IPL 2021: Mohammed Siraj's execution at death helps RCB beat DC by one run

Mohammed Siraj defended 14 runs in the final over as Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB registered a thrilling onerun win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League IPL on Tuesday here at the Narendra Modi StadiumWith this win RCB has moved to the top spot in the IPL standings with 10 points from six games On the other hand Delhi Capitals is at the third spot with 8 points from 6 gamesChasing 172 Delhi Capitals got off to bad start as the side was reduced to 282 in the fourth over Shikhar Dhawan 6 was dismissed by Kyle Jamieson while Steve Smith 4 was sent back to the pavilion by Mohammed Siraj Rishabh Pant next joined Prithvi Shaw formed a 19run stand for the third wicket but it was cut short by Harshal Patel as he dismissed Shaw 21 in the eighth over reducing Delhi Capitals to 473Marcus Stoinis next joined skipper in the middle and the duo mixed caution with aggression to form a 45run stand for the fourth wicket but as soon as Delhi started gaining an upper hand Bangalore struck back as Harshal Patel dismissed Stoinis 22 in the 13th over reducing Delhi to 924Shimron Hetmyer next came to the crease and he gave the muchneeded impetus to Delhis innings and he along with Pant ensured that their side stays in the game In the final three overs Delhi required 46 runs for the win Hetmyer smashed Jamieson for 21 runs in the 18th over and as a result Pants side needed just 25 runs from the final overs In the end Siraj defended 14 runs in the final over as RCB edged past DC to register a victoryEarlier AB de Villiers unbeaten knock of 75 runs off just 42 balls helped Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB post a score of 1715 in the allotted twenty overs Along with de Villiers Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell also chipped in with knocks of 31 and 25 For Delhi Capitals all the five bowlers used by skipper Rishabh Pant ended up taking one wicket eachAsked to bat first RCB lost its skipper Virat Kohli 12 in the fourth over of the innings as he was sent back to the pavilion by Avesh Khan In the very next over Devdutt Padikkal 17 was bowled by Ishant Sharma and this reduced RCB to 302 Glenn Maxwell and Rajat Patidar then came together at the crease and the duo formed a 30run stand for the third wicket but the partnership was broken by Amit Mishra in the 9th over as he dismissed Maxwell 25The righthanded batsman was looking to go for a maximum but he ended up handing a simple catch to Steve Smith reducing RCB to 603 AB de Villiers next joined Patidar in the middle and the duo increased the tempo of runscoring Both batsmen mixed caution with aggression and stitched together a stand of 54 runs Axar Patel finally ended Patidars 31 innings in the 15th over and RCB was reduced to 1144De Villiers carried on his own in the final overs and helped RCB score 32 runs in the final two overs taking the score past the 170run markBrief Scores RCB 1715 AB de Villiers 75 Rajat Patidar 31 Avesh Khan 124 Delhi Capitals 1704 Rishabh Pant 58 Shimron Hetmyer 53 Harshal Patel 237This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever