Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals (DC) set a unique record following their six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 tournament at the Garden City on Thursday.
The win meant that Delhi Capitals won their first four matches of an IPL season for the very first time. Prior to the match against RCB, the Axar Patel-led side had beaten Lucknow Super Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings.
The Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to field first against Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). That decision initially proved to be a setback after the hosts powered to a 50-plus score within just three overs, with Phil Salt in full throttle.
However, the England batter was dismissed in the fourth over, with RCB’s score reading 61/1. Not long after, the hosts lost Devdutt Padikkal (1) and Virat Kohli (22) too. Rajat Patidar managed just 25 runs off 23 balls before being dismissed in the 15th over. That left RCB at 117/6, but a 20-ball 37 from Tim David took the Challengers to 163/7.
The hosts then got off to a dream start with the ball. Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Jake-Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel, whereas Yash Dayal saw off Faf du Plessis. The Capitals were 58/4 following the wicket of skipper Axar Patel in the ninth over. However, then came the turnaround. KL Rahul, a former RCB player, returned to haunt them at the Chinnaswamy Stadium with an unbeaten knock of 93. He forged an unbeaten 111-run stand with South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs (38*), as Delhi Capitals saw off the chase in 1.5 overs.
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Delhi Capitals are in second place with eight points from four games, and are the only team now with a 100 percent winning start to the season. Theyy are behind league leaders Gujarat Titans, who also have eight points.
For Royal Challengers Bengaluru, this is their second loss in three matches. They have lost both of their matches at home. The three-time finalists remain in third place with six points from five matches.
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