On Monday (5th October) night, Delhi Capitals (DC) claimed a dominant victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 19th match of the IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai).
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli decided to field first after winning the toss. Delhi Capitals scored 196/4 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, RCB scored 137/9 (20 overs).
Brief Scores: DC – 196/4 in 20 overs (Marcus Stoinis 53*, Prithvi Shaw 42; Mohammed Siraj 2/34)
RCB – 137/9 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 43, Washington Sundar 17; Kagiso Rabada 4/24)
The Result – DC won by 59 runs
IPL 2020, Match 19: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals (RCB vs DC) – Statistical Highlights
(Teams’ stats)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
i) Delhi Capitals scored 196/4 (20 overs) in the first innings.
- It is the highest total for DC against RCB. Their previous record total against this team was 194/9 (20 overs) at Delhi on 17th May 2012.
ii) Delhi Capitals won this match by 59 runs.
- It was the largest victory for DC against RCB. Their previous record victory against this team was 37 runs at Delhi on 4th April 2010.
- It was the third-largest victory for DC against any team.
Top five largest winning margins for Delhi Capitals
| Opposition | Winning Margin (runs) | Venue | Date |
| Rising Pune Supergiant | 97 | Pune | 11th April 2017 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 67 | Delhi | 31st March 2010 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 59 | Dubai (DSC) | 5th October 2020 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 55 | Delhi | 27th April 2018 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 52 | Centurion | 13th October 2012 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
i) Chasing down the challenging target, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to score 137/9 (20 overs).
- It is the lowest completed total for RCB against DC. Their previous lowest completed total against this team was 147/9 (20 overs) at Delhi on 4th April 2010.
(Players’ stats)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli
i) Playing his 271st T20 innings, Virat Kohli (9033 runs) completed his 9000 T20 runs.
- Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score 9000 T20 runs.
- Virat Kohli became the second Asian to score 9000 T20 runs. Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik (9926 runs) was the first Asian to score 9000 T20 runs.
- Virat Kohli became the second-fastest batsman to score 9000 T20 runs. The fastest was Chris Gayle who completed 9000 T20 runs in just 249 T20 innings.
- Virat Kohli became the seventh batsman to score 9000 T20 runs.
Batsmen with 9000 T20 runs
| Player | Nationality | Runs |
| Chris Gayle | Jamaica | 13296 |
| Kieron Pollard | Trinidadian | 10370 |
| Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 9926 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 9922 |
| David Warner | Australia | 9451 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | 9161 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 9033 |
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Marcus Stoinis
i) Coming to bat at no.5 position, Australian cricketer Marcus Stoinis scored 53 not out off 26 balls. It was his second half-century in this IPL season, both coming at no.5 or lower positions.
- Stoinis became the third batsman for Delhi Capitals who registered more than one 50+ score in an IPL season batting at no.5 or lower. English cricketer Paul Collingwood and South African cricketer JP Duminy also achieved this feat twice for this team in the 2010 and 2014 seasons respectively.
Kagiso Rabada
i) Pacer Kagiso Rabada finished the match with the bowling figures of 4-0-24-4.
- It was the first four-wicket haul in IPL 2020. Before this match, the best bowling figures in this tournament were 4-0-14-3 by Rashid Khan (SunRisers Hyderabad) against Delhi Capitals at Abu Dhabi on 29th September 2020.
- It was the second-best bowling figures for a Delhi Capitals bowler against RCB. The best record is 4-0-21-4 at Bengaluru on 7th April 2019.
ii) Kagiso Rabada has taken 43 wickets for Delhi Capitals.
- Equaling former DC cricketer Umesh Yadav’s 43 IPL wickets record, Kagiso Rabada became the joint third most wicket-taker for DC in the IPL history. Only Amit Mishra (100 wickets) and Morne Morkel (45 wickets) are ahead of him in this list.
- Kagiso Rabada is the fourth most wicket-taker for DC in T20 cricket. Only Amit Mishra (104 wickets), Morne Morkel (51 wickets) and Umesh Yadav (47 wickets) are ahead of him in this list.