DC vs RCB, IPL 2023 Highlights: Delhi Capitals win by 7 wickets, keep playoff hopes alive

Phil Salt has been named the player of the match for hitting 87 off 45 balls. 

Delhi Capitals are still alive in the playoff race for IPL 2023. The David Warner-led side has now won four out of their last five games. 

Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets. Salt led the charge in batting, while Rossouw finished the chase with a six. 

Axar Patel joined Rilee Rossouw in the middle. He smashed a massive six off the very first delivery he faced. 

Karn Sharma dismissed Phil Salt for 87 off 45 balls. Delhi Capitals 171/3 in 15.3 overs.

Josh Hazlewood has his countryman David Warner under the wraps. DC 60/1 in 5.1 overs. 

If Delhi Capitals need to beat RCB, Phil Salt has to stay at the crease for a long time. He has scored his fifty off 28 balls. 

Harshal Patel strikes as Mitchell Marsh fails to clear a juicy full toss and Mahipal Lomror has a simple catch. DC 119/2 in 10.3 overs.

Khaleel Ahmed dismissed Dinesh Karthik for 11 off 9 balls. RCB 172/4 in 19.1 Overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 181/4 in 20 overs. Delhi will need 182 runs to win the match. 

Mahipal Lomror scored his first-ever IPL fifty. He reached his half-century off 26 deliveries. RCB 170/3 in 18.3 overs. 

Mukesh Kumar dismissed Virat Kohli for 55 off 46 balls. RCB 137/3 in 16 overs.  

Virat Kohli scored a half-century off 42 balls. This is the sixth time in the ongoing season that Kohli scored a fifty. RCB 126/2 after 15 overs. 

RCB have scored 100/1 in 12.4 overs. Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror are batting in the middle.  

Mitchell Marsh dismissed Glenn Maxwell for a duck to take two wickets in two balls. RCB 82/2 in 10.4 Overs.

Mitchell Marsh dismissed Faf du Plessis for 45 off 32 balls. RCB 82/1 in 10.3 Overs.

RCB scored 51/0 in 6 overs. Both Virat Kohli (22) and Faf du Plessis (29) are intact in the middle. 

Virat Kohli has become the first player to score more than 7000 runs in the IPL. He achieved the feat in his 233rd game. 

Virat Kohli steals with a boundary and seals 7000 runs in the IPL in the second over. RCB at 13/0

With Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli opening the game, RCB are at 7/0 after one over.

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the batting for Bangalore. Khaleel Ahmed took the new ball for Delhi. 

The RCB vs DC showdown at the Arun Jaitley Stadium would begin very soon.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner (c), Philip Salt (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood

Delhi Capitals subs: Abhishek Porel, Ripal Patel, Lalit Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Pravin Dubey

Royal Challengers Bangalore subs: Harshal Patel, Vyshak Vijaykumar, M Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, S Prabhudesai

RCB won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals. 

RCB player Virat Kohli met with his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma before the game against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium. 

Delhi Capitals: Abhishek Porel, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull

Royal Challengers Bangalore: M Bracewell, Finn Allen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, V Vijaykumar, S Yadav

Delhi Capitals Predicted XI: Phil Salt (wk), David Warner (captain), Rilee Rossouw, Priyam Garg, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Ripal Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood

Royal Challengers Bangalore has brought in Kedar Jadhav as a replacement for David Willey. It will be interesting to see if he will get a chance to play in Delhi. 

Delhi Capitals Squad: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Mukesh Kumar, Rovman Powell, Prithvi Shaw, Lalit Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma

Total matches: 29

RCB won: 18

DC won: 10

NR: 1

• Phil Salt: 64 runs in 4 games, SR - 160.00
• Virat Kohli: 364 runs in 9 games, Avg.- 45.50
• Axar Patel: 238 runs and 7 wickets in 9 games
• Mohammed Siraj: 15 wickets in 9 games, Avg.- 17.13

IPL 2023 Match 44 - DC beat GT by 5 runs

IPL 2023 Match 40 - SRH beat DC by 9 runs

IPL 2023 Match 34 - DC beat SRH by 7 runs

IPL 2023 Match 28 - DC beat KKR by 4 wickets

IPL 2023 Match 20 - RCB beat DC by 23 runs

IPL 2023 Match 43 - RCB beat LSG by 18 runs 

IPL 2023 Match 36 - KKR beat RCB by 21 runs

IPL 2023 Match 32 - RCB beat RR by 7 runs

IPL 2023 Match 27 - RCB best PBKS by 24 runs

IPL 2023 Match 24 - CSK beat RCB by 8 runs

RCB hosted DC at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 15 in Match 20 of IPL 2023. While RCB posted a total of 174/6 in the first innings, DC were restricted to 151/9 in the second innings, as they ended up losing by 23 runs.

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore go head-to-head in New Delhi, coming off similar campaigns in the IPL 2023. Both teams head into the match on the back of victories in their previous fixtures. RCB need a victory over Delhi on Saturday in a bid to enter the top four race in the IPL 2023 points table. On the other hand, DC chase their fourth win of the season, which could place them at eighth in the standings by the end of the night.

On Saturday, live action will kick off at 3 PM IST with the CSK vs MI, IPL 2023 Match 49 at Chepauk. DC and RCB will then lock horns in the second matchup for the day.