Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ♑in Match 50 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.
Batting first, the Challengers posted 181/4 in 20 overs, with Mahipal Lomror being the top scorer with 54 runs off 29 balls. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis also chipped in with crucial contributions of 55 and 45, respectively. For the Capitals, Mitchell Marsh was the pick of the bowlers, taking 2 wickets for 21 runs in༒ his 3 overs.
In their chase, Delhi gunned down the target of 182 runs with ease, winning the contest by 7 wickets and 20 balls to spare. Phil Salt was the standout performer for Delhi, scoring an impressive 87 runs off just 45 balls, including 8 fours and 6 sixes. Marsh and Rilee Rossouw also contributed wဣith 26 and 35 runs respectively.
Highest individual scores for DC vs RCB:
- 108(51) – Quinton de Kock, Bengaluru, 2016
- 87(45) – Phil Salt, Delhi, today
- 86(54) – Gautam Gambhir, Delhi, 2008
- 85(48) – Rishabh Pant, Bengaluru, 2018
“I spoke before the game about being positive. We knew the wicket was slow and low, and we spoke about playing off the backfoot. I thought 180 was par, I felt we would have to bat really well to get there. (On Mitch Marsh) He came in and hit the second ball for six or something like that, it put bowlers on the backfoot. Loving the support, specially here in Delhi,” said Salt after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Some win that by Delhi Capitals♒. Comprehensive, dominant and a statement one for every team they will face 𓆉next. They can still turns things around in the table. Looks like they have found their rhythm.
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
mein yeh jeet… ekdum feel aagayi ❤
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Kohli & Ganguly having a handshake and smile after the 🃏ga🍸me.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Solid chase from the led by & and a top all-round performance from Marsh!! stealing som🍃e impor💫tant points!! Lovely to see on the charge!!
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Mohammad Siraj hugged💖 Phil Salt and congratulated him on his ༒knock.
Lovely to see! ♥️
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Philip♈ Salt guided Delhi Capitals to victory:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
This was some knock fromꦰ Phil Salt. Single handedly won tꦕhe game for Delhi Capitals.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
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attitude 🤌🏻
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Phil Salt stars in Delhi Capitals' win over Royal Challengers Bangalore
— sports news (@CricketDeDaNaDa)
Phil Salt To Mohammed Siraj
— Qasim Husain 🇮🇳 (@qasim_says_)
Phil Salt To Mohammed Siraj
— Qasim Husain 🇮🇳 (@qasim_says_)
Really liked, the way Phil Salt and DC have ruthlessly humbled the RCB tonight. Now it's Mumbai Indians boys turn to do humble them on 9th May.
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL)
