IPL 2018, RCB vs DD: 5 reasons why Delhi lost

The second match of the Saturday doubleheader was a clash between two teams lying at the bottom of the table - Delhi Daredevils and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB won the toss and invited Delhi to bat.

Delhi got off to a poor start as they lost both the openers with just 23 runs on the board. However, a brilliant partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant got the innings back on track. Some brilliant death overs hitting by Pant got Delhi to a respectable total of 174.

In reply, RCB also lost both the openers at the beginning. Quinton De Kock was particularly unlucky as he was caught in a mix up with Virat Kohli and was run out.

Thereafter, AB De Villiers decided to show everyone why he is rated as one of the best in the game. His swashbuckling knock of 90 runs off just 39 balls singlehandedly won the match for RCB.

Let us have a look at the 5 reasons why the Delhi Daredevils lost the contest. 

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#1 Sluggish start with the bat

Delhi got off to the worst possible start with the bat. Their openers struggled to get going and there were just too many dot balls. Gautam Gambhir fell to the pace of Umesh Yadav in the third over trying to break the shackles.

Jason Roy was at sixes and sevens against the leg spin of Yuzvendra Chahal and was eventually bowled by him. The first boundary of Delhi’s innings came as late as in the fifth over. In fact, Delhi’s score of 28 runs of the first 6 overs was the lowest score in powerplay overs of this IPL.

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