Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Highlights, Indian Premier League 2025: Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Highlights of 24th Match, Indian Premier League 2025: Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets | Toss & Team Lineups | Playing XI | Key Moments & Turning Points | Player of the Match | Match Statistics & Records

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Match Overview

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) took on Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2025 on Thursday, April 10, at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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Toss & Team Lineups

Toss Result: Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl

Playing XIs: Here’s the playing 11 of both teams from this game:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Delhi Capitals

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

First Innings: Tim David’s finishing helped RCB post a decent total

Virat Kohli and Phil Salt provided another great start to RCB and added 61 runs for the first wicket. However, the team couldn’t capitalize on this start as RCB lost four wickets before reaching the 100-run mark.

Salt was the only batter who scored over 30 runs among the first seven batters. Tim David made an unbeaten 37 runs off 20 deliveries. His innings helped RCB post a total of 163 runs for the loss of seven wickets.

Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav were the pick of the bowlers and took two wickets each. Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma picked one wicket each.

Second Innings: KL Rahul guided DC to their fourth win of the season

DC didn’t have a decent start to their chase and managed just 39 runs in the powerplay. The team lost three wickets in the first six overs. They lost another wicket in the form of Axar Patel in the ninth over. It looked like DC might get bundled out for a mere total.

However, KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs had different plans. They had a partnership of 111 runs and helped DC reach the target of 164 runs in just 17.5 overs. Rahul remained unbeaten on 93 runs off 53 deliveries, while Stubbs scored 38 runs off 23 deliveries and remained not out as well.

Key Moments & Turning Points 

For RCB, the turning point was Tim David’s innings as it helped the team post a defendable total on the board. However, KL Rahul’s knock proved to be the real game-changer in this match. His innings helped DC snatch victory out of RCB’s pocket.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Top Performers of the Match

KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)

• Rahul scored his 39th half-century in the IPL. 
• He is the fifth-highest run-scorer against RCB in IPL.

Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)

• Kuldeep was the most economical bowler in the match.
• He took two wickets for just 17 runs in four overs.

Player of the Match

KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)

• Rahul won his 15th Player of the Match award in the IPL.

Match Statistics & Records

• Tim David has scored the most runs in 16-20 overs in IPL since 2022.
• KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs made the highest partnership for the fifth wicket for DC.
• RCB lost their 45th game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. No other team has lost more matches at a single venue than RCB.

Final Thoughts & Takeaways

DC are in second place and have won all four games. They are the only undefeated team in the tournament so far. RCB lost their second game of the season. Both their losses have come at their home venue, which might be a little concerning for the team.

What’s Next?

RCB will take on Rajasthan Royals in their next game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday, April 13. DC will face Mumbai Indians in their next match on Sunday, April 13, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

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