IPL: Capitals dismissed for 75 as RCB romp to victory

Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru dominated Delhi Capitals to strengthen their title credentials.

Delhi were blown away inside the first four overs of the match as RCB’s impressive bowling attack reduced them to 8-6.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a sublime delivery to remove Sahil Parakh with the first ball of the game and Josh Hazlewood took two in two off the next over to leave the Capitals 2-3.

The wickets kept tumbling, with Bhuvneshwar taking 3-5 off his three overs and Hazlewood returning 4-12.

Substitute Abishek Porel restored some respectability with 30 off 33 balls as the stunned hosts limped to 75 all out.

England’s Jacob Bethell hit two towering sixes into the leg side in the RCB reply before Devdutt Padikkal hammered 34 off 13 to seal a nine-wicket victory with more than 13 overs to spare.

Virat Kohli, the leading run-scorer in the tournament’s history, finished 23 not out for the visitors, scoring his 9,000th IPL run in the process. (BBC)