Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in Delhi in match number 50 of IPL 2023. Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 181/4 on board in 20 overs with the help of fifties from Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror, while Faf du Plessis also scored crucial 45 runs with the bat. Delhi Capitals chased 182 runs from just 16.4 overs with the help of Phil Salt's solid 87-run knock and an equally good cameo from Rilee Rossouw in the end.
Numbers and stats from DC vs RCB game:
1 - Mahipal Lomror recorded his first fifty (54*) in the IPL.
1 - Since 2021, DC defeated RCB in an IPL game for the first time.
DC vs RCB in IPL since 2021:
- RCB won by 1 run, Ahmedabad (2021)
- RCB won by 7 wickets, Dubai (2021)
- RCB won by 16 runs, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) (2022)
- RCB won by 23 runs, Bengaluru (2023)
- DC won by 7 wickets, Delhi (2023)
10 - Virat Kohli smashed his 10th fifty-plus score against DC in IPL.
Most fifty-plus scores by a batsman against an opposition in IPL:
David Warner - 12 vs PBKS
David Warner - 10 vs RCB
Virat Kohli - 10 vs DC
14 - Glenn Maxwell recorded his 14th duck in the IPL.
Most ducks as a batsman in IPL:
Rohit Sharma - 16
Mandeep Singh - 15
Dinesh Karthik - 15
Sunil Narine - 15
Ambati Rayudu - 14
Glenn Maxwell - 14
20 - DC chased down 182 runs with 20 balls to be spared in this match.
Instances of a team chasing down 180-plus total with 20 (or) more balls to be spared:
DC vs Dec in Hyderabad, 2012
MI vs RR in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2014
CSK vs MI in Mumbai-WS, 2015
KKR vs GL in Rajkot, 2017
MI vs PBKS in Indore, 2017
DC vs RCB in Delhi, 2023
87 - Phil Salt scored 87 off 45 balls in this game.
Highest score for Phil Salt in T20s:
88* vs PAK in Lahore, 2022
87 vs RCB in Delhi, 2023
78* vs Glamorgan in Hove, 2019 - Vitality Blast
200 - Harshal Patel completed the milestone of picking 200 wickets in T20 cricket.
Most wickets for an Indian bowler in T20s:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 312
Ravichandran Ashwin - 300
Piyush Chawla - 293
Amit Mishra - 278
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 264
Jasprit Bumrah - 256
Harbhajan Singh - 235
Jaydev Unadkat - 210
Ravindra Jadeja - 209
Harshal Patel - 200
1000 - Virat Kohli-Faf du Plessis recorded a total of 1000-plus runs (1034) partnership as a pair in IPL.
Most partnership runs by a batting pair for RCB in IPL history:
Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers: 3123
Chris Gayle-Virat Kohli: 2787
Virat Kohli-Faf du Plessis: 1034
1000 - Virat Kohli became the first batsman to smash 1000 runs (1030) against DC in IPL.
Most runs by a batsman against an individual opposition in IPL:
David Warner - 1075 vs KKR
Shikhar Dhawan - 1057 vs CSK
Rohit Sharma - 1040 vs KKR
Virat Kohli - 1030 vs DC
David Warner - 1005 vs PBKS
7000 - Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 7000 runs (7043) in IPL history overall.
Most runs in IPL:
Virat Kohli - 7043
Shikhar Dhawan - 6536
David Warner - 6211