Rajasthan Royals VS Delhi Capitals: Rajasthan won the match by 12 runs

Rajasthan Royals VS Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan won the match by 12 runs in the Indian Premier League against Delhi Capitals. Rajasthan won the consecutive second match of this IPL season. Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first. The top order of Rajasthan did perform well but Riyan Parag scored 84* runs and Ravichandran Ashwin played 29 runs innings helping Rajasthan to score 185/5 in 20 overs.

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David Warner scored 49 runs and Tristan Stubbs scored 44 runs but they failed to Chase the target of 186 runs. Delhi Capitals scored 173/5 in 20 overs. Riyan Parag won the Player of the Match Award.

Rajasthan Royals Playing Eleven

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(WK, Captain), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Delhi Capitals Playing eleven

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Rishab Pant (Captain, WK), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar

Rajasthan Royals VS Delhi Capitals: Rajasthan won the match by 12 runs

Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler came to open for Rajasthan Royals and Khalil Ahmed had a first over for Delhi Capitals. In the second over, Yashasvi Jaiswal was bowled out in the ball of Mukesh Kumar. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 5 runs off 7 balls. Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson had a 21-run partnership for the second wicket.

In the 6th over, Sanju Samson was caught behind by Rishab Pant in the ball of Khalil Ahmed. Sanju Samson scored 15 runs off 14 balls. in the 8th over, Jos Buttler was LBW out in the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. Jos Buttler scored 11 runs off 16 balls. Riyan Parag and Ravichandran Ashwin had a 54-run partnership for the 4th wicket.

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In the 14th over, Axar Patel bowled flatter in the middle to Ravichandran Ashwin who tried to go for a big shot but his shot did not have enough power, and Tristan Stubbs took a catch at deep mid-wicket. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 29 runs off 19 balls. Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag had a 52-run partnership. In the 18th over, Dhruv Jurel was bowled in the ball of Anrich Nortje. Dhruv Jurel scored 20 runs off 12 balls.

Riyan Parag scored 84* runs off 45 balls and Shimron Hetmyer scored 14* runs off 7 balls. Rajasthan Royals scored 185/5 in 20 overs.


David Warner and Mitchell Marsh came to open for Delhi Capitals and Trent Boult Had a first over for Rajasthan Royals. Mitchell Marsh and David Warner had a 30-run partnership for the first wicket. Nandre Burger came as an impact player in place of Shimron Hetmyer. In the 4th over, Mitchell Marsh was bowled out in the ball of Nandre Burger. Mitchell Marsh scored 23 runs off 12 balls. In the same over, Ricky Bhui was caught behind by Sanju Samson in the ball of Nandre Burger. Ricky Bhui scored 0 runs off 2 balls.

David Warner and Rishab Pant had a 67-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 12th over, Avesh Khan bowled a fuller length in outside off Stumps to David Warner who threw his hands to only get a thickish edge of the bat and Sandeep Sharma took a tumbling catch at  Short third. David Warner scored 49 runs off 34 balls. In the 14th over, Rishab Pant was caught behind by Sanju Samson in the ball of Yuzvendra Chahal. Rishab Pant scored 28 runs off 26 balls.

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Abhishek Porel came as an impact player in place of Khalil Ahmed for Delhi Capitals. In the 16th over, Yuzvendra Chahal bowled full in around off to Abhishek Porel who came down the pitch to play a shot but he did not generate power in his shot and the ball went into the hand of Jos Buttler at long-off. Abhishek Porel scored 9 runs off 10 balls.

Tristan Stubbs scored 44* runs off 23 balls and Axar Patel scored 15* runs off 13 balls. Delhi Capitals scored 173/5 in 20 overs. Rajasthan won the match by 12 runs.

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