IPL 2019: Match 20, RCB vs DC: 3 reasons why RCB lost their 6th game this season

Royal Challengers suffered yet another setback as their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs seem to be getting slimmer after every match they play. They were completely outplayed by Delhi Capitals as they lost their 6th match of the season by four wickets in front of their home fans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl. Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada dismissed Parthiv Patel and AB de Villiers during the power play. The middle overs saw RCB trying to stitch partnerships but none of them lasted long.

Right when they seemed to be heading for a decent total, Kagiso Rabada's brilliant spell pegged them back as they finished their innings at 149/8. In reply, Delhi lost Shikhar Dhawan early in the innings but skipper Shreyas Iyer along with some contributions from Colin Ingram and Prithvi Shaw won the match for Delhi.

Here are 3 reasons why RCB lost their 6th match this season in IPL 2019.

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#3 Poor fielding effort

Pawan Negi was one of the better fielders for RCB in this match. (Image Courtesy: IPLT20)

RCB have the lowest catch efficiency and have been the worst fielding side this tournament. Their fielding was always going to have an impact on their game and they didn't show much improvement from their previous game.

After a great start from Tim Southee who picked up Shikhar Dhawan, Delhi had a chance to get Shreyas Iyer's wicket but Parthiv Patel squandered a tricky chance behind the stumps. They missed a chance to dismiss Shreyas Iyer once again when a poor throw squandered an easy run-out chance.

Parthiv and Siraj dropped Shreyas Iyer once more due to a miscommunication and that was the turning point of the game. These dropped chances were laced with many misfields, most of them near the boundaries and gave away a lot of runs. Needless to say, this gave away a lot of runs and opportunities to the opposition while chasing a low total.

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#2 RCB's slow batting approach

Virat Kohli's wicket was the turning point in RCB's innings. (Image Courtesy: IPLT20)

RCB's slow batting approach lost them the game here at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. After losing a couple of wickets in the power play, Virat Kohli went ultra-defensive during the middle overs and so did Marcus Stoinis.

The spinners calmly applied the brakes on their batting and ran through their overs quickly. While the impact of this wasn't felt then, only when the 2nd Strategic Timeout arrived, RCB felt how behind they were.

Moeen Ali was the lone bright spot in the RCB batting and he was the lone aggressor for RCB. Virat Kohli was forced to play attacking shots in the death overs due to the lack of runs and so did the other batsmen. This was capitalized on by Delhi's bowling and their field set-ups and fielding backed this as well.

#1 Kagiso Rabada's excellent bowling

Rabada celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli. (Image Courtesy: IPLT20)

Kagiso Rabada's brilliant bowling spell was the highlight of the match as RCB's innings unfolded in front of their eyes as they lost four wickets in the last three overs.

The Proteas pacer picked up the wicket of AB de Villiers in the last ball of the power play. He came back to bowl in the 18th over and completely changed the game for Delhi. He dismissed RCB skipper Virat Kohli and then got Akshdeep Nath who played a little cameo. He also got Pawan Negi off the last ball of his 3rd over and closed it out with economical bowling in the 20th over.

Needless to say, Rabada's bowling and some sensible batting from Shreyas Iyer won Delhi the match.

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