In the Match no 9 of TATA IPL, Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 12 runs, winning their 2nd home game. Once again the Royals fortress remains unattainable for the visiting Franchises. Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to field first asking the home side to Bat first.
Delhi Capitals came to Jaipur after facing the defeat in their opening game against Punjab Kings. While the home team Rajasthan Royals won their opening game by defeating Lucknow Super Giants. Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant is back in the squad after a one year hiatus due to injuries after being involved in a life threatening car accident. So all eyes were on the returning power hitter Pant as to how will he perform. Whereas Sanju Samson is still determined to leave a mark through his performance for his franchise Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals 1st Innings
Batting first Rajasthan Royals did not have the best of starts to the game. The warriors in pink lost their first three wickets in the eighth over for just 36 runs. Jaiswal, Samson and Buttler all went for 5, 11, and 15 runs respectively. Given the array of wickets Ashwin was promoted up the batting order for some power hitting. Following the orders, Ashwin smashed three big sixes but eventually gave his wicket to Axar Patel on the boundary ropes.
As Rajasthan seems to be struggling mid innings, Riyan Parag took charge and tried to make up for the overs and wickets lost in the process. Parag shifted gears and took the bowlers upfront to reach to a fighting total. Riyan Parag along with Hetmyer added 43 runs for the sixth wicket smashing 25 runs on the last over of the innings. Due to late power hitting from young Parag, Rajasthan posted a fighting total of 185 runs.
Key performers in the first innings were Axar Patel and Khalil Ahmed for Delhi while it was a one man show from Riyan Parag for Rajasthan Royals. Axar gave 21 runs and Khalil gave 24 runs in their respective overs with one wicket each. However, Riyan Parag smashed 84 runs in 45 balls.
2nd Innings Drama
Batting second, Delhi opened their innings with a bang. Both Warner and Marsh took the Rajasthan bowlers across the boundary ropes from the first over. Howerer, in the fourth over of the innings, Nandre Burgers took 2 wickets, Firstly, he dismissed Mitchell Marsh for 23 runs followed by Ricky Bui on duck.
David Warner came in front to stabalize the game, in the process the Australian legend scored forty nine runs in 34 balls. Moreover, the sheet anchor knock of the IPL legend had five 4s and three 6s. Things looked good until Sandeep Sharma took a blinder in the point to sent Warner back in stands. Later Rishabh Pant along with Abhishek Porel couldn’t do much eventually leading Delhi struggling in the flag end of the match.
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However, Tristan Stubbs did add fuel to the team total as the overseas player scored 44 runs from 23 balls with couple of boundaries and three maximums. Though, Stubbs played a handy knock but could not take his team over the finish line. Last over heroics from Avesh Khan made sure Rajasthan taking back a satisfactory win later in the night. Khan bowling the final over had 16 runs to defend, Interestingly, the Indian pacer leaked bare minimum three runs from final six deliveries letting Rajasthan win by 12 runs.
