Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Carnage Skittles DC For 75 As RCB Cruise To 9-Wicket Win

Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced a ruthless pace bowling performance to thrash Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in their IPL clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday. The game was effectively over in the powerplay, as Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar unleashed a devastating new-ball spell. The pace duo ran through Delhi’s batting line-up, reducing them to a shocking 13 for 6 inside the first six overs, with wickets falling in a flurry early on. Hazlewood returned figures of 4 for 12, while Bhuvneshwar chipped in with 3 for 5, as Delhi never recovered from the early collapse. Only a few batters managed to get starts, with Abhishek Porel top-scoring with 30, as the hosts were eventually bowled out for just 75 in 16.3 overs. In response, RCB made light work of the chase. Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethell provided a steady start, before Devdutt Padikkal’s fluent 34 ensured there were no hiccups. Kohli en-route to his 15-ball 23 also became the first batter to complete 9,000 runs in IPL. It marked a dramatic turnaround for Delhi Capitals, who had posted a massive total in their previous game, only to suffer a complete batting collapse under relentless pressure from RCB’s pace attack.