Philip Salt outshines Kohli, Lomror; powers Delhi Capitals to 7-wicket victory

England batter Philip Salt smashed an exceptional halfcentury 87 off 45 to outshine the fifties from Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror and power Delhi Capitals to a dominating sevenwicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match No 50 of Indian Premier League IPL 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on SaturdayWith this win Delhi Capitals moved up to the ninth position in the points table with four wins in 10 matches and kept their qualification hopes alive On the other hand RCB are in the fifth spot with five wins in 10 gamesFine fifties by Kohli 55 off 46 and Lomror 54 off 29 propelled RCB to 1814 in 20 overs Apart from Kohli and Lomror skipper Faf du Plessis also played a vital knock to contribute to RCBs decent total On the other hand Mitchell Marsh was the most successful bowler for Delhi Capitals with his superb 221Also Read RCB fail to ace spin battle as hosts LSG restrict Kohli amp Co to 1269Chasing a challenging total openers David Warner and Philip Salt gave Delhi Capitals a flying start From the very first over Warner cleared his intent by smashing Siraj for two boundaries while Philip also joined the party and picked crucial boundaries and sixes off Maxwell and Philip to take Delhi to 290 after the first three oversWith both Capitals openers batting freely RCB skipper Du Plessis was forced to bring Wanindu Hasaranga in the 4th over itself but it didnt yield great results as Warner clubbed the spinner for a six and boundaryHis batting partner Salt then took Siraj to the cleaners by hitting for consecutive 6 6 4 which rattled the pacer Siraj and Salt had a heated discussion at the pitch and umpires and Warner had to intervene to diffuse the situationIt was Hazlewood who finally gave RCB the muchneeded breakthrough by removing Warner on a slower ball outside off However Mitchell Marsh came out swinging hard picking up a four and a six and taking his to 701 Delhi Capitals best Powerplay in IPL 2023Even after the Powerplay Salt showed no signs of slowing down and made a mockery of the pitch and RCB bowling to get fifty off just 28 balls On the other hand Marsh was giving him enough support with his timely boundaries as Delhi Capitals were 1151 after 10 oversAllrounder Harshal Patel who came in as Impact Player replacing Kedhar Yadav finally gave RCB a breakthrough by dismissing Mitchell Marsh Rilee Rossouw was the new batter joining Salt as Delhi Capitals needed 59 runs in 54 ballsMeanwhile Salt was just unstoppable and along with Rossouw he didnt let the run rate drop The England batter was fed some slot balls and he let them go free to carry the momentum He was dismissed for 87 bowled by Karn Sharma in the 16th over but victory was a mere formality by thenFrom there on Rilee Rossouw 35 off 22 played an impressive knock and along with Axar Patel 8 off 3 took Delhi Capitals over the victory line in 164 oversEarlier RCB won the toss and opted to bat first Openers Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli gave them a strong start scoring 510 in the Powerplay Both Faf and Kohli were a bit cautious in their approach in the first four overs and RCB were 230 However after accessing the conditions they decided to free their arms and took Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed to the cleaners scoring 13 and 15 runs respectively in the 5th and 6th overKohli and Faf looked in decent touch and continued to steady the RCB innings The runrate didnt spike up too much on a pitch that is stopping a touch but RCB looked to build a solid base to capitalise on later as Faf and Kohli took them to 790 at the end of 10 oversDelhi Capitals were desperately searching for a wicket and it was Mitchell Marsh who ended the 82run opening wicket stand by removing Du Plessis In the very next ball Marsh who removed Glenn Maxwell for a duck and brought Delhi back in the gameRCB were 822 after 104 overs and needed another partnership to keep them ahead in the game The new batter Mahipal Lomror joined an already set Kohli at the crease and Delhi bowlers were able to keep things under their control for the next few oversJust when RCB were showing signs of dipping Lomror propped them with a few lusty hits especially against Kuldeep Yadav On the other hand Kohli anchored the innings with yet another halfcentury off 42 ballsWith 1262 after 15 overs RCB had the platform to finish strong and Lomror hit Mukesh Kumar for a four to make a move towards that But Kohli flicked the ball straight to Khaleel who got both hands to it then juggled and kept tossing the ball close to his chest before finally clinging on to it at short fine legThe designated RCB finisher Dinesh Karthik then joined hands with Lomror who hit Ishant for two fours and took 11 runs from that over Khaleel Ahmed gave away 15 in his over as Karthik and Lomror smashed the leftarm pacer for a six and boundaryThough Mukesh Kumar bowled a fantastic 19th over to concede just 6 runs he couldnt prevent Lomror from getting his maiden IPL fifty off 26 balls Khaleel started the last over of the innings by removing Karthik in his first ball and used his slower ones to perfection and gave just 9 runs to keep RCB to 1814 in 20 oversBrief scoresRoyal Challengers Bangalore 1814 in 20 overs Virat Kohli 55 Mahipal Lomror 54 Mitchell Marsh 221 lost to Delhi Capitals 1873 in 164 Overs Philip Salt 87 Rilee Rossouw 35 Josh Hazlewood 129 by 7 wicketsThis 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