Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 50th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Both MI and RCB had a chance to break free from the 10-point midfield muddle but both these franchises have fluffed their lines. Tomorrow, two other sides who are stuck in the middle will be in action, starting with LSG who travel to Ahmedabad and then RR hosting a pretty bleak looking SRH. Let's see what tomorrow holds, for now this is Saurabh Shankar signing off on behalf of Nikhil Jadhav and Harish.

Stats courtesy our stats guy Roshan Gede.

First win for Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore since 2021.

Teams chasing have now won four of the five matches in Delhi this season.

DC vs RCB last five results (most recent first)
Delhi, 2023 - DC won by 7 wickets
Bengaluru, 2023 - RCB won by 23 runs
Mumbai WS, 2022 - RCB won by 16 runs
Dubai, 2021 - RCB won by 7 wickets
Ahmedabad, 2021 - RCB won by 1 run

Phil Salt in the IPL
Away: Two inns, two golden ducks
Home: Three inns, 151 runs at 50.33, SR: 181.92, two fifties

Fastest 180-plus run-chases in the IPL (by balls remaining)
32 - MI vs RR, Mumbai WS, 2014 (Target: 190)
31 - KKR vs GL, Rajkot, 2017 (Target: 184)
27 - MI vs PBKS, Indore, 2017 (Target: 199)
20 - DC vs RCB, Delhi, 2023 (Target: 182)
20 - DC vs Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad, 2012 (Target: 188)
20 - CSK vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2015 (Target: 184)

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

Phil Salt | Player of the Match: 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.

David Warner: Amazing. I thought it was a par score, the ball was skidding. But the way we came out led by Phil Salt paved the way. Our intention was to take on Siraj, he's been bowling well and taking wickets early. His wickets have been bowled or LBW so we wanted to drag his length back. Credit to the way the bowlers bowled, Anrich is not there but Ishant is leading the pack with Khaleel. And Kuldeep and Axar as well have been brilliant. It is all about momentum, we are finding the right balance at the right time. Now we go to Chennai and try to get a performance there, I know it will be tough.

Rilee Rossouw: It is a fantastic result. We bowled particularly alright. The way Salty and Warner played was phenomenal. It was a great result for us. The whole squad comes into play, the guys are supportive to the ones who are not playing. Pretty simple and easy. It was pretty tricky to be honest, it was gripping and turning, Salty put us off on a blinder and took the game away from them. 160 was a par score on that wicket. We can't lose another game so we are going out with the freedom to play the way we want. The way we played tonight, you would not suspect we have lost 6 games or how many ever, who knows if we get lucky and get into the knockouts, with the way we are playing, we could be dangerous.

Faf du Plessis: I felt it was pretty close, I thought 185 was a pretty good score. The dew took the spinners out of the game, but credit to them (DC batters) as well. You like your spinners in the game, but you need to bowl in the right areas despite of the dew. A few bad balls and a few mistakes, we were short, but yeah, they really batted well. We didn't maximise towards the end. We felt like 185 was a par score, we needed one big over that could take us to 200, that would have made a difference. But that's what happens when you apply pressure. Maxi (Maxwell) has been going well for us at 4. We thought we could have him early (at no.3 ) because he is going well. I was really pleased to see Lomror at 5 and he played really well, still really a good positive for him. That's the nature of the slow pitch, you always try to come in the first six overs and try to get on top of the game.

22:56 Local Time, 17:26 GMT, 22:56 IST: The pressure of expectations was taken away from DC after their horrid start, and that has now set them free. Today we got a glimpse of why their batting line-up was considered to be so feared after the auctions, as most things clicked into gear. It started with Warner attacking Siraj and Hazlewood, as he started playing with a strike rate we are more used to seeing beside his name. Phil Salt also took the charge against the best powerplay bowler of this IPL in Siraj, as he hit him for two sixes and a four. Warner was tricked by a slower one from Hazlewood, but his replacement Mitch Marsh kept up the ante. Phil Salt also just didn't relent, as he smoked six sixes is his knock of 87. Both these batters couldn't finish the game off, but that allowed Rilee Rossouw to get a hit in with a brisk 35 off just 22 balls. A formidable win for DC who leapfrog SRH from the bottom.... For RCB, nothing they tried with the ball worked, and when your key bowlers are being taken to the cleaners, maybe it's just one of those days to forget. Also, their acceleration in the middle overs has been a concern, so does that mean a certain Mr. Kohli needs to score more quickly after the powerplay? Let's stick around to hear what both teams have to say about this game during the presentations...

Maxwell to Rossouw, SIX, half tracker, Rossouw goes back and pulls it deep into the stands over deep mid-wicket. Game, Set, Match!!

Maxwell to Rossouw, no run, darted onto middle, turned towards mid-wicket

Maxwell to Axar, 1 run, tossed up and spins away, Axar chips his drive slightly towards sweeper cover. Scores level

Maxwell to Rossouw, 1 run, slow and turns away big from off. Rossouw pushes it to the left of Maxwell towards long-on

Glenn Maxwell [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack

Karn Sharma to Rossouw, 1 run, short and wide, punched down to long-off. We'll play on for another over...

Karn Sharma to Axar, 1 run, Karn Sharma goes yorker length, Axar drives towards long-off