A brilliant attack from Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has ripped up the Delhi Capitals’ batting line-up, picking three wickets each for 8 runs played at Delhi.
The pacer duo took turns to destroy the lineup, setting up a dream start for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
After being invited to bat first, Sahil Parakh and KL Rahul opened the innings while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the wicket of Sahil Parakh for a duck. He delivered an inswing yorker where the batter was a little slow, and the ball uprooted the middle stump.
Josh Hazlewood, who came to bowl the second over, bagged the wickets of KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi on consecutive deliveries.
KL Rahul got dismissed on the back of length outside off, where the ball got edged and Jitesh Sharma took the catch at ease.
Meanwhile, Sameer Rizvi got dismissed on good length delivery where he nicks the ball to the keeper. Losing three wickets for 2 runs, Delhi Capitals are in a tough spot.
RCB’s bowling attack did not stop as Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the wickets of Tristan Stubss and Axar Patel in the same over.
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Tristan Stubbs went back to dug out after being caught out on a swinger just outside off where the edges it straight to Devdutt Padikkal.
On the other hand, Axar Patel got dismissed on good delivery outside off and swinging off got bottom edged where Jitesh Sharma took the catch behind the wickets.
With 6 down, Abhishek Porel has been brought in as impact sub. Along with David Miller, the side is aiming for a revival as they duo stitching a partnership.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Kyle Jamieson
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma
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