RCB vs DC IPL 2024 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bengaluru still in race for playoffs with 47-run win

And there it is. RCB live to survive for another day. They beat DC by 47 runs and are in the race for the playoffs. Yash Dayal gets the final wicket as he cleans up Kuldeep Yadav. RCB fans are in joy.

Make it 9 now. RCB are almost there. Mukesh Kumar top-edges this to square leg. DC 9 down

That should be the final nail in the coffin. Axar has mistimed this and Faf takes a fine catch

The 37-run partnership has been broken as Green gets the wicket.

Axar Patel brings his brilliant century with a huge six off Will Jacks over long on and in just 30 balls. Delhi Capitals scorch 16 runs from the over.

DC - 116/6 in 13 overs (Axar Patel -53* off 30 balls, Rasikh Salam - 3* off 5 balls).

Delhi Capitals need 72 runs from 42 balls to win the game.

Tristan Stubbs fails to read Axar's call and gets run out at the non-striker's end on Cameron Green's direct throw. Delhi go six wickets down as Bengaluru take control.

Stubbs scored 3 runs off 4 balls. Rasikh Dar joins Axar Patel (30* off 23 balls) in the middle.

DC - 90/6 in 11 overs.

Delhi Capitals need 98 runs off 54 balls to win the game.

A breakthrough from Lockie Ferguson with a big big wicket of settled Shai Hope. Karn Sharma takes a brilliant catch at deep midwicket.

Hope scored 29 runs off 23 balls. Tristan Stubbs joins Axar Patel (30* off 19 balls) in the middle.

DC - 87/5 in 10 overs.

Delhi Capitals need 101 runs off 60 balls to win the game.

This game is nicely poised with RCB little ahead. DC need 117 runs 72 balls and still have some batting left.

The powerplay is done and DC are on the back foot. They have made 54/4 in the first six overs. Hope and Axar are at the crease and have started to rebuilt it for DC.

Delhi are falling like a pack of cards here. Kushagra is the latest one to bite the dust as he has been dismissed LBW off Siraj. RCB are cock-a-hoop

While Fraser-McGurk is having a good time out here, RCB have got the second wicket. Yash gets Porel caught at covers. Kohli is pumped. Ohh dear, now JFM has to depart as well. He has been run-out at the non-striker's end off a deflection by Yash. Kohli is living this moment in his aggressive avatar

And there's the first wicket. Swapnil gets Warner caught at deep mid-wicket

Take your seats for the run-chase. These 20 overs will decide whether RCB will be alive in the playoffs or not. Jake Fraser-McGurk and David Warner (Impact player) are at the crease. Swapnil has the new ball in hand

RCB need to win this one by around 83 runs to pip CSK on NRR. Not on points though as CSK are on 14 already.

Bengaluru have been restricted under 190 and this is a good comeback by DC. They finish at 187/8

Not what RCB would have wanted but he was trying to go in one gear only. He went for the slog but got a leading-edge. Porel runs back and takes a good one. Karthik comes and now falls on duck. 

RCB have lost their strong momentum in the later part of the middle overs. The wickets of Patidar and Jacks have dented their strong phase and Green seems to be struggling. RCB 147/4 after 16 overs and we now mobe to the death overs.

And now they have started to hold onto the catches. This went straight to Axar at covers and Jacks has to go. He falls on 41. Lomror is now in with Green.

And Delhi finally hold onto a catch. This one is a pretty good one from the stand-in skipper at the covers. Patidar was trying to hit it away from Axar but the DC skipper made good ground to his right and dived to take a brilliant catch. 

Despite the dropped catches, Patidar has looked good today. He gets to his 5th fifty of the season in 29 balls and is making DC pay hard for those drops.

DC are making a proper mess in the field. As many as four catches have been dropped of these two players combined. A couple of them have been tough but the other two should have been taken. This might hurt DC big

Rajat Patidar is cracking boundaries at will. In no time, he has raced to his 40s. Jacks is also looking strong. Ohh Axar drops him. This was miscued towards mid-off. Axar ran good ground to reach the ball but has dropped it. Another drop! What are DC doping. This time Shai Hope spills out Patidar's catch at long-on

And Ishant gets his man. There was a fair-bit of friendly-looking banter between the two in this over. Kohli got a four off an edge and then deposited the veteran bowler for a six-over cow-corner. Ishant has the last laugh as he gets Kohli caught behind on a good-length ball outside off. He shows his happiness to Kohli, who takes it sportingly.

Faf has been dismissed in the third over. Mukesh gets the breakthrough. He has been caught at deep backward point and is disappointed

Kohli and Faf have taken RCB to a good start. They have made 23 from the opening two overs. Kohli has smashed two sixes and is looking good. Are we in for a Kohli masterclass?

And the action is live now. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis in the middle. Ishant Sharma has the new ball in his hand

It's been a while since he last played for the Capitals. Warner is on the sidelines due to a hand injury in April but is in the Impact players list today. DC are bowling first so we might see him playing today.

Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets in the afternoon fixture today. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Simarjeet Singh shone as CSK boosted their playoff qualification hopes with a dominant win against Sanju Samson's Royals.

Little bit less grass than earlier games. Hopefully it's a good wicket. We look forward to every game now - we're playing some good cricket. Have to start again. We have got more of that confidence in the dressing room. Same team for us.

Will bowl first. Bangalore's wicket is always good. It's a chasing ground. When we start well, we dominate the game. Rishabh was angry and had appealed as well against the suspension. He's at the ground here, motivating the team. Kushagra comes in for Rishabh. Rasikh Dhar is in.

Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: David Warner, Sumit Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Vicky Ostwal, Pravin Dubey.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Swapnil Singh, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Himanshu Sharma.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal.

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel (wk), Shai Hope, Kumar Kushagra, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.

Axar Patel and Faf du Plessis walk out for a toss at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Axar wins the toss as Delhi Capitals elect to bowl first today.

Kumar Kushagra and Rasikh Dar come in for Rishabh Pant and Gulbadin Naib.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru remain unchanged.

The toss is less than 10 minutes away from now. Axar will be leading the Capitals today

DC have their hopes in their own hands pretty much. They face RCB and LSG in their final two games. Two wins and they will have a great chance of reaching the playoffs

RCB still have a chance to reach the playoffs and all the Bengaluru fans even know how it can happen. If RCB win both of their matches and no more than three teams go beyond 14 points, they can sneak past but would also need a strong NRR. In their best case, let RR and KKR keep winning and SRH, CSK, DC and LSG suffer in the coming days (plus RCB need two wins too)

Well, there might be a third opponent in this game too. The rain is likely to intervene in the clash, which both of these teams would not want. There are more than 50% chance of precipitation in the evening in Bengaluru

No Rishabh Pant for the Capitals today and they might miss him so badly. Pant is easily the highest run-scorer for his team this season with 413 runs and leads by example. Axar Patel will be leading in his absence and he will have a big task cut out in a must-win match.

RCB are still in contention for the playoffs but only just. They have 10 points from 12 matches and have slim hopes of making it to the final four. RCB are up against a Rishabh Pant-less Delhi Capitals side who are themselves looking for a win to stay mostly self-dependent.