DC vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023: Salt stands tall as Delhi beats Bangalore by 7 wickets

Maxwell with the ball for RCB. Rossouw and Axar trade signals and it is the South African who knocks the winning runs for Delhi Capitals with a SIX!!. An emphatic win, if there was any. The home side wins by seven wickets.

Karn with the 16th. Goes too full and Salt dismisses it for a four. The leggies gets the length right and Salt is caught in between. Rifles its way past his outside edge and onto the stumps. End of a fabulous innings. Axar is in at No. 5. Comes in and slams one for a six. As easy as it is.

Hazlewood in. Salt is beaten first ball. Sneaks in a single next up. Another dot ball from Hazlewood, this time against Rossouw. Taps it behind square on the leg side and races to a double and it is a no ball too. Freehit for Rossouw, but it is straight at point. No run.

Hasaranga against Salt. No change in the outcome. Short one and Salt is happy to pull it to the stands. SIXXX!! He is into his 80s and DC is inching, sorry, racing to a win.

Salt continues his onslaught. Easiest of his five sixes. Full toss from Harshal and it is carted into the stands. Rossouw doesn’t want to be left behind. Full from Harshal and thumped straight back over the bowler SIX MORE!! Wait. There is more. One more full one, this time on the pads. Cracked away for a 93 m six.

Hasaranga up against Salt. Dot ball to start with. Quickly run double to deep mid on next. Hasaranga loops one and it hits Rossouw on the pad. RCB goes up for a review. Impact outside off and Rossouw survives. Good over for RCB, just three runs.

Harshal Patel with his first over. Starts with his trademark slower one. Marsh can’t get it away. Full one next and Marsh gets underneath it. Carved away for a four inside out. Full toss on the pads and Marsh tries to gently guide it on. Only as far as Lomror at deep square leg. Is this RCB’s gateway back into this game? Rossouw is the new batter and he starts with a double thanks to a misfield.

Salt is showing no signs of slowing down. He picks Lomror’s lenght instantly and pulls it for a six in front of the square. Slashes at a wide one next up and that too races its way to the fence.

Harshal Patel in as an impact sub for RCB. Karn continues. First one misses Salt’s flashing blade and almos goes past Karthik. Four byes. Karn offers Salt width and he slaps it away for a four. Salt gets another short one and puts it away for a boundary and that is his half-century.

Hasaranga gifts a short one and Marsh pulls with disdain for a four. DC in control in this chase. Marsh and Salt gets a few easy singles to add on in the over. Salt is nearing his fifty.

Karn Sharma into the attack. Marsh and Salt start patiently. Just two runs from the first two balls. Third ball, Salt moves leg side to go inside out and it is another four for the English man./

First wicket for RCB. Slow one into the deck from Hazlewood and Warner can only slice it up. Faf is there to gobble it up. Marsh is the new batter and he joins in the fun. Leggish from Hazlewood and Marsh slogs it for a six. He adds another four to round up a succesful powerplay for DC.

Siraj with his second over. Salt goes for a biggies. It has taken a top edge and zooms away for a six behind the wicket. Siraj goes wide and Salt slashes at it with brute power and that too is a six. Siraj corrects his line, but it makes no difference. Four down the leg side. Siraj responds with a bouncer and it is called a wide. Some words exchanged between the baller and the batter there. A dot ball and a couple of singles wind up an eventful over.

Hasaranga introduced and Warner welcomes him with a slog sweep and it flies to the square leg fence for another six. Salt too tries to go after the leggie. But Hasaranga gets it to dip, but Salt’s under edge is dropped by Karthik. Salt takes a single. Warner continues his aggressive approach. Flat bats a lenght ball to the fence.

Hazlewood is in. Salt attacks him straight away. Advances and gets an edge on it. Flies over short third man. FOUR MORE!! Another edge and it runs away to third man for a single. Warner gets a short one and pushes it to leg side for a single. Hazlewood goes short against Salt and he pulls it emphatically for the FIRST SIX OF THE INNINGS!!

Maxwell from the other end for RCB. He is up against his compatriot David Warner, who goes for a big hit straight away. Falls short of short third man. Maxwell goes a tad short and Salt takes advantage of it. Rocks back before pulling it for a four. Next ball, Maxwell pushes one through and raps Salt on his pads. Strong appeal. No reaction from umpire and no referral from RCB.

DC openers David Warner and Phil Salt are ready. Siraj with the first over for RCB. He has had a fantastic tournament so far. He starts with a back of length one and Warner slams it through covers FOR A FOUR!! Siraj goes short and Warner goes with the pull shot. Add another boundary. A couple of well-run singles add to DC’s tally in a good first over for the home side.

The DC bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals but could not contain Mahipal Lomror in the second half of the innings. He struck 54 runs off 29 deliveries to guide RCB to 181 runs. Seems like an above par total, especially against a batting unit that has failed to get going thorughout the tournament.

Delhi Capitals brings in its Impact Player. Ripal Patel in for Ishant Sharma.

Khaleel Ahmed to bowl the final over. Karthik is OUT! Caught at long off. He lofts a full toss on the off side and Warner sprints to get under the ball. Anuj Rawat smacks a SIX on his first delivery. A gift, really. A full toss going down the leg. Hit over fine leg. One run on the third delivery to long on. Khaleel to Lomror, one run. Low full toss and Lomror can only hit it to long off. Rawat cuts the next one to deep cover for a single. Khaleel to Lomror on the final delivery. Dot ball.

Mukesh to Lomror, no run. Lomror shuffles and wants to scoop it over fine leg. Misses and that’s a plumb leg before decision. Lomror goes for a review straight away. The UltraEdge shows an inside edge and Lomror survives. Dot ball. Karthik is nearly at the other end as Lomror says no to a run. Karthik then moves into the line of the stumps as the bowler tries to run him out. David Warner not pleased with it. FOUR! FIFTY for Lomror. One run on the fourth delivery. Mukesh to Karthik, no run. Nails the yorker. One run to long off to end the over.

Khaleel to Karthik. Starts with a dot ball. Misses a full toss outside off stump. One run to long off. Khaleel to Lomror, FOUR! Whatever Lomror touches turns to gold! He wants a clip this full delivery but is early on his shot. Gets an edge which flies to the third man boundary. One leg bye on the fourth delivery. Khaleel to Karthik, one run with an inside out shot to deep covers. Wide. Salt fails to collect and the batters steal a bye as well. KARTHIK! A massive SIX over fine leg. Gets low and sweeps the full delivery on the on side.

Ishant to Lomror, FOUR! Hammers it over covers to find the fence. Ishant to Lomror, Wide. Another Wide. One run with a nudge to the point region. Dinesh Karthik to face his first delivery. One run. Wants to guide a bouncer to the third man fence. But gets it off his glove and is fielded in the circle. Ishant to Lomror, FOUR! He opens the face of the bat to cut this knuckle ball. One run on the penultimate delivery. Ishant to Karthik, one run. Karthik mistimes but Lomror is proactive to get off his mark and complete the run.

Mukesh to Kohli, two runs. Brilliant running. This is fired in the block hole. Kohli just gets bat to the ball and completes two by the time David Warner fields and sends it back from long on. One run on the next to long on. Mukesh to Lomror, FOUR! On the pads even after the batter shuffles towards the leg side. Flicks it to the fine leg fence. One run on the next delivery. Mukesh to Kohli, WIDE. Two runs. Again Kohli is able to collect an extra run by his placement on the on side. OUT! Kohli fires it straight into the hands of the short fine leg fielder. Unlucky to get out on a poor delivery going down leg.

Marsh to Kohli, one run. Short and too wide. Kohli thinks of attacking but barely reaches the delivery. Marsh to Lomror, SIX! Pulled away over square. Lomror clearly wanting to play the aggressor. Gets a single to long off on the third delivery. Marsh to Kohli, one run. Angling down leg and Kohli gets the bat on to it. The placement, however, is missing as he fires it straight to the short fine fielder. Lomror slaps a widish delivery to deep cover for a single. Marsh to Kohli, one run with a pull to long on. That’s FIFTY for Virat Kohli.

Kuldeep to Kohli, one run with a flick to deep square leg. Kuldeep to Lomror, FOUR! Lomror gets connection on the switch hit this time. Packs it over the backward point fielder. SIX! This one Lomror hits over long off. One run on the fourth delivery to deep mid wicket. Kohli wanted two but is sent back. Kuldeep to Kohli, beaten. Wants to play across the line but cannot with the low bounce. One run on the final delivery.

Ishant to Kohli, FOUR! An inside-out shot over covers. One run on the next with a tap to mid wicket. Ishant to Lomror, one leg bye. Lomror would regret he cannot send that delivery going down leg to the fence. Ishant to Kohli, two runs. Immaculate placement by Kohli on the on side which allows him to run the double. One run on the next with a punch to deep cover. Ishant to Lomror, dot ball.

Kuldeep to Lomror, one run with a push on the on side. Kohli rocks on his back foot and taps the delivery to mid wicket region for a run. Kuldeep to Lomror, no run. Misses a reverse sweep. Kuldeep to Lomror, SIX! Parked over mid wicket. A short delivery and Lomror squares himself up in the crease and pulls. Kuldeep to Lomror, no run. Kuldeep to Lomror, two run. Cuts the ball behind square and completes two runs.

Marsh to Faf. Starts with a Wide. Pulls the next one to deep mid wicket. This time the placement is not good enough and he again gets just a single. Marsh to Kohli, one run. Steps out and works the ball to deep mid wicket. OUT! Faf sees a delivery short and wide and throws his hands at it. He is deceived by the slower one and holes out to deep cover fielder. Glenn Maxwell is the new batter. GONE! Maxwell gets a golden duck. He wants to play the delivery on the up. Gets a faint edge and Salt collects the catch. Marsh on a hattrick! Mahipal Lomror is able to hang on on the hattrick delivery. A single on the last delivery with a cut to deep covers.

Kuldeep to Faf, two runs. Nicely places the ball between long on and deep mid wicket. One run on the next delivery. Kuldeep to Kohli, one run with a pull to mid wicket. Faf shuffles across and flicks the ball on the on side. The timing is off and the batters can run only a single. Kohli takes a single off the fifth delivery. Faf taps a ball outside off to deep cover to end the over with a single.

Axar to Kohli, one run. Gets an inside edge on the drive. Axar to Faf, one run to deep mid wicket. Axar to Kohli, one run. Works it to deep cover. Axar to Faf, beaten! Goes for a slash over covers but the spin takes the ball away from him. DC reviews this for a caught behind. UltraEdge shows a flat line and the Capitals lose their review. FOUR! Overpitched and Faf sends it over Axar’s head for a boundary. The last delivery is punched to long on off the back foot.

Kuldeep Yadav to Kohli. FOUR! The first delivery is pitched short and Kohli is quick to clear his front foot and slap it on the on side. One run on the next delivery. Kuldeep to Faf, no run. Mistimes the clip. Gets an outside edge which rolls to short cover. Faf defends the next one. One run with a pull to deep mid wicket. Kuldeep to Kohli, one run. Rolls his wrist as he plays it to long on.

Mitchell Marsh to Faf, one run with a push to deep cover. Marsh to Kohli, one run. Kohli flicks the ball to deep mid wicket. Marsh to Faf, one run. It is short and Faf unleashes the pull. Does not quite time it and has to settle for just a single. Kohli plays the next to long off for another single. Marsh to Faf, another pull shot for a single. This one was a slower delivery and Faf fails to middle it. Sixth single off the over on the final delivery.

Khaleel to Faf, one run. Khaleel to Kohli, two runs. On the pads and the batter leans into the flick and runs two. One run on the third delivery. A quick one after an inside edge to short fine leg. SIX! Faf gets a full toss and he lofts it over the long off boundary. FOUR! Khaleel gifts a half volley and Faf pulls it over mid wicket. A single off the final delivery.

Mukesh Kumar to Faf, no run. Defends to extra cover. FOUR runs. Steps down and fires the ball past mid off. A swing-and-a-miss on the next. FOUR more. Faf gets a delivery dragged short and he pulls it through mid on. FOUR! Mukesh fires in a bouncer. Faf pulls and gets the top edge. Phil Salt can only watch it sail over his head. A single on the final delivery. In the block hole and Faf digs it out to mid on.

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Axar to Faf, no run. The second delivery keeps low and Faf is beaten. One run on the third delivery with a punch to deep cover. Axar to Kohli, one run to square leg. Faf punches the fifth delivery to long off for a single. Ends the over with a dot.

Ishant Sharma to Faf, one run with a push to third man. Kohli comes down the track on the next one but Ishant pulls his length back in response. No run. Nearly run out on the next one. Ishant stops a straight drive and Virat is outside his crease wanting a single. Has to dive to get home. FOUR! Kohli pulls the bouncer. That goes like a rocket to the square leg fence. Two runs off the last delivery.

Axar Patel to Virat. Starts with two dots including a play-and-miss on the second delivery. One run on the third delivery. Faf off the mark on the first delivery. Got an inside edge and went to deep square. FOUR! Virat cuts the short and wide delivery past the point region. He gets to 7,000 runs in IPL with that.

Khaleel to Kohli, no run. Left alone. FOUR! Kohli uses the width to slap the ball wide of mid off. No run on the third delivery as Kohli shoulders arms. Kohli defends the fourth delivery and wants a single. Faf sends him back. Two runs, clipped past mid wicket. Ends with a delivery shaping away. Blocked to the point fielder. The throw from the fielder is off target and the batters run an over throw.

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis to open for RCB.

Khaleel Ahmed to start for DC.

Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Subs: Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Praveen Dubey, Abhishek Porel.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood

Impact Subs: Harshal Patel, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed.

Faf du Plessis: We will bat first. Looks like a dry surface and hopefully no dew tonight. T20 has a lot to do with momentum. Hopefully we get a good score. Our bowling has been doing well. We have a lot of away games. That is not an issue for us. We have to play well everywhere. Kedar Jadhav comes back.

David Warner: We would have batted too. It is a must win. We come here with a lot of energy and passion. You can only get better from where we are. Hopefully, we can play well with the bat and ball. The surface is nice and compact and would not change much.

W.V. Raman: The pitches are normally dry here, hence we don’t see too many high scores. The average score at this venue is 165. This pitch is dry and has got a few cracks in it. The spinners got to bowl fuller lengths on this sluggish surface.

Yuzvendra Chahal - 15 wickets in 15 innings

Kagiso Rabada - 13 wickets in six innings

Zaheer Khan - 11 wickets in 10 innings

Virat Kohli - 975 runs in 28 innings

AD de Villiers - 690 runs in 23 innings

Rishabh Pant - 421 runs in 12 innings

In the first match between the teams, Virat Kohli struck a 50, and with Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmad’s late cameos, saw RCB hit 174 runs in the first innings.

Manish Pandey scored a half century but Delhi fell short by 23 runs in reply.

Wicketkeeper: Phil Salt

Batters: David Warner, Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli

All-rounders: Axar Patel (v), Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga

Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Mohammad Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Ishant Sharma

Team Composition: DC: 5 | RCB: 6

Credits used: 94 | Credits Left: 6

RCB Predicted XI (batting first): Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Wayne Parnell.

RCB Predicted XI (bowling first): Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, V. Vyshak, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.

RCB Impact Player options: Anuj Rawat, V. Vyshak, Suyash Prabhudessai, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav.

DC Predicted XI (batting first): David Warner (c), Phil Salt, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Aman Khan, Ripal Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje,

DC predicted XI (bowling first): David Warner (c), Phil Salt, Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Aman Khan, Ripal Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma

DC Impact Player options: Prithvi Shaw, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan.

Matches played: 9

Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 6

Delhi Capitals won: 3

May 6 brings back happy memories for RCB fans.

Matches played: 29

Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 18

Delhi Capitals won: 10

No Result: 1

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (c),Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Abishek Porel, Priyam Garg

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli , Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Wayne Parnell, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Kedar Jadhav.

Having spent the longer part of the league in the cellar, Delhi Capitals is understandably desperate to move up the points table. Equally, Royal Challengers Bangalore is keen to break into the top-four bracket.

The two teams - yet to win the Indian Premier League - continue their pursuits at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Saturday following an identical sequence that includes three victories in the last four matches.

Fifth-ranked Bangalore eyes a sixth victory against a side that it beat by 23 runs last month. Much like Mumbai Indians, Bangalore, too, relies heavily on its frontline batters to offset a not-so-effective bowling attack.

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