Delhi Capitals Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 Wickets at their Home Ground
In the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2025, Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in a thrilling manner at their home.

Delhi Capitals Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru:With KL Rahul's strong fifty, Delhi Capitals have scored a fourth victory in the Indian Premier League 2025. In the 24th match of the 18th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. After losing the toss in the match, RCB team batted first and somehow scored 163 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, despite a bad start, Delhi Capitals won the match with 13 balls to spare.
This is Delhi Capitals' fourth consecutive win this season. Delhi Capitals' start in chasing the target in this match against RCB was not very good. RCB dismissed three Delhi batsmen at a score of just 30 runs. The team lost the fourth wicket at a score of just 58 runs, but after this KL Rahul along with Tristan Stubbs snatched the victory from RCB.
Delhi got off to a bad start while chasing the target of 164 runs. They lost four wickets for just 58 runs. After this, KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten partnership of 111 runs for the fifth wicket and led the team to victory. During this, wicketkeeper batsman KL completed his half-century in 37 balls and remained unbeaten after scoring 93 runs. Seven fours and six sixes came off his bat. At the same time, Stubbs scored 38* runs with the help of four fours and a six. For RCB, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets while Yash Dayal and Suyash Sharma got one success each.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing-11: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Delhi Capitals Playing-11: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
RCB, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 163 runs against Delhi by losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Phil Salt and Tim David batted strongly for them. For Delhi, Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each while Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma got one wicket each.
Phil Salt gave Bangalore a quick start against Delhi. He took the team's score past 50 in just three overs. However, he missed out on playing a big innings due to a mistake. He hit a shot on Vipraaj Nigam's ball and ran for a run, but Virat Kohli refused and Salt tried to return when he fell. Wicketkeeper KL Rahul took advantage of this opportunity and ran him out. The opener was out after scoring 37 runs in 17 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes.
Virat Kohli could not play a big innings in this match. He could score only 22 runs in 14 balls. Vipraaj got the star player caught by Starc. Apart from him, Devdutt Padikkal scored one, Rajat Patidar scored 25, Liam Livingstone scored four, Jitesh Sharma scored three and Krunal Pandya scored 18 runs. At the same time, Tim David stole some runs in the last overs and took RCB to a respectable score. He remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls. During this, two fours and four sixes came off his bat. Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained unbeaten after scoring one run.