Bengaluru, Oct. 5: The Delhi Capitals stamped their authority on the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a massive 59-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dubai International Stadium on Monday.
Batting first, the Capitals posted a strong total of 196 for 4. The Challengers lost regular wickets as they found the target too daunting to fall to their second loss of the season.

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.
While the Delhi batsmen put up a decent total, the bowlers were in red-hot form to restrict a heavy RCB line-up.
The ask turned out to be too tough for Virat Kohli's men. The Delhi bowlers picked up regular wickets as the Challengers failed to build a partnership. Virat Kohli put the highest scores on the board for RCB on a day when the line-up fell like a pack of cards. But Kohli's 43 off 39, was too little to change the course of the game. While Rabada's four wicket haul helped restrict RCB, Anrich Nortje and Axar Patel pocketed two wickets each to prevent the Bangalore team form a solid partnership and put up a fight.
Virat Kohli achieved a massive personal milestone on the day as he crossed 9000 T20 runs, becoming the first Indian batsman to do so.
With the win the Shreyas Iyer-led team climbed to the top of the table. Moreover the massive win helped better the net runrate for the Capitals. Meanwhile Kohli's team remained third on the list.
Next up for the Capitals is the Rajasthan Royals on Friday. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will next face the MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.