Patidar, Jacks, Dayal star as RCB beat DC by 47 runs, register fifth win in row

An 88run partnership off 53 balls for the third wicket between Rajat Patidar 52 and Will Jacks 41 along with Cameron Greenrsquos 32 not out and leftarm pacer Yash Dayalrsquos 320 helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Delhi Capitals by 47 runs to register their fifth successive win in Indian Premier League IPL 2024 and stay in contention for a Playoffs spot at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on SundayPushed into batting first DC dropped four catches as RCB stayed the course of playing attacking cricket But the visitors came back strongly in the last five overs giving away 49 runs while taking five wickets to keep RCB to 1879 13 runs below 200 which seemed to be a strong possibility at one pointIn reply Dayal led a superb bowlersrsquo show on a slightly twopaced pitch to bowl out DC for 140 DC playing without captain Rishabh Pant due to slowover rate suspension never recovered from the setback of losing four wickets in the Powerplay Standin skipper Axar Patels 57 off 39 balls kept DC in the hunt but he found little support from other batters as dropping four catches in the first innings came back to haunt themMoreover DC were hurt by Jake FraserMcGurk and Tristan Stubbs runouts in the chase of 188 Sundayrsquos result means both RCB and DC are on 12 points but the former are not in fifth place in the points table with a positive net run rate as compared to the latter now in sixth position with a negative net run rateDC got success early when Faf du Plessis sliced Mukesh Kumar to a deep point in the third over Virat Kohli was solid in his base and timing to hit four and three sixes in his 13ball 27 before giving a healthy edge behind off Ishant Sharma Patidar hit the ground running by creaming Mukesh Kumar for three boundaries before slogging Axar over deep midwicket for six in the last over of powerplayAlso ReadBats balls and what notPatidar and Jacks then exclusively dealt in sixes off Axar and Kuldeep while getting a life each off the latter in the ninth over Jacks and Patidar were again given lives in a matter of two overs off Khaleel and Rasikh respectivelyPatidar brought up his fifty off 29 balls before miscuing to extracover off Rasikh in the 13th over Jacks was next to fall as he hit straight to cover off Kuldeep Cameron Green and Mahipal Lomror hit four boundaries collectively before Khaleel took the latter and Dinesh Karthik out in quick successionFrom there DC applied more brakes on RCBrsquos innings as Impact Player Swapnil Singh heaved to deep backward squareleg off Rasikh followed by Karn Sharma and Mohammed Sirajs runout on the last two balls of the inningsDC didnrsquot have an ideal start to their chase as a returning David Warner hit straight to longon off Swapnil in the opening over It turned for worse as Dayal bounced out Abishek Porel off his first ball while FraserMcGurk after hitting four boundaries was runout from the nonstrikers end as Dayal in his followthrough got a finger on the straight drive from Shai Hope to catch him out of the creaseWhen Kumar Kushagra was trapped plumb lbw by Mohammed Siraj DC were reduced to 304 in 33 overs Hope launched a fightback by creaming Dayal for three fours while Axar hit two boundaries off Siraj as DC ended the Powerplay at 544 Though Axar hit some boundaries RCB were able to keep DC on a leashThat pressure to get big runs resulted in Hope going for a slog off a Lockie Ferguson fulltoss but he could only toeend it towards deep midwicket A miscommunication between Axar and Stubbs resulted in the latter being run out by a direct hit from Green at the bowlerrsquos end Axar continued to keep DC in the hunt by slogsweeping Karn Sharma once and Jacks twice leading to him reaching his second fifty of the season in 30 ballsBut DCs hopes of chasing were dashed when Rasikh toeended a chip to longon off Green and Axarrsquos heave resulted in a topedge caught by tumbling backward point off Green Ferguson and Dayal took out the remaining two wickets to ensure RCB gave its faithful fans lots of cheersBrief scoresRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 1879 in 20 overs Rajat Patidar 52 Will Jacks 41 Rasikh Salam 223 Khaleel Ahmed 231 beat Delhi Capitals 140 all out in 191 overs Axar Patel 57 Yash Dayal 320 Lockie Ferguson 223 by 47 runsThis 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