IPL 2023: Vijaykumar Vyshak Shines On Debut Match; Banglore Won By 23 Runs; Delhi’s Straight Fifth Loss

Bangalore, 25th April 2023: The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) was one-sided. Chasing RCB’s target of 175 runs, DC lost three wickets for just two runs. Debutant Vijaykumar Vyshak added to DC’s woes today by taking the wicket of David Warner. Manish Pandey had raised the tension for RCB with a half-century, but it was of no avail. RCB regained their winning streak at home.

After winning the toss, Delhi invited RCB to bat. Bangalore scored 174 runs for six wickets against Capitals on Saturday (15th April) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in the 20th match of this season.

For Prithvi Shaw, this season does not seem to be going well. Anuj Rawat made a perfect throw to run Prithvi out on the stumps. Mitchell Marsh (0) and Yash Dhull (1) were dismissed by Wayne Parnell and Mohammed Siraj respectively.

A useful inning was expected from Manish Pandey today and Warner was seen as usual to save Delhi’s innings. He hit Siraj for three consecutive fours. Vijaykumar Vyshak’s bowling gave RCB a big wicket. Warner was caught by Virat on 19 runs. Abhishek Porel (5) was also caught on a full toss by Harshal Patel.

Akshar Patel and Manish Pandey looked like a good partnership, but Vyshak again took a wicket. Akshar was caught for 21 while trying to hit a big score. Delhi suffered a sixth wicket at 80 runs. Manish was the last hope for Delhi and he scored a half-century in today’s match. He scored his first half-century in IPL since 2021. But, Wanindu Hasaranga removed this obstacle. Manish was dismissed for 50 off 38 balls with five fours and one six.

Vyshak took three wickets for 20 runs in his debut match today. Siraj took the second wicket of the innings by dismissing Aman Khan (18). Delhi managed to score 151 for nine wickets and RCB won the match by 23 runs.

Earlier, Virat Kohli (50) and Faf du Plessis (22) got off to a good start with a 43-run partnership. Mahipal Lomror (26) and Virat added 47 runs off 33 balls. Kuldeep Yadav took the wickets of Glenn Maxwell (24) and Dinesh Karthik off two consecutive balls and Delhi celebrated a team hat-trick. Anuj Rawat (15) and Shahbaz Ahmed (20) took RCB to a respectable score of 174 for five wickets.