New Delhi: In the 11th league match of the 16th season of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) saw a spectacular performance against Delhi Capitals (DC) and the team won the match by 57 runs. They registered their second win in this season.
Chasing a target of 200 runs, The Delhi Capitals team could only reach a score of 142 for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Trent Boult’s brilliant performance with the ball was seen in this match for Rajasthan. This is Delhi’s third consecutive defeat this season.
Chasing a target of 200 runs, the Delhi Capitals team got a very poor start in this match. In the first over, Rajasthan’s left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult gave two big shocks in the form of Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey on the third and fourth balls. After this, Delhi saw a 36-run partnership for the third wicket between David Warner and Riley Rossouw. Rossouw fell victim to Ashwin on a personal score of 14.
While the Delhi Capitals team managed to score only 38 runs in the first 6 overs, they also lost 3 wickets. From here, there was a partnership of 64 runs in 44 balls for the fourth wicket between Warner and Lalit Yadav, but with Lalit returning after scoring 38 runs, Delhi’s innings once again looked in a serious situation.
David Warner scored 65 runs but he could not ensure team’s win. The Delhi team managed to reach a score of 142 at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
For Rajasthan, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets each, while Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets while Sandeep Sharma took one wicket.