Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 27th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2022 Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date & Time: Apr 16, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Can DC move to the top half of the points table? © BCCI/IPL

RCB get two points to climb to third place!What a win for them. Reeling at 92/5 at one stage, DK and Shahbaz got them to 189 which turned out to be 16 too many for DC. Hazlewood picked up three wickets to break the backbone of DC's middle order. David Warner once again gave Delhi a splendid start with back-to-back fifties but found little support at the other end as Mitch Marsh struggled to get going.

The run-flow slowed down and pressure began mounting on DC. Warner was sent back after a genius review from RCB, on Karthik's insistence, trapped leg-before to Hasaranga. Once Warner departed, DC lost Lalit Yadav and Rovman Powell for nothing. Pant, however, kept DC in the hunt with a 17-ball 34, Thakur chipped in with 17 off 9, but there was too much left to do for DC's lower order thereafter.

Third wicket for Hazlewood!Thakur skies one that DK pouches to fall for a 9-ball 17. DC continue to slide as RCB inch closer towards victory.

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STAT ALERT:Faf du Plessis in IPL 2022 -

1st match: 88 off 57 balls

Next 5 matches: 66 off 68 balls

Double blow!

Shardul and Khaleel strike in their first overs to give DC a dream start! Shardul struck first ball with an inswinger to trap Anuj Rawat leg before for a first-ball duck, while Khaleel has du Plessis slicing over point to be caught by Axar in the deep.

Playing XIs:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Harshal Patel is back for RCB; Maxwell is playing his 100th IPL game

TOSS: DC have won the toss and opted to field

JUST IN:Mitchell Marsh receives his DC cap from skipper Rishabh Pant and will play today.

Hello and welcome to Match 27 of the Indian Premier League 2022 - set to be played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Despite some success, both teams find themselves in the bottom half of the points table and will be looking to progress much further ahead.

LSG's win means RCB are one of the 5 teams on 6 points and a win will take them to the top-three. A win for DC will take them into the middle muddle with teams on 6 points. Toss, pitch and teams in a bit. Stay tuned.