IPL 2019: Delhi beat RCB by 4 wickets, 6th straight defeat for Royal Challengers, 4 records created

In the 20th match, Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets which was played in Bangalore. Batting first, RCB scored 149/8 runs in 20 overs, in response Delhi Capitals lost 6 wickets and chased the target in the 19th over. Kagiso Rabada bowled superbly, he took 4 wickets for 21 runs and was selected as Man of the Match. This is RCB's sixth consecutive defeat this season and now they are unlikely to reach the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings:

Earlier, Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, RCB had a poor start, Parthiv Patel scored 9 runs and AB de Villiers scored 16 runs and the score was 40/2 after 6 overs.

Later, Moeen Ali played a knock of 32 in 18 balls and helped the team reach 100 in the 15th over and Virat Kohli scored 41 runs off 33 balls. After this, Akshdeep Nath played a handy cameo of 19 runs off 12 balls and took his teams total to 149.

Delhi Capitals Innings:

In response, Delhi Capitals started poorly, and Shikhar Dhawan was out in the first over without opening the account. After this Shreyas Iyer handled the team with a 68-run partnership with Shaw for the second wicket.

Shreyas Iyer scored 67 runs off 50 balls and Colin Ingram scored 22 off 21. In the 19th over, Delhi won the match by 4 wickets with 7 balls to spare. For RCB, Navdeep Saini took 2 wickets and Southee, Siraj, Moeen Ali and Pawan Negi took one wicket each.

4 Big Records created during the match:

1. Most consecutive defeats for RCB (IPL):

7 losses between 19 May 2018 - 07 Apr 2019 * 6 losses between 05 May 2008 - 19 May 2008 5 losses between 23 Apr 2017 - 07 May 2017

2. Most consecutive losses at the start of a season:

6 Delhi Daredevils (2013) 6 Royal Challengers Bangalore (2019) * 5 Deccan Chargers (2012) 5 Mumbai Indians (2014) 4 Mumbai Indians (2008) and (2015)

3. Most runs against an opponent in IPL:

Captain Virat Kohli had moved up to second place in the case of scoring most runs against a particular opponent. Virat has scored 802 runs against Delhi, while Raina is in first place with 803 runs against Mumbai. 803 Suresh Raina vs MI 802 Virat KOHLI vs DD/DC * 797 Chris Gayle vs KXIP 762 David Warner vs KKR 761 Suresh Raina vs KXIP

4. Best figures for Delhi against RCB:

4/21 by Kagiso Rabada today is the best figures for Delhi against Bangalore. Previous best was 4/29 by Glenn McGrath in Delhi in 2008. Apart from this, it's also the career best figures in T20 cricket for Rabada.