{"id":9849,"date":"2025-04-11T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:15:03","slug":"kl-rahuls-stellar-performance-guides-delhi-capitals-to-victory-over-royal-challengers-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/sports\/kl-rahuls-stellar-performance-guides-delhi-capitals-to-victory-over-royal-challengers-bengaluru\/","title":{"rendered":"KL Rahul&#8217;s Stellar Performance Guides Delhi Capitals to Victory Over Royal Challengers Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bengaluru<\/strong> \u2013 In a thrilling encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the\u00a0Delhi Capitals (DC)\u00a0extended their unbeaten streak in\u00a0IPL 2025\u00a0with a commanding\u00a0six-wicket victory\u00a0over the\u00a0Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).\u00a0KL Rahul\u00a0was the star of the night, anchoring the chase with an unbeaten\u00a093 off 53 balls, while\u00a0Tristan Stubbs\u00a0provided crucial support with a composed\u00a0<em><em>38<\/em>\u00a0off 23<\/em>* as DC chased down\u00a0164\u00a0with\u00a013 balls to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCB got off to a blistering start thanks to\u00a0Phil Salt, who hammered\u00a037 off 17, including a 30-run over against\u00a0Mitchell Starc. However, a miscommunication with\u00a0Virat Kohli (22 off 14)\u00a0led to Salt\u2019s run-out, triggering a dramatic collapse. From\u00a080\/1, RCB slumped to\u00a090\/4, with\u00a0Kuldeep Yadav (2\/17)\u00a0and\u00a0Vipraj Nigam (2\/18)\u00a0stifling the middle order.\u00a0<em><em>Tim David\u2019s late surge (37<\/em>\u00a0off 20)<\/em>* helped RCB post a modest\u00a0163\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DC\u2019s chase began shakily as\u00a0Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2\/26)\u00a0and\u00a0Yash Dayal\u00a0struck early, reducing them to\u00a039\/3\u00a0inside the Powerplay. Captain\u00a0Axar Patel (15)\u00a0fell to\u00a0Suyash Sharma, leaving DC at\u00a066\/4\u00a0at the halfway mark. However,\u00a0KL Rahul\u00a0shifted gears, smashing\u00a022 runs off Josh Hazlewood\u00a0in the 15th over, while\u00a0Stubbs\u00a0played the perfect foil. Rahul sealed the win with a towering six off Dayal, finishing *<em>93<\/em>\u00a0(7 fours, 6 sixes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KL Rahul&#8217;s exceptional performance earned him the Player of the Match accolade, highlighting his tactical acumen and match awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two teams are set to face each other again on April 27, 2025, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, promising another exciting chapter in their IPL rivalry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengaluru \u2013 In a thrilling encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the\u00a0Delhi Capitals (DC)\u00a0extended their unbeaten streak in\u00a0IPL 2025\u00a0with a commanding\u00a0six-wicket victory\u00a0over the\u00a0Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).\u00a0KL Rahul\u00a0was the star of the night, anchoring the chase with an unbeaten\u00a093 off 53 balls, while\u00a0Tristan Stubbs\u00a0provided crucial support with a composed\u00a038\u00a0off 23* as DC chased down\u00a0164\u00a0with\u00a013 balls to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}