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Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting feels his team needs to improve in all aspects of the game after its third defeat in five games in the ongoing Indian Premier League. DC lost by 16 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium Saturday night to lie at the bottom half of the IPL table with just four points.
Dinesh Karthik batted with authority in his unbeaten 34-ball 66 before the bowlers staged a fine comeback as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 16 runs in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday. Karthik blazed away after Glenn Maxwell hit seven fours and two sixes in his 55 off 34 deliveries to take RCB to 189 for five. In reply, the Capitals could only manage 173 for seven despite David Warner's sensational 38-ball 66. It was RCB's fourth win in six games and they are now third on the points table while Delhi slumped to their third loss in five outings.
Dinesh Karthik is not finished yet. He has re-emerged as one of the premier finishers in this season of IPL. About to turn 37 in a couple of months, he is light on his feet as ever while moving in the crease, disturbing the line and lengths of bowlers and making a mockery of the death overs. Saturday night was another freak show which has become usual with Karthik around. Delhi Capitals were his latest prey as he went about pulling Royal Challengers Bangalore out of a hole at 92/5 in the 12th over and then clobbering the young bowling attack to all parts of the ground to score an unbeaten 66 off 34 balls. He put on an unbeaten sixth-wicket 97-run stand with Shahbaz Ahmed as RCB set Capitals a daunting 190-run target.
Ravi Shastri is backing Royal Challengers Bangalore to make the playoffs of the ongoing IPL, having played some good cricket under new skipper Faf du Plessis. After kicking off their campaign with a loss to Punjab Kings, three-time runners-up RCB bounced back to defeat Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. "I believe we will see a new champion this season.
Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face each other in Match 27 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. DC are placed 7th in the IPL 2022 points table with two wins and two losses. RCB, on the other hand, will have their task cut out if they are to continue their good run in this season so far. They are currently placed 6th with 3 wins from 5 matches.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Ravindra Jadeja became the most successful bowler against Royal Challengers Bangalore, as he holds the record for the most number of wickets against the franchise. Jadeja achieved this feat on Tuesday when he scalped three wickets against RCB, here at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. He now has a total of 26 wickets against RCB.
RCB, but they weren't the usual suspects. Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa are not the big-ticket superstars of this CSK team, but they showed that they can turn it on when required. In 12.1 overs, they put up 165 runs, which helped CSK blaze away to 216/4 and notch up their first win of the season after four straight losses. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARD | POINTS TABLEWith 36/2 in the seventh over, the stage seemed set for another CSK struggle. The RCB bowlers had stifled the top-order and the two stars - Ruturaj Gaikwad and Moeen Ali - were back in the hut. That's when Uthappa (88 off 50 balls) and Dube (95 off 46 balls) took over. Dube has played a lot of his cricket at the DY Patil Stadium and he knows what to expect from the pitch. Uthappa, on the other hand, is a natural timer of the ball, and when it is his day, it's difficult to keep the Karnataka man quiet.
Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa smashed 17 sixes between them to help holders Chennai Super Kings register their first win of the Indian Premier League season against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday. Dube, who struck an unbeaten 95, and Uthappa, who hit 88, put on a third-wicket partnership of 165 to drive Chennai to 216-4 against RCB in Mumbai. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableChennai, led by new skipper Ravindra Jadeja, then kept Bangalore to 193-9 to win by 23 runs after a threatening 34 off 14 from Dinesh Karthik. Four-time winners CSK, who had a change of captaincy before this season after Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down, bounced back from their opening four losses.