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Royal Challengers Bengaluru pulled off a stunning 47-run victory against Delhi Capitals to register their fifth-straight victory and stay alive in the IPL 2024 playoff race. Playing at home, RCB posted a 187-run target and then bundled out the Capitals at a score of 140 to register another comprehensive victory.
But now the Royal Challengers must continue this winning run to make it to the playoffs. Their upcoming clash against Chennai Super Kings will be a knockout for both teams. But with RCB at 12 points, they must defeat CSK in Bengaluru by a sizeable margin to go through to the playoffs as the five-time champions have a better net run rate than them. Further, RCB also need Lucknow Super Giants to lose one of their next two games to avoid another team in the 14-point lockjam.
We have been able to put it together now: Faf du Plessis
Regarding their victory over Delhi Capitals, RCB captain Faf du Plessis said, "Brilliant, we put some good performances and really pleased. 1st half of the season, things didn't quite come together and from that batting perspective and bowling perspective we have been able to put it together now. Sometimes people talk about match-ups and all, but as a left-hander with the ball spinning in, you hope that works out sometimes and he's (Swapnil) done brilliantly for us."
"Lot of work has gone behind the scenes, and we are getting it right and I feel there is a lore more variety in our bowling now and Yash and Lockie have been exceptional the last few games. We wanna play a style of cricket, to be bold and put some performances together and keep going."
