IPL 2017: Match Stats - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils 1
RCB vs DD

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) secured their first victory in IPL 2017 after beating Delhi Daredevils (DD) on Saturday night at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). RCB decided to bat first after winning the toss and put on 157 runs (157/8 in 20 overs) on the board at the end of their innings.

Chasing down that total, DD fell 15 runs short of RCB’s total. At the end of 20 overs, DD only managed to score 142/9. At the end of the match, RCB won by 15 runs.

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 157/8 in 20 overs (Kedar Jadhav 69, Shane Watson 24, Chris Morris 3/21)

Delhi Daredevils (DD) – 142/9 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 57, Sam Billings 25, Pawan Negi 2/3)

Result – RCB won by 15 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

  1. DD left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem bowled very well as his bowling figures in this match was 4-0-13-1 with an impressive economy rate of 3.25. It is the joint lowest economy rate in a match by a DD spinner who completed 4 overs in his spell. DD leg-spinner earlier also had registered Amit Mishra the exact same bowling figure (4-0-13-1) with the same economy rate (3.25) against CSK (Chennai Super Kings) at Chennai on 15th April 2010.

 

  1. DD pacer Chris Morris bowled impressively as his bowling figure was 4-0-21-3. It is the second best bowling figure by a DD bowler against RCB in IPL history. The record is 4/29 (4-0-29-4) by Glenn McGrath at Delhi on 30th April 2008.

 

  1. At the end of this match, RCB successfully defended their first innings total of 157 runs. In a full 20-over match at Bengaluru, it is RCB’s second lowest successfully defending total in their IPL history. The lowest defending total at Bengaluru for RCB in their IPL history (in a full 20-over match) is 156 runs which they have defended twice.

 

  1. Total 5 DD batsmen were bowled in this match. It is the most no. of bowled dismissals in an innings for DD during their losing causes.

 

  1. RCB beat DD in this match by 15 runs. It is RCB’s second smallest victory (by runs) against DD. RCB’s smallest victory (by runs) against DD is by just 4 runs at Delhi on 10th May 2013.

Also, this was RCB’s third smallest victory (by runs) at Bengaluru.