Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals, 5th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Plenty of ebbs and flows in that one but RCB stepped it up when it mattered most. DD will leave with plenty of batting worries, after their bowlers did really well to restrict the opposition. The IPL is already producing some real nail-biters and we're just warming up. Back for another double-header tomorrow. This is Sagar Chawla taking your leave along with Vineet Anantharaman, Pradeep, KAD, Abhinand and our scorer Naga. Cheers!

Stat-attack from Deepu Narayanan:

Lowest totals defended in IPL in Bangalore:
156 RCB v DC, 2008
156 RCB v MI, 2013
157 RCB v DD, 2012
157 RCB v DD, 2017

Highest IPL scores for KEDAR JADHAV:
69 RCB v DD, Today
63* DD v SRH, Raipur, 2015
50* DD v RCB, Bengaluru, 2010

Today's match is only the 3rd instance in last 65 games in IPL since 2016 that a team opting to bat first has won. SRH did it twice in 2016.

DD have now lost their first match of the season in each of the 5 previous editions. In all these, they have failed to finish in the top 4.

Kedar Jadhav, Man of the Match: I'm feeling on top of my game and I'm working on my fitness too. At the age of 15, I was just clearing 30 yards but I was improvising well at that time. I just watch the ball, keep the options open and react to it. Even though I'm short, I work hard on my fitness and gym. When your top players are not playing, you have to take responsibility. I want to do that for the rest of the tournament too.

Watson: It was a great win. Kedar batted beautifully. Our score was a bit below par, I think the wicket was slow tonight. You want to turn the momentum around very quickly even if it was only one loss. The way we fielded and bowled was very good tonight. Just my gut feel with Negi. Pant hadn't seen him tonight. It was a gamble, no doubt about that. But the way Negi bowls, with his variations. Chahal has done it for a long time for the RCB and he has done it for India too. They'll be back for the next game (when asked about the status of the star players). *Then he backtracks and says he's joking*

Zaheer Khan: Eight out of ten times we would got over this total. Just couldn't get the partnerships going today. The wicket was playing well and we could have applied ourselves better. As soon as a new batsman is in, we needed to spend time in the middle getting used to the conditions but that wasn't to be. Pant played really well and he needed some support at the other end. He showed real heart with his commitment and we are all there for him as a team. The ball was sitting up nicely and that is why 157 was possible to get is what I felt. Glad that Nadeem got the opportunity in this game. We have someone like Jayant sitting out and we have enough depth in the bowling. It is the batting that is inexperienced but once they get in, they would be unstoppable. I am happy to be back on the field, enjoying every moment with the boys.

23:47 Local Time, 18:17 GMT, 23:47 IST: What a game we've had here in Bangalore. RCB appeared to be short by 20-25 runs at the halfway stage but their bowlers stepped it up tonight. What stood out was that they looked for wickets right through. The quicks were intense, the spinners were aggressive and DD just kept faltering along the way. You've got to feel for Rishabh Pant who fought so valiantly out there and was waging a lone battle in the second half of that chase. He's certainly one to watch out for. Chahal and Watson were brilliant under pressure though. The scoreboard clearly reflects how Delhi's middle order completely buckled when subjected to the cauldron of the Chinnaswamy. Only four DD players managed to get into double digits. Their batting depth had evoked a lot of concern going into this campaign and this result highlighted it further.

Negi to Mishra, 1 run, can't get to the pitch as Negi had darted it in, hits it down to long-on. The RCB are triumphant in a thrilling contest.

Negi to Zaheer, 1 run, drives the ball to long-on

Negi to Mishra, 1 run, that's officially the game. A mistimed slog from Mishra through mid-wicket

Zaheer Khan, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Negi to Nadeem, out Caught&Bowled!! Negi tosses this up and lands it far enough from Nadeem to make him reach out for the slog. The ball turns, takes a thick leading edge and lobs up. Negi doesn't leave it for anyone else, he runs backwards and grabs it so well. Made it look easy there. Nadeem c and b Negi 0(2)

Negi to Nadeem, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

Negi to Nadeem, no run, is that two in two? Vishnu Vinod dislodges the bails and asks the question. The umpire has gone upstairs for the stumping appeal. This is a tight call on the back foot, but I think the batsman has something behind the line. Extra bounce from Negi as he darted it in, and he also got it to turn away to beat Nadeem on the slog

Shahbaz Nadeem, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Is that two in two? Vishnu Vinod dislodges the bails and asks the question. The umpire has gone upstairs for the stumping appeal. This is a tight call on the back foot, but I think the batsman has something behind the line.

Negi to Pant, out Bowled!! Negi has done it. That is surely the game for the RCB. Pant moves across towards off, Negi may or may not have seen that but he fires it on leg-stump and uproots it. A real valiant effort from Pant comes to an end. He's dragging himself off. Got to feel for him. Pant b Negi 57(36) [4s-3 6s-4]