Jacob Bethell and Kohli are at the crease. Jacob Bethell is on strike. Axar will open the attack
Welcome back for the run-chase! Oh, it's a surprise - Bethell is walking out alongside Virat to open the innings. The popular opinion was the Padikkal would come in as the Impact player and bat at the top.
Josh Hazlewood: Everything feels really good. I feel am getting better every game. Coming off from a bit of a layoff leading into the tournament. That I guess refreshed me mentally and physically. My run up to the crease has been good. It is a tough one to read. The start might be the easiest part. It is indeed a tough deck to read. The environment is good. Good bunch of guys. The weather is beautiful there in Bangalore. Everything is going well. We are doing well away from home. It is about the process and delivering and executing it. Often you execute it and still don't get wickets. Sometimes Bhuvi did the tough work. Credit to him.
STATS:
Best batting average vs a team in IPL (min 500 runs) 74.23 - KL Rahul vs MI (965 runs) 71.09 - KL Rahul vs RCB (782 runs)* 61.55 - Shubman Gill vs PBKS (554 runs) 57.50 - AB de Villiers vs DD (575 runs)
RCB bowlers this innings Spin: 1/50 in 8 overs (ER 6.25) Pace: 6/111 in 12 overs (ER 9.25)
162/8 runs by DC today is the lowest 1st innings total in eight games in Delhi in IPL since 2024. This is also the DC’s lowest total batting first this season.
Welcome back for the run-chase!
21:20 Local Time, 15:50 GMT, 21:20 IST:
19.6
Bhuvneshwar to Chameera, no run
Dushmantha Chameera, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Chameera reviews for a non-wide. Was a slower ball around the tramline, Chameera swung and missed.
Dushmantha Chameera, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.5
Bhuvneshwar to Stubbs, out Caught by Hazlewood!! Bhuvneshwar strikes again! Stubbs c Hazlewood b Bhuvneshwar 34(18) [4s-5 6s-1]
Bhuvneshwar to Stubbs, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
19.4
Bhuvneshwar to Stubbs, FOUR, to deep square leg
19.3
Bhuvneshwar to Stubbs, no run
Mitchell Starc, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Delhi Capitals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
