IPL 2024: RCB vs DC - Match 62

Virat Kohli played some gorgeous shots to start off RCB's innings after Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl

Ishant Sharma dismissed Kohli in the fourth over and indulged in some friendly banter

Rajat Patidar and Will Jacks quickly revived the RCB innings, blazing away to 61/2 in 6 overs

Jacks continued to play his shots through the middle-overs

DC dropped several catches, offering reprieves to Rajat Patidar and Will Jacks

Patidar was brutal too, bringing up his fifth 50-plus score in 7 games for RCB

Axar Patel took two sharp catches to dismiss both the batters

Cameron Green hit three sixes in a Kuldeep Yadav over to set RCB up for a flourish at the death

But DC pulled things back well with wickets to keep RCB to 187/9

David Warner returned as impact substitute but fell in the first over

DC lost Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Kumar Kushagra inside the PowerPlay to get thrown off course in chase

Axar Patel led DC's fightback

Axar had Shai Hope for company for a brief period before the West Indian mistimed a full toss from Lockie Ferguson

Axar took on the bowlers to keep the chase alive. He even brought up his half-century

Yash Dayal dismissed Axar in the 16th over to effectively put an end to the chase

RCB completed a 47-run victory to move up to fifth spot and stay alive in the playoffs race