RCB beat Delhi by 23 runs, Warner's team lost fifth consecutive match

 

In the 20th match of IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 23 runs and got their second win in the fourth match. In this match, the Delhi Capitals team won the toss and decided to bowl first, but the RCB batsmen proved David Warner's decision wrong and scored 174 runs in 20 overs on the scoreboard and scored 175 runs for the first win in front of Delhi. Kept the target but the Delhi team could only manage 151 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 23 runs.

Virat Kohli played a half-century innings for RCB, while the rest of the batsmen contributed by playing small innings. At the same time, Delhi's Mitchell Marsh and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each. After this, when the Delhi team came down for the chase, Prithvi Shaw was once again given a chance as an impact player, but it was a loss for Delhi as he was run out without opening an account.

After Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh was also dismissed without opening the account and thus the Delhi team went on the backfoot from the very beginning. David Warner was also dismissed after scoring 19 runs in the powerplay and from here the Delhi team lagged behind in the match so much that there was no return to the match. However, Manish Pandey showed the stamina to fight for Delhi by scoring a half-century but Delhi succumbed as soon as he was dismissed.

If we look at the bowling of RCB, then RCB bowlers kept Delhi on the backfoot from the very beginning. Vijaykumar Vyshak, who is making a debut for RCB, bowled brilliantly, conceding only 20 runs in his quota of four overs and taking 3 wickets. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj bowled well as usual and took 2 wickets for 23 runs in his four overs. RCB has achieved the rhythm with the win in this match and now Faf du Plessis's team would like to continue this winning streak even further. However, with five consecutive defeats, the Delhi team has created problems for itself.