Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by a solitary run to reclaim the top spot in the points table, on 27 April, in Match 22 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Delhi, on the other hand, have now slipped to third place.
Orange Cap
AB de Villiers joins the top-ten list of the season’s highest run-getters after his magnificent unbeaten 75. Devdutt Padikkal was bamboozled by an excellent delivery off Ishant Sharma for 17. Glenn Maxwell, too, had a chance to score big after both RCB openers fell early. However, he managed to score only 25. They all feature in the top ten.
The biggest shock among all was Shikhar Dhawan’s departure. Kyle Jamieson trapped the current Orange Cap holder with perfection and the latter could not manage to cross the double-digit mark.
| Batsman | Team | R | SR | 50 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Delhi | 265 | 140 | 2 |
| KL Rahul | Punjab | 240 | 129 | 3 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Bangalore | 223 | 146 | 2 |
| Faf du Plessis | Chennai | 214 | 139 | 2 |
| Jonny Bairstow | Hyderabad | 211 | 142 | 2 |
| AB de Villiers | Bangalore | 204 | 174 | 2 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai | 201 | 131 | 1 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Bangalore | 188 | 154 | 1 |
| Prithvi Shaw | Delhi | 187 | 153 | 2 |
| Sanju Samson | Rajasthan | 187 | 144 | 1 |
Purple Cap
Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan, the two leading wicket-takers of IPL 2021 (in that order), impressed yet again. While Avesh finished on 4-0-24-1 including the wicket of Virat Kohli, Harshal had figures of 4-0-37-2 to extend his lead over Avesh.
Harshal has now taken at least two wickets in each of his last six matches.
| Bowler | Team | W | Econ | 4WI |
| Harshal Patel | Bangalore | 17 | 8.50 | 1 |
| Avesh Khan | Delhi | 12 | 7.31 | 0 |
| Rahul Chahar | Mumbai | 9 | 6.85 | 1 |
| Chris Morris | Rajasthan | 9 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Deepak Chahar | Chennai | 8 | 7.94 | 2 |
| Prasidh Krishna | Kolkata | 8 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | Punjab | 7 | 7.68 | 0 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Kolkata | 7 | 7.70 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | Punjab | 7 | 8.18 | 0 |
| Chetan Sakariya | Rajasthan | 7 | 8.30 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | Bangalore | 7 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata | 7 | 11.40 | 1 |
Points Table
Let’s take a look at how the points table is forming up after Delhi vs Bangalore match.
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.089 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.612 |
| Delhi Capitals | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.269 |
| Mumbai Indians | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.032 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.305 |
| Punjab Kings | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.608 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.681 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -0.180 |