India, April 28 -- On Saturday, the Arun Jaitley Stadium served up a belter of a pitch, on which 429 runs were scored in 38.5 overs. Two days later, on the adjacent track that was readied for the Delhi Capitals-Royal Challengers Bengaluru game, a Test-match-like passage of play saw Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood leave the home team in tatters. Extracting swing and bounce on offer from the track, the two fast bowlers snared three wickets each with the new ball as Delhi stumbled to 8 for six.

The home team never recovered from the shocking blow, eventually setting a target of just 76 runs, which RCB closed in 39 balls.

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