Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets in the match held on Monday, in which Josh Hazlewood, who took 4 wickets, was chosen as the Player of the Match. Excellent bowling was also seen by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he took 3 wickets. Virat Kohli also created history in batting, he has become the first batsman to score 9000 runs in IPL.

In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, a shameful performance of Delhi Capitals batsmen was seen. The entire team collapsed for 75 runs in 16.3 overs, at one point it seemed that the record of lowest score (49) in IPL history might be broken. Abhishek Porel, who came as an impact player, played an inning of 30 runs. Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets for 12 runs in 3.3 overs, dismissing KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Abhishek Porel.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets in the form of Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs and Akshar Patel. He gave only 5 runs in his 3 overs. Apart from this, Rasik Salam, Suyyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya took 1 wicket each. While chasing the target, Virat Kohli scored 23 not out and Devdutt Padikkal scored 34 not out. In this short innings, Virat Kohli created history, he became the first batsman to score 9 thousand runs in IPL.

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Has RCB reached the playoffs?

Royal Challengers Bangalore have not yet reached the playoffs, but after this record win, their claim has become stronger. RCB has won 6 out of 8 matches. Bengaluru are second in the points table with 12 points, while their net run rate (+1.919) is better than first-placed Punjab Kings (+1.333).

Now RCB has to win only 2 out of 6 matches to reach the playoffs. If the team remains in the top-2, then they will get 2 chances to reach the IPL final.

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Can DC still reach the playoffs?

Delhi Capitals has won only 3 out of 8 matches, while it has lost 5. Delhi has 6 points and net run rate of -1.060. Delhi is at seventh place in the points table. Now Delhi has 6 matches left, out of which they have to win 5 matches. After winning 5 matches, Delhi will reach 16 points, then it can reach the playoffs. Although if we look at history, a team with 14 points also reaches the playoffs, but in such a situation one will have to depend on the results of other teams.

Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel believes that if the openers (Sahil Parikh, KL Rahul) and number three batsman Nitish Rana had stood a little longer, the situation would have been different. On Monday, Delhi had to face a shameful defeat in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting first, DC was reduced to just 75 runs. RCB achieved the target with 81 balls remaining and registered a big win by 9 wickets.

Akshar Patel said after the match, “Even now I don’t understand what happened. That’s why it is said that in cricket you always have to be alert. If it had happened like this, it would have happened, but you have to do well every day. You cannot be lax even for a day.”

Patel further said, “Instead of thinking about what has gone, it would be better to think about what is to come. Whether you think negative or positive, you will have to play. Today’s match was not good for us, but we have to remain positive and do what we have been doing till now.”

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Targeted at KL Rahul-Nitish Rana?

Axar Patel said that the balls of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were swinging and seaming, “I am not surprised. They are world class bowlers. If our openers and number 3 batsman had lasted for 1-2 overs, the situation would have been different. Let us tell you that in the first over, Bhuvneshwar had bowled Sahil Parakh (0). In the very next over, Josh Hazlewood bowled KL Rahul (1) and Sameer on 2 consecutive balls. Rizvi (0) was out. After this, Tristan Stubbs was out at 0. The fourth wicket in the form of Nitish Rana was out at the score of only 8 runs.

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After the fall of 6 wickets for 8, it seemed that RCB’s unwanted record would be broken today. Let us tell you that the smallest score in IPL history is still of RCB. Let us tell you that in 2017, Bengaluru was all out for 49 runs in front of Kolkata.