IPL 2020, DC vs RCB: Delhi Capitals defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets

Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, EDGY! Low full toss, outside off again. Dhawan looks to drive again but this time he gets an inside edge. It goes to fine leg past the stumps. Two taken.

Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Gift from Morris, Dhawan accepts it. Low full toss outside off, Dhawan creams it through the covers and finds the fence.

Chris Morris to Prithvi Shaw, The run chase is underway! And so is Shaw. A bit of away movement on the first ball. Around off on a good length, it moves a touch away. Shaw guides it to third man and gets to the other end.

We are all set for the chase to begin! Bangalore and Delhi are playing for a survival of sorts. The former are in a huddle near the ropes. Skipper Kohli is intently sharing some final words. Delhi's openers are Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw. Chris Morris will open the bowling for Bangalore. Here we go then... 

Right, so 153 is the target for Delhi, in this must-win encounter of sorts. Their bowlers have done a splendid job and it is time for their batsmen to do the finishing job now. But it won't be that easy as Kohli's men would come in with a good deal of zealous charge to deny Shreyas's men any chance. What a chase it will be. It is on the other way, so stay tuned...

Anrich Nortje to Shahbaz Ahmed, Just a single on the last ball. Short and wide outside off, Ahmed looks to cut but ends up chopping it on the off side. A single taken. Bangalore finish with 152/7.

Anrich Nortje to Washington Sundar, Play and a miss but they sneak a bye. A back of a length ball outside off, Sundar looks to cut but misses. Ahmed calls for the bye and completes it.

Anrich Nortje to Isuru Udana, OUT! TAKEN! Nortje gets his third. Short and just around off, Udana backs away and tries to slam it over long off. He fails to get the timing right. He ends up giving a simple catch to Iyer at long off.

Anrich Nortje to Isuru Udana, FOUR! Up and over! 150 up for Bangalore. Shortish and just around off, Udana clears mid off and finds the fence.

Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, OUT! RUN OUT! De Villiers is well short of his ground. A full toss on middle, De Villiers mistimes his slog towards long on. The call is for two. They go for it but Rahane from long on gets to the ball quickly and sends a flat throw to the keeper. Pant does the rest. The third umpire has been called for. One replay is all we need to show. ABD is short, in spite of the desparate dive.

Brilliant bowling from Delhi. Brilliant comeback overall from them, from their wayward bowling in the previous games. Nortje was the pick, with his 3-fer. Besides him, Rabada got 2 as well, with a decent economy rate. Ashwin snared the big wicket of King Kohli and was very economical in his 4. Sams was the lone exception among the Delhi bowlers, going for over 10 an over with no wickets to his name.

Kagiso Rabada is caught for a quick chat. He gets the Purple Cap. Tells that he is satisfied with the bowling performance of the team. Feels that they have done the hard work well and hope to finish it well. Adds that he feels that they didn't do a lot of things wrong in the previous games. Says that they have come with the same mindset which was there at the start of the tournament. Reckons that they didn't give easy boundaries to the opposition. Tells that the batters in the team are of top quality and it is now up to the batters. Says that he tried to feel the grass but didn't find a lot of dew.

A good performance from Delhi, given that they leaked a lot of runs in their previous matches. They have done well to restrict Bangalore to 152/7. This game has been a good outing for Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada, given the hammering that they took in the earlier games.

Bangalore had a pretty sedate start with the bat. Philippe was not middling them at all and eventually perished early. Kohli got a start but could not get going. Padikkal got to a good half ton but was slow in getting so, primarily because of the nature of the pitch, one wonders. After Padikkal, AB de Villiers and Shivam Dube mustered all they could and have managed to push Bangalore to a shade over 150. Definitely not enough, but they will have to contend with this and bowl well now.

Who will walk out to bat now? Shahbaz Ahmed.

Isuru Udana comes out to bat now.

Is that out? Is de Villiers short of his crease? Yes, an easy decision for the third umpire.

Who will be the new man in? It is Washington Sundar. Anrich Nortje to bowl the final over of the innings. 3-0-27-2 from him so far.

Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, Nicely bowled! A slower fuller ball outside off, de Villiers is early in his shot to miss out.