IPL 12 Match 20 RCB vs DC at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru: Pant collects a double off the first ball to get Delhi closer to the target, but is caught at mid off while trying to end the match with a bang. Tewatia collects a single off the fourth, with Axar hitting the winning boundary off the penultimate delivery. Delhi Capitals win by four wickets! Click here to know when and where to watch IPL Live telecast 2019, LIVE streaming on hotstar, RCB vs DC 2019 Playing XI, LIVE TV on Star Sports IPL 2019, RCB vs DC, Today's Match Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Virat Kohli, will aim to break the points duck when they take on Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Challengers lost all their previous five matches in the current season, sitting at the bottom of the eight-team table and facing a daunting task to make it to the playoffs. The pressure is on Kohli, whose team suffered massively due not-so-potent bowling attack. In their last match against Kolkata Knight Riders, the bowlers, especially the pacers, couldn't stop Andre Russell, who smashed 13-ball 48 to help his team chase down a huge total of 206 runs. After the humiliating defeat, Kohli said, "There is no guessing there (about where we lost the game), the last four overs that we bowled was just unacceptable. We needed to be more clever, nothing came off and we just cracked under pressure. That's been our story this season so far." Shreyas Iyer's Delhi Capitals are also suffering when it comes to form, having lost their last two matches. They have played five matches so far and tasted success only twice. They would want to regain the winning momentum against the struggling home team. Rishabh Pant will once again be the key for his team. He should look to take maximum advantage of a poor bowling attack and the short boundaries. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals Full Squads Royal Challengers Bangalore Team 2019 Players list: Virat Kohli (c), Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moeen Ali, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Marcus Stoinis. Delhi Capitals Team 2019 Players list: Shreyas Iyer (c), Colin Munro, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Colin Ingram, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Jalaj Saxena, Rahul Tewatia, Rishabh Pant, Ankush Bains, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan Harshal Patel, Trent Boult, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps<doc-sep>IPL 2019: Match 20, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals – Statistical Preview All the key stats and numbers ahead of the game between struggling Bangalore and Delhi teams. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) continue the search for their maiden win of the season as they went down to an Andre Russell blitz on Friday. The Caribbean all-rounder scored a quick-fire 13-ball 48* to help KKR successfully chase down 53 from the last three overs with five balls to spare. They will now face the Delhi Capitals in their home game on Sunday evening. The Delhi franchise began the season with a huge victory over the Mumbai Indians but turned out to be inconsistent since that win. All the key stats and numbers ahead of the game between struggling Bangalore and Delhi teams: 1 – Number of matches the Delhi Capitals have won against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL since 2011 out of the 15 games. The RCB won 12 matches against Delhi in this span while one game ended in a washout and the other in Tie which RCB won in the Super Over. Until 2010, the RCB team lost five out of six IPL games against them. 3 – Rishabh Pant has scored three fifties in five matches he played against the RCB in the IPL. In those five innings, Pant scored 249 runs at an average of 49.8 with the best score of 85. 5 – AB de Villiers scored a fifty in each of his last five innings in the IPL at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. He has scored six fifties from seven innings at this venue in the IPL since 2018. His last five scores here read 63, 70*, 69, 68 and 90*. 6 – The Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost each of their six matches in the IPL; their longest losing streak in the league. They lost six consecutive completed matches during the 2017 IPL edition. 39.71 – Batting average of Shikhar Dhawan across the 10 Twenty20s where he batted in Bangalore. He scored 278 runs in those ten matches with help of two fifties. 79.2 – AB de Villiers’ batting average in the IPL against the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). He scored 396 runs against them across nine innings with help of four fifties with an S/R of 174.44. 761 – Virat Kohli has scored 761 runs in the IPL against the Delhi franchise; the most by any player against them. He scored them across 18 innings at an average of 69.18 with 8 fifties. 5965 – Colin Ingram needs 35 more runs to complete 6,000 runs in the Twenty20 format. Only three South Africans have scored over 6,000 T20 runs thus far. [interaction id=”5ca630264869a831a3d1f2fa”] Get the latest Cricket News and updates, Match Predictions, Fantasy Cricket Tips and lots more on CricTracker.com.<doc-sep>Bengaluru: Helplessness was palpable when Virat Kohli spoke after his side's sixth straight defeat this IPL season as he defended his atypical slow knock against Delhi Capitals, on Sunday. Royal Challengers Bangalore made 149 for eight but could not defend the total with Delhi Capitals winning by four wickets. "We thought 160 would be competitive, but we kept losing wickets at regular intervals, so I wanted to take the game deep. Even 150, had we held on to our chances, would've been difficult for them. We need to grab those chances, can't give excuses every day," said Kohli at the post-match presentation ceremony. "We just weren't good on the given day. That's the whole story of RCB this season," he said in dejection. Kohli, who took 33 balls for his 41 runs after largely going a-run-a-ball, said he had no option to play in that fashion. "The wicket was tough. When AB got out, I had to anchor the innings. Stoinis was good, Akshdeep was good too. When one senior batsman gets out, it's important for the other senior to anchor. I wasn't happy getting out at the stage, could've made 25-30 more for the team if I was still there till the end, but felt 160 was a good score." Talking about poor fielding of his side which has now dropped 15 catch chances, Kohli hinted pressure is playing in players' mind. "When the mind is cluttered, you wouldn't be able to focus on the chances that come your way. When you have clarity, you can take your chances better. Shreyas made 65, he was dropped on eight. You never know, could've come into the game that time." Looking forward, Kohli said his side needs to needs relax and accept whatever comes "in front of us". "There's nothing more you can tell the team. We've asked the boys to take responsibility. It hasn't happened so far, and that's the reality. Need to play expressive cricket. Personally, not trying to control anything. After a while, it's about the skill. We want to enjoy as a team, otherwise we won't be able to play any good cricket," he said.<doc-sep>
RCB suffered their sixth straight defeat in IPL 2019 | Photo Credit: AP Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore slumped to their sixth straight loss in IPL 2019 as Delhi Capitals defeated the visitors at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday (April 7). With the defeat, RCB emulated Delhi Daredevils' 2013 record for maximum consecutive losses at the beginning of an IPL season. RCB struggled to get 149 on the two-paced pitch despite Kohli's 41-run knock before they saw Shreyas Iyer carve out a captain's knock to guide Delhi to a four-wicket win. Contrary to RCB's condition, Delhi have bagged three wins in five matches. Kohli got off to a nervy start after the length ball from Chris Morris rose up to take the inside edge before flying a little wide of Shikhar Dhawan at slip. He failed to find the composure since then while he watched his partners at the other end of the crease fall dead to the Delhi bowling attack. Kohli's strike rate remained below 100 at the start of the 17th over before he smashed two sixes against Sandeep Lamichhane but fell to Kagiso Rabada in the next over. Kohli scored 41 runs off 33 deliveries, but his lengthy stay at the crease failed to affect RCB's score as they recorded only 149 runs. Defending the low total, RCB dismissed Shikhar Dhawan for a duck and then dropped Iyer twice in the match before the DC skipper made the most of the situation to score his 11th IPL fifty en route to his score of 67 runs off 49 deliveries. The skipper was assisted by cameos from Prithvi Shaw, Colin Ingram and Rishabh Pant. Delhi were almost on the way to emulate their horrifying 8 for 7 against KXIP as they lost a flurry of wickets that did bring a big smile on Kohli's face. Most consecutive losses at the start of an IPL season: 6* RCB in 2019 6 Delhi Daredevils in 2013 5 Deccan Chargers in 2012 5 Mumbai Indians in 2014 Most consecutive defeats for RCB (IPL): 7 between 19 May 2018 - 07 Apr 2019 * 6 between 05 May 2008 - 19 May 2008 5 between 23 Apr 2017 - 07 May 2017 "We thought 160 was going to be competitive. Even 150 was about par. It was quite dry underneath and we knew it would be slow. Not as good as the last game. That was exactly the case in the first innings. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals - couldn't really explode. Even 150 would have been difficult if we had held on to our chances. We need to grab our chances when they come our way. We can't keep give excuses every game," said Kohli in the post-match presentation.