Delhi Capitals extends unbeaten run in IPL to 4 games

BENGALURU, India (AP)– Delhi Capitals stretched its winning streak to 4 games with a six-wicket success, handing Royal Oppositions Bengaluru a second home defeat in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.Bengaluru squandered opener Phil Salt’s quickfire 37 off 17 balls and was limited to 163-7. Wrist spinners Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav got four wickets for simply 35 runs in their combined eight overs.Advertisement Lokesh Rahul then followed his 77 versus Chennai Super Kings with another skillful unbeaten 93

off 53 balls as he led Delhi to 169-4 with more than two overs to spare.Bengaluru had a chance when Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 2 strikes had Delhi stuttering at 58-4 before Rahul and Tristan Stubbs(38

not out)combined in a match-winning unbroken 111-run stand off 55 balls.Delhi, with eight points from 4 succeeding wins, share top area with Gujarat Titans, which has actually played one more game.Bengaluru, with 3 away wins and 2 home defeats, is third on six points.Rahul guidelines at his preferred ground Rahul absorbed the pressure of losing early wickets before counterpunching in the 2nd

half of Delhi’s remarkable run-chase, with Stubbs likewise dominating the spin bowlers with reverse sweeps.Advertisement Faf du Plessis recovered from a hamstring injury but scored only 2 off 7 balls against his previous franchise before he top-edged quick bowler Yash Dayal in the second over.Jake Fraser-McGurk (7)and Abishek Porel(7)went inexpensively, skying catches to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma off

Kumar’s short balls

, and captain Axar Patel(15) was taken at long-off as Delhi chase got thwarted in the ninth over.Bengaluru missed a golden opportunity when Rajat Patidar couldn’t stick onto a tough two-handed running catch off Rahul.”On a wicket like this, I knew what my pockets were, “Rahul stated.”If I wished to hit a huge six, I knew what pockets to target, and (wicket)keeping provided me a feel for where other batters were dismissed and where they hit the 6s.”Ad Rahul raised his half century off 37 balls but upped the ante when he smashed leading Bengaluru quick bowler Josh

Hazlewood for 22 runs in the 15th over, which featured three fours and a six over long off.Rahul finished with 6 6s and 7 fours as he shared Delhi’s best fifth-wicket IPL stand with Stubbs.”Got fortunate with the dropped catch,” Rahul said.”This is my ground, my

home, know it better

than anyone else.” Bengaluru wastes blazing start Salt’s attack versus Mitchell Starc assisted Bengaluru raise the fastest half century by a group in this edition of the IPL, in simply 3 overs, with the Australian paceman’s 2nd over opting for 30 runs.Advertisement Salt hit 4 fours and 3 6s before he was associated with an unusual run-out

when he slipped after Virat Kohli at first went for a tight single however then turned back.Bengaluru never returned the momentum versus spinners Nigam and Yadav before Tim David slammed an unbeaten 37 off 20 balls.Kohli made 22 off 14 balls. ___ AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket