IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Highlights: Bengaluru beat Delhi by 47 runs, cruise to 5th consecutive win

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: “Great game for our team. This year there has been so many high scores and there is little bit something there for the bowler and our bowlers were brilliant from the start. We identified that pace on is easy to play, Khaleel bowled a lot of off-cutters which were gripping and tough to target and we tried the same in our bowling. This is such a small ground and there is something in there for the bowlers which is good to see.”

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: “Brilliant, we put some good performances and really pleased. 1st half of the season, things didn't quite come together and from that batting perspective and bowling perspective we have been able to put it together now. Sometimes people talk about match-ups and all, but as a left hander with the ball spinning in, you hope that works out sometimes and he's (Swapnil) done brilliantly for us. Lot of work has gone behind the scenes, and we are getting it right and I feel there is a lot more variety in our bowling now and Yash and Lockie have been exceptional the last few games. We wanna play a style of cricket, to be bold and put some performances together and keep going.”

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: “Dropped catches hurt us. Could've restricted them to 150. When you lose four wickets in powerplay, you're always chasing the game. 160-170 would've been a par score. Pitch was two-paced. Some were skidding, some were holding. When your main players are run out and you lose four in powerplay, you're chasing the game. Anything can happen, but haven't thought that far ahead.”

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Dayal blasts off Kuldeep's stumps and finishes with figures of 3/20 in 3.1 overs. Fifth consecutive win for RCB. What an extraordinary turnaround this has been from them. They are very much in contention to reach the top four, despite the disastrous first half they've had.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Short from Ferguson for the fourth ball of the 18th, Mukesh tries a wild swing across the line. Lomror takes the catch at midwicket. In walks Ishant Sharma and Kohli straightaway starts bantering with him, continuation of what happened earlier in the match.

Mukesh c Lomror b Ferguson 3 (7)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 135/9 in 17.4 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: The required run rate has increased to 18.33 now and the batters in the middle are Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar. Needless to say, the match is in the bag for RCB. Ferguson continues for the 18th.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: RCB are in sight of a fifth consecutive win here. Dayal gets the big wicket and that should be that for the DC challenge. Takes the pace off fourth ball of the 16th, full and wide, Axar drags the catch to cover point.

Axar c du Plessis b Yash Dayal 57 (39)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 128/8 in 15.4 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Cameron Green gets one and that is that for Rasikh Salam. He goes for a big shot and holes out at long on.

Salam c Jacks b Green 10 (12)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 127/7 in 15 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: He gets there with a six off the last ball of the 13th over. His second half-century and DC still remain within sight of the net run rate.

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 116/6 in 13 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: DC committing hara-kiri here. Senseless running, an excellent throw from bowler Green and that is that for Tristan Stubbs. Another huge wicket. Green bowls the 11th over, gives just three runs in it. The last ball is sent in at a length outside off, Axar shuffles across and gets an inside edge. Stubbs goes for a quick run, Axar not interested one bit and both batters are at the same end almost. Green races to the ball right beside the batter as Stubbs starts turning, fires in a throw at the stumps and nails it.

Stubbs run out (Green) 3 (4)

RCB vs DC Live Score: DC 90/6 in 11 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: That would've been quite a disaster for RCB, considering their premier spinner Karn Sharma was involved. But in the end, they have a nice laugh about it. DC are falling to pieces here. The third delivery of the 10th over by Ferguson is full outside off, Hope tries to hit it leg side, no timing on it at all and the ball balloons up. Karn runs in from deep midwicket, dives in and Lomror stops himself in time as he came running in from mid-on.

Hope c Karn b Ferguson 29 (23)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 86/5 in 9.3 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Lockie Ferguson bowls huis first over in the ninth and the batters run eight in it. Axar is on 18 off 13, Hope is on 27 off 19. DC need 117 to win from 72 balls, they required run rate is 9.75 and they are going at 8.87.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Axar and Hope have made it a fairly good finish for DC in that powerplay but RCB have been the winner in this phase. Siraj bowls the last over and Hope gets off strike first ball. Axar then hits the second ball fof four and then a misfield at cover-point allows the batters to run two.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Is there still hope for DC? We will have to wait and find out but what is for sure at the moment is that Shai Hope is out there. Dayal returns for the fifth and Hope sends the first ball to the boundary with a beautiful cover drive. The next is a dot and then Hope times the flick off the third ball perfectly to send it square for another four. Third ball is placed between cover-point and cover for another four. A dot ball and a single to finish that over, Hope is on 17 off 11, captain Axar Patel at the other end on none off three.

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 43/4 in 5 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: The wheels have come off quite early in the chase for DC. Full length from Siraj for the third ball of the fourth over, outside off. Kushagra looks to push at it and misses, the ball straightens just a tiny bit, raps the pads and the umpire raises his finger. DC have lost four in the powerplay, not too many teams win games after that.

Kushagra lbw b Mohammed Siraj 2 (3)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 30/4 in 3.3 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Oh there is nothing the young Aussie could have done about that. Length ball on the stumps by Dayal to new batter Shai Hope and it is straight back down the ground. Dayal gets a left hand on it and it ricochets onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Fraser-McGurk was hopelessly off his mark by then and he has to walk.

Fraser-McGurk run out (Yash Dayal) 21 (8)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 24/3 in 2.2 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Short ball on off to start the third over, Porel is cramped and he top-edges the pull shot to cover.

Porel c Ferguson b Yash Dayal 2 (3)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: DC 24/2 in 2.1 overs

: IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Fraser-McGurk going on his own merry way here. Siraj starts the second over with a perfect yorker, RCB appeal for LBW and it is not given. They take a review and replays shows that it has come off the toe end of the bat. Virat Kohli then decides to argue that decision anyhow, wonder just what the topic of discussion might be considering the replay was pretty comprehensive. The batters ran a single and then a six off the third ball and two fours to end the over. Fraser-McGurk is on 21 off eight balls.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Fraser-McGurk gets off the mark with a six second ball after Warner gets off the mark with the first delivery. Warner back on strike fourth ball and he tries a biggie as well. However, the elder Australian puts it perfectly into the hands of Will Jacks at long-on.

Warner c Jacks b Swapnil Singh 1 (2) 

RCB vs DC Live Score: DC 8/1 in 0.4 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: David Warner has been brought in as an impact sub by the Capitals. Jake Fraser-McGurk is at the other end with him. Swapnil Singh to bowl the first over for RCB.

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Run-outs off the last two balls of the innings. DC would take a lot of motivation from the fact that RCB have managed to get to just 187 despite Patidar and Jacks putting on 88 runs off 53 balls on their own for the third wicket

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Mukesh to bowl the last over. This has been a brilliant fightback from DC, can they restrict RCB below 190 now? Rasikh Salam finishes the 19th over with an inch perfect yorker. He has recorded figures of 2/23.

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: RCB 179/7 in 19 overs

 IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Dinesh Karthik has fallen for a duck! Pin-drop silence in the stands, the Chinnaswamy crowd knows just how big a blow that is. Wide ball dug into the pitch for the last delivery of the 18th over, Karthik goes deep in the crease and cuts it straight to backward point.

Karthik c Kuldeep Yadav b Ahmed 0 (2)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: RCB 174/6 in 18 overs

 IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Lomror goes for pull shot and top edges it deep into the Bengaluru sky fourth ball of the 18th from Khaleel. Porel calls for it and runs way back to take the catch. He almost overruns it but eventually gloves the ball.

Lomror c Abishek Porel b Ahmed 13 (8)

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: RCB 174/5 in 17.4 overs

IPL 2024, RCB vs DC Live Score, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: Lomror gets off strike first ball of the 17th bowled by Kuldeep. Then Green smashes sixes off the second and third ball, with the first of those bringing up RCB's 150. Three runs off the next two balls and then Lomror slog sweeps the last ball of the over for another six.

RCB vs DC IPL Live Score: 169/4