Bangalore: The 50th match of IPL 2023 was played on Saturday at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. In this match played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, RCB scored 181 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi Capitals scored 187 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 16.4 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. This is Delhi’s fourth win this season. Along with this, the team led by Warner has kept the playoff hopes alive.

Marsh scored 26 runs

Chasing the target of 182 runs, Delhi Capitals got off to a brisk start. David Warner and Philip Salt started scoring fast as soon as they arrived. Delhi’s first wicket fell in the last over of the powerplay. Captain David Warner became the victim of Hazelwood by scoring 22 runs off 14 balls. Faf took the catch of Warner. After this, there was a 59-run partnership for the second wicket between Mitchell Marsh and Salt. Delhi’s second wicket fell on the third ball of the 11th over. Marsh scored 26 runs off 17 balls. Harshal Patel got him caught out by Lomror.

Salt missed the century

Delhi’s third wicket fell on the third ball of the 16th over. Opener Philip Salt, who was batting brilliantly, was bowled by Karn Sharma. Salt played an inning of 87 runs in 45 balls. During this, he hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. He missed out on a century but was successful in taking Delhi to the cusp of victory. Riley Russo remained unbeaten after scoring 35 runs and Akshar Patel scored 8 runs. Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma and Harshal Patel took 1-1 wickets from RCB.

Virat studded Fifty

Earlier, winning the toss and opting to bat first, RCB got the first blow on the third ball of the 11th over. Mitchell Marsh got Faf caught out by Akshar Patel. The RCB captain played an inning of 45 runs off 32 balls. In this innings, he hit 5 fours and 1 six. RCB’s second wicket fell on the very next ball. Maxwell became the victim of a golden duck. Marsh got him caught out by Salt.

Lomror’s unbeaten innings

There was a 55-run partnership for the third wicket between Kohli and Mahipal. RCB’s third wicket fell on the last ball of the 16th over. Mukesh sent the pavilion to Virat Kohli, who was batting well. King Kohli played an inning of 55 runs in 46 balls. This is Virat’s 50th half-century in IPL. Dinesh Karthik was caught out on the first ball of the last over. Khaleel gave Delhi the fourth success. Karthik scored 11 runs in 9 balls. Anuj Rawat remained unbeaten after scoring 8 runs and Mahipal 54 runs.

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