Recent Match
Indian T20 League 2025, 24th Match, Bengaluru, Apr 10th, 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

(19.6 ov) 163/7

Delhi Capitals

(17.5 ov) 169/4

Complete Delhi Capitals won by 6 wkts

Player of Match: KL Rahul

RCB 163/7 (19.6)

DC 169/4 (17.5) CRR: 9.48

Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
93
53
7
6
175.47
38
23
4
1
165.22
Last Wicket: Axar Patel c Tim David b Suyash Sharma 15(11) - 58/4 in 8.4 ov.
Bowler
0
M
R
W
ECO
4
0
26
2
6.5
3.5
0
45
1
11.74
Recent: ... | 1 1 4 1 1 4 | 1 1 6 4 Wd5 6 Overs: 17.5
You could tell from those celebrations how much Rahul enjoyed this knock in a city that is home. He's in the form of his life and definitely was a class apart today on a tricky Chinnaswamy pitch to take DC to their fourth consecutive win. The home struggles continue for RCB who have now lost two out of two over here. That's all we have for now. Until next time, it's goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Siva, Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Abhinav Guha!
KL Rahul | POTM: Was a slightly tricky wicket. What helped me was being behind the stumps for 20 overs, just watching how it played. From wicketkeeping I figured that the ball sat in the wicket a little bit but it was consistent throughout - it wasn't two-paced, it was one paced throughout. I knew what my shots are. Just wanted to get off to a good start, be aggressive initially and assess it from there. If I was trying to hit a big six, I knew what pockets to target. Wicketkeeping gave me a feeler for how the other batters played and where were they dismissed. Got lucky with the dropped catch. This is my ground, this is my home. I know this better than anybody else. Enjoyed playing here.
Axar | DC captain: The way the team is playing, everyone is confident and feels good to win four out of four. They like facing pacers, so I felt using spin early was a good option. The ball was stopping and there was some bounce as well, so I felt it was hard to hit spinners in the powerplay. The 19th over by me was perhaps a mistake tactically. But it's okay since we have won. The way they are bowling - Kuldeep has been doing it for years, but a special word for Vipraj. The way he bowled, even in the 18th over, he was confident. My job becomes easy with someone like Rahul in the order. I've also been used as a floater before, so I know it's not easy. To have someone like him is great. He played a mature innings and is continuing the form from the Champions Trophy.
Tristan Stubbs: It was really satisfying, came in a bit of a tricky situation but the run-rate never got out of hand. To be honest, I didn’t have to do much, with the way KL Rahul batted. We briefly mentioned it but never I never really thought about it, we had so much extra time, so you always come back out here, so it’s about time to kick on. (On his mindset when he came into bat) Just gave myself some time, we lost quite a number of wickets. I saw what Tim did in the end, it was just about one big over. Every sort of position is so different so you just tailor and be prepared for batting at the end. Often you enjoy batting later on in the game, in the beginning, you have to adjust quicker.
Rajat Patidar | RCB Captain - I think the way we saw the wicket, it was quite different, we thought it was a nice batting wicket, but we didn't bat well. I don't think so (if the batters were overconfident), every batter was in a good frame of mind, showing proper intent. But it wasn't acceptable to go from 80 for 1 to 90 for 4, we have a good batting line-up, but we need to assess the situation. That has been positive, the way Tim David accelerated was amazing, the bowling in the powerplay was special. We aren't thinking about our away record, but we just need to play good cricket and keep it simple.
23:01 Local Time, 17:31 GMT, 23:01 IST: Rahul raises the bat, thumps his chest with a couple of times
KL Rahul in successful IPL run-chases
Inns: 25
Runs: 1208
Avg: 71.05
SR: 148.58
50s: 12
HS: 98*
Of the 56 batters who have aggregated at least 500 runs in successful IPL chases, only David Miller has a higher average (1037 runs at 103.70).
KL Rahul's 93* is the second highest individual score for DC against RCB, after Quinton de Kock's 108 at the same venue back in 2016.
Most defeats at a venue in the IPL
45 - RCB (Bengaluru, W/L: 0.977)
44 - DC (Delhi, W/L: 0.840)
38 - KKR (Kolkata, W/L: 1.394)
34 - MI (Mumbai WS, W/L: 1.55)
30 - PBKS (Mohali, W/L: 1.033
Highest partnerships for 5th wicket or lower for DC
111* - KL Rahul & Tristan Stubbs vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2025
110* - JP Duminy & Ross Taylor vs RCB, Sharjah, 2014
93 - Rishabh Pant & Tristan Stubbs vs KKR, Visakhapatnam, 2024
91* - Kedar Jadhav & Saurabh Tiwary vs SRH, Raipur, 2015
91 - Chris Morris & Kagiso Rabada vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2017
17.5
Yash Dayal to Rahul, SIX, to fine leg
17.5
Yash Dayal to Rahul, 5 wides
17.4
Yash Dayal to Rahul, FOUR, to third man, the partnership between Rahul and Stubbs is now
17.3
Yash Dayal to Rahul, SIX, Rahul not wasting much time! Good length ball across off, he steps across the stumps, forms a solid base and whacks it across the line
17.2
Yash Dayal to Stubbs, 1 run, slower ball at 99kph, back of a length around off,