Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 16 runs in the 46th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday. With this win, DC have climbed to the top of the points table for now. Mumbai Indians stand the chance of overtaking them to grab pole position if they win on Sunday as well.
However, DC have qualified for the playoffs with this win. For RCB, this defeat has ruled them out of the tournament.
Chasing DC’s total of 187/5, Virat Kohli and Co. managed to score 171/7 as the Delhi boys recorded their eighth win to take their tally to 16 points from 12 games. RCB, meanwhile, suffered their eighth defeat of the season and remained at the bottom with 8 points from 12 games.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Brilliant from @DelhiCapitals this season. Ponting, Sourav and the Young Turks doing the trick. Congratulations to them on making it to the playoffs in style #DCvRCB
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 28, 2019
Kudos to young @DelhiCapitals team for qualifying for playoffs. Credit to the team and @SGanguly99 for the turnaround
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 28, 2019
Disappointing result for #rcb they need good Indian all rounder and top notch death bowler… #IPL
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 28, 2019
Delhi Capitals. New name…new game. Finally….a good year in #IPL. ☺️🙌
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 28, 2019
Yay ! Into the PlayOffs after 7 years.
What a happy feeling !
Great effort by the team and amazing support from @DelhiCapitals fans despite the heat at Kotla. #DCvRCB pic.twitter.com/lTsZDbgpSF— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 28, 2019
Delhi Capitals reaching the play-offs in many ways is the story of the season so far. Young team, full of zest and learning with every match. I hope Prithvi and Rishabh rise to the occasion in the matches to come
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 28, 2019
With play-off qualification sealed and the @DelhiCapitals sitting pretty at the top of the table, the players are all smiles for the #IPLSelfie 🔥🙌#DCvRCB pic.twitter.com/0WiOjodhQO
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 28, 2019
QQQUUUAAAALLLLIIIIFFFFFFFIIIIEEEDDD!!!!! 🕺🕺🕺🕺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️#DCvRCB #ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 28, 2019
Congratulations to @DelhiCapitals on qualifying into the Play-Offs.
We should've gotten closer, but some great bowling & and key breakthroughs in the middle overs by DC put the brakes on our chase. ☹️ #DCvRCB #VIVOIPL2019
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 28, 2019
Teams to lose 100 matches in the Twenty20 format:
112 – Middlesex
101 – Derbyshire
100 – ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE#IPL2019 #RCB #DCvRCB— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 28, 2019
Delhi qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2012 season. #DCvRCB
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 28, 2019
DC beat RCB by 16 runs!https://t.co/ZRQmX2SJSt#DCvRCB #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/5mQ9miKocA
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 28, 2019
Shikhar Dhawan is the Player of the Match. #IPL2019 #DCvRCB
Runs: 50
Balls: 37
Fours: 5
Sixes: 2 pic.twitter.com/a8jExnpllm— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/1122500689542823937
8th position to RCB #DCvRCB pic.twitter.com/Q7S2gPCTwI
— Romesh sachdev (@sarcasticroms) April 28, 2019
DISGRACEFUL scenes at Feroz Shah Kotla.
Security forced RCB fans to stay and watch their team's death bowling.#DCvRCB #DCvsRCB #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/eU8zI8uCfZ
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) April 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/NILESHMAINKAR/status/1122379944728809472
