Yuzvendra Chahal, the leg-spinner, gave Bangalore two crucial wickets early in the match, scalping the in-form Prithvi Shaw and Jason Roy. But the Bangalore bowlers still conceded 181-4, with Rishabh Pant scoring a 34-ball 61 and Abhishek Sharma hammering a 19-ball 46* in the death.

Lamichhane had a decent maiden IPL outing, returning 1-25 in his four overs – he was the most economical of the Delhi bowlers. He played it down – “It doesn’t matter if your team is not winning and you are performing well – but credited Ricky Ponting, the Delhi coach, for it. “I was training hard with Ricky Ponting,” he said. “He has been an exceptional coach so far, and I have learnt many things from him.

“All the teammates are fantastic. I’m really enjoying this moment.”