IPL: Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore win Saturday’s matches

By MSV On Oct 17, 2020

Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday to go back top of the Indian Premier League table.

Delhi Capitals now lead reigning champions Mumbai Indians by two points while M. S. Dhoni’s three-time winners CSK have only three wins from nine games and are slumbering in sixth place in the eight-team league.

Mumbai play King’s XI Punjab on Sunday.

In the opening game of Saturday, De Villiers hit an unbeaten 55 off 22 balls taking Royal Challengers Bangalore to a stunning seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royal that kept Virat Kohli’s side in fourth place and the final playoff spot.

After a 55 off 24 balls in a win over Mumbai and a devastating 73 off 33 balls against Kolkata, de Villiers now has the IPL’s best strike rate and only Sanju Samson is up with his 19 sixes.

According to AFP, De Villiers said he was always “very nervous” going into such a run chase.

“I try to hide it. I get very stressed. I’m proud of my performances. Want to perform for my team, have an impact to win games.”

According to AFP, Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Simon Katich called de Villiers a “freak” but knows he will need more sixes from the South African if the team are to win their first IPL title.