The orange cap sits pretty on top of Virat's head. The purple one has been snatched from the rest of the pack by Hazlewood. So, it is logical that RCB are top of the table. They have 7 wins from 10 games so far. And look primed to finish in the top two if they continue playing like this. Porel got off to a flier. But RCB came back with timely wickets alongwith the spin choke in the middle overs. Their spinners might not have picked a lot of wickets but they hampered the flow of the game and barely gave away anything. Stubbs added some meat and DC ended with 162. RCB lost a few wickets but that 119-run partnership between Kohli and Krunal took it away from DC. DC will look to shrug this off as an aberration. The action continues and we will be back soon with more cricketing action. This is our team of Abhinav Guha, MS Ramakrishnan, Siva, Venky and Kumar Abhisekh Das saying bye bye!!!

Krunal Pandya, Player of the Match: It is always good to see the results. Sometimes when you have put the hard work behind the scenes and feels good when it comes off. It is quite satisfying. My role was clear. If we lose three early wickets, I can go in Make sure we stitch a partnership. We have such great powerhitters - David, Jitesh and Shepherd. We can take down the bowling. Glad that I fulfilled my role. When Virat is at the other end, it is quite easy. First 20 balls, It was scratchy for me. But he kept backing me. Then I got my mojo back. So, a lot of credit to Virat. I have always been an economical bowler. As a bowler, I have always wanted to be one step ahead. I have worked on my bowling. So, if you see the variations in speed. Knowing the batsmen's strength, I am trying to use it to my advantage. Glad it is going in my favour. Over a period of time, batsmanship is getting better. As a bowler, I have realized we need to be one step ahead. Bowling a bouncer and a wide yorker, I have been practicing. I have bowled before as well. I want the batters to keep guessing what I have in my armoury.

Rajat Patidar: It was a total team performance. The way the bowlers exeucted their plans, was nice to see. As I said earlier, we are not a team who are looking at the venues. We are looking to play good cricket. Chasing gives a lot of clarity about the wicket, the bowling and the score and we could plan accordingly. It was a gettable target. The bowlers did a great job. All credit to all the bowlers. We were pretty much clear about the chasing. It feels great when you lead RCB. There are many great players. It is a great opportunity for me to learn.

Most away wins for RCB in an IPL edition
6 in 2015 (9 games)
6 in 2025 (6 games)*
5 in 2011 (10 games)
5 in 2012 (8 games)

Virat Kohli: It was a top win, especially looking at the surface. This wicket played very differently to the other games. Whenever there is a chase on I keep checking with the dugout if we are on course, what is my role etc. Krunal.. today was his day. We were waiting for him to come into the tournament with the bat. Who are the bowlers to target. I try and ensure I don't stop my singles and doubles and combine with the occasional boundary. This year you can't just come out and hit, you have to assess, understand the conditions and then plan accordingly. We have communicated beautifully as a team in the batting and that's the reason we have 7 wins out of 10. It's looking good for us. We have Romario (Shepherd) after Tim (David) as well for extra added power. That firepower at the back end definitely helps. Hazlewood and Bhuvi are world class bowlers. There's a reason why he has the Purple Cap on his head. Krunal bowled well too. Don't forget that Suyash can be the dark horse as well. He may not have got the wickets but he has been good.

Axar Patel (translated from Hindi): I feel that we were 10-15 runs short. I thought in the first innings, the wicket was a bit tough but due to dew, it eased out in the second innings. Intent was the same but the wicket was two-paced but after dew came in it become easier, we don’t think anything we could have done different. If a batter could have accelerated, we could have got 10-15 runs extra. KL was batting well so I wanted to him at No. 4. One side of the ground was shorter as well so we sent him at No. 4.

RCB won all six away games and won all four games when they chased this season.

23:16 Local Time, 17:46 GMT, 23:16 IST: RCB have won the reverse fixture. One blow each for both teams now.

Mukesh Kumar to Tim David, FOUR, fuller length delivery, on the sticks, heaved away behind

Mukesh Kumar to Tim David, FOUR, fuller length delivery, outside off, Tim David

- 119 runs partnership between Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya is the highest for RCB for any wicket and the highest for 4th wicket or lower by any team in IPL 2025.

Mukesh Kumar to Tim David, no ball, FOUR, and four. Tim David finishing it off for RCB as he has before. That was a short ball, angled in, Tim David pulled it over square leg. He failed to land that. Might well be a high no-ball as well. Mukesh Kumar has been under immense pressure. Poor call from Axar to give this over to Mukesh. Might get away here Mukesh but that was still pretty here. He hasn't been able to land the yorkers today

Mukesh Kumar to Tim David, FOUR, and four. Tim David finishing it off for RCB as he has before. That was a short ball, angled in, Tim David pulled it over square leg. He failed to land that. Might well be a high no-ball as well.

Most runs against an opponent in IPL
1134 - David Warner vs PBKS
1130 - Virat Kohli vs DC*
1104 - Virat Kohli vs PBKS
1093 - David Warner vs KKR
1084 - Virat Kohli vs CSK
1083 - Rohit Sharma vs KKR

Mukesh Kumar to Tim David, SIX, to long-off