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RCB Rout DC in 39-Ball Chase After Powerplay Collapse

The result vaulted Bengaluru to second with the season’s best net run rate.

Overview

  • RCB, which bowled Delhi out for 75 on Monday in New Delhi, cruised to 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs for a nine‑wicket win.
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood ripped through the top order to 9 for 6 inside four overs, and Delhi’s 13 for 6 after the powerplay set a new IPL low.
  • The victory was RCB’s sixth in eight matches and lifted them to 12 points in second place with an NRR of +1.919, while Delhi stayed seventh on six points.
  • Virat Kohli became the first batter to reach 9,000 IPL runs and finished the chase with back‑to‑back sixes.
  • KKR beat LSG in a Sunday Super Over in Lucknow, with Mohsin Khan’s 5/23, Rinku Singh’s unbeaten 83 and Sunil Narine’s two Super Over wickets handing LSG a fifth straight defeat.