Despite the excellent half-century innings of captain Rishabh Pant (58 not out) and Shimron Hetmyer (53 not out), the Delhi Capitals suffered a close defeat by one run to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 22nd match of IPL 2021.
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RCB clinch the victory with just one run against Delhi
This is Bangalore’s fifth win in six matches and now RCB is at the top of the table with 10 points. Delhi Capitals has suffered their second defeat in six matches and the team is at number three with eight points.
Bangalore, batting first, scored 171 runs for five wickets and then restricted Delhi to 170 runs for four wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Chasing a target of 172 runs from Bangalore, Delhi started poorly and the team lost three wickets for 47 runs. These three wickets include opener Prithvi Shaw (21), Shikhar Dhawan (6), and Steve Smith (4).
The captain then shared a 45-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Marcus Stoinis (22). After Stonis was dismissed, Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer almost assured victory with some cracking shots in the end.
Delhi Capitals, who had won their last match in the Super Over, were required to score 14 runs in the final over of this match to win. But their batsmen could only score 12 runs and had to face a close defeat by one run.
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