Josh Hazlewood drives RCB's huge nine-wicket victory against Delhi

[p]Two days after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/punjab-kings/juzL6jnm/"]Punjab[/a] ‌Kings chased down a record target of 265 ‌at the same ground, Hazlewood (4-12) and Bhuvneshwar (3-5) wreaked havoc to bundle ‌out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/delhi-capitals/tv8Qjdkq/"]Delhi[/a] for 75 in 16.3 overs.[/p][p]Delhi were six down ‌for eight inside four overs and tumbled to the lowest powerplay score in IPL history at 13-6 on a surface offering ‌enough seam and variable bounce for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royal-challengers-bengaluru/ObLbexsS/"]⁠Bengaluru[/a] bowlers to exploit.[/p][p]Defending ‌champions Bengaluru lost the wicket of Jacob Bethell before chasing ​down the target in 6.3 overs to cement their second place, behind Punjab Kings.[/p][p][b]"Probably turning up here ​after 500-plus runs in the last game, you don't expect that,"[/b] Australian player-of-the-match Hazlewood said.[/p][p][b]"I just followed Bhuvi. There ⁠was a little ​bit there in the first six overs. It was a little bit up and down. Once the ball got soft it became consistent."[/b][/p][embed guid="732ab3f8-9cb2-477c-a3bf-352842b6f207" url="https://x.com/IPL/status/2048810645349622025" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bengaluru did not put a foot wrong ‌right from the toss which their captain Rajat Patidar won and elected to field.[/p][p]What followed was a procession of Delhi batters returning to the pavilion failing to negotiate the impeccable line and length of Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar.[/p][p]Hazlewood claimed the crucial wicket of KL Rahul, who smashed 152 not out at the same ground on Saturday, in the first over.[/p][p]Three of Delhi's top six batters ‌scored ducks and the other three managed single-digit scores.[/p][p]Abhishek Porel (30) ​and David Miller (19) provided brief resistance but Delhi ‌had effectively lost the match after their spectacular early meltdown.[/p][p]Kyle Jamieson dismissed Bethell for 20 but Virat Kohli (23) and Devdutt Padikkal (34) ensured there was no drama and Kohli hit T Natarajan for back-to-back sixes to seal ⁠Bengaluru's victory.[/p][p]Delhi slumped to ⁠seventh place in the ‌ten-team league.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/delhi-capitals-tv8Qjdkq/royal-challengers-bengaluru-ObLbexsS/?mid=b9r1oCGi"][b]Check out the full scorecard here[/b][/a].[/p]