DC opener and wicket-keeper batter Phil Salt played match-winning innings of 87 runs to help his team beat RCB by seven wickets with 20 balls to spare.
Delhi Capitals registered their fourth win of the season to stay afloat as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Pathirana with his lethal bowling took three scalps by conceding just 15 runs in his four overs. He was given the 'Player of the Match' award for his performance.
The Australian batter had the joint record with MS Dhoni of scoring most runs against RCB, but after scoring 22 off 14 balls, he registered himself as the highest run-getter. In the 22 innings he has scored 847 runs.
David Warner with 22 of 14 balls gave a solid platform in the start. After that Salt scored a massive 87 off 45 balls, consisting of eight fours and six sixes. Mitchell Marsh and Rilee Rossouw played supportive knocks of 26 and 35 respectively.
Virat Kohli completed his 7000 runs in IPL, becoming the only cricket to do so. he scored 55 off 46. After getting a solid start from the openers, Lomror got the leverage and scored a quick 54 off 29 balls.
Top knocks from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway guided Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to a six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Chennai on Saturday.
IPL Twitter handle shared a video in which Virat was seen meeting his coach Rajkumar before the match. He also touched his feet and took his blessings.
This was the second instance of CSK beating MI in both league games in a season, the first having come in 2014. In their first encounter, CSK managed to defeat MI by 7 wickets. In their second encounter, CSK won the game by 4 wickets.