IPL 2020: RCB vs DC, Match 19, 1st innings: Stoinis, Shaw power Delhi Capitals to 196

Bengaluru, Oct. 5: The Delhi Capitals posted a challenging 196/4 in their fifth IPL match of the season against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Dubai on Monday.

After being put into bat, Delhi Capitals' openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan laid down the foundation for a big innings. The duo put up 63 in the powerplay to hand Delhi a strong start.
While Prithvi put up 42 off 23, Dhawan scored 32 off 28. Shaw, who has been in good form this season, gave Delhi a strong start, pumping 14 in the first over. But the opener's charge was cut short as Mohammad Siraj picked up the first wicket of the evening.
After the openers handed the Capitals a strong start, the RCB bowlers struck back with quick wickets to halt Delhi's charge. 63 came off the powerplay for the Delhi innings but following that a couple of quick wickets saw the innings slow down considerably.
At one point the Capitals were at 90/3 after 11.3 overs and it didn't look like they would cross the 200 mark. Though they didn't breach the 200 mark, a solid partnership between Marcus Stoinis and Rishabh Pant saw the Delhi team post 196/4.
Stoinis led from the front as he scored a quickfire 53 off 26. Stoinis' innings were studded with six fours and two maximums. Meanwhile Pant scored 37 off 25. Pant's
innings included three fours and two sixes. The duo stitched together a solid partnership of 89 off 40.
The RCB bowlers did well to restrict the DC batsmen in the last couple of overs. But Washington Sundar's four overs kept the batsmen in check.
Birthday boy Sundar played an economical spell as he gave away just twenty runs in his stipulated four overs. Saini leaked runs on the day giving away 48 runs in three overs. Mohammed Siraj picked up two wickets for 34 runs. Udana and Moeen Ali picked up a wicket each.