Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs in the 6th match of Indian Premier League in a rain-curtailed match at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur yesterday night. DD captain Gambhir won the toss and elected to field, restricted RR to just 153. Delhi was set a target of 71 runs in 6 overs but fell short of the target by 10 runs.
Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field first. Like the previous match, Darcy Short was again run out in the 2nd over. Ben Stokes was promoted to number 3 and could not score many runs. Rahane and Sanju Samson played with positive intent. At the end of first 6 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 51 for 2.
Both of them looked in good touch putting pressure on Delhi Daredevils. Sanju Samson was dismissed by Shahbaz Nadeem for 37 runs ending a 78 runs partnership for the 3rd wicket. Rahane steadied the innings with good batting. Rajasthan Royals suffered another big blow as their captain Rahane was dismissed for 45. Jos Buttler hit some massive shots to put pressure on Delhi Daredevils bowlers. He made 29 off 18 balls and was dismissed by Mohammad Shami. At the score of 153 for 5 in 17.5 overs, rain arrived.
After a long rain break, Delhi Daredevils were set a revised target of 71 runs in 6 overs. The powerplay was reduced to just 2 overs. Collin Munro and Glenn Maxwell came to open the innings. Munro was dismissed without facing a ball. At the end of 2 overs, DD scored 15 runs.
Glenn Maxwell and Pant added 34 runs before Maxwell was caught by Laughlin. Pant scored 20 runs off 14 balls. With 25 runs required off last over, Morris tried their best. DD scored 60 for 4 in 6 overs.
Rajasthan Royals won their 7th match against Delhi Daredevils in IPL history.
Rajasthan Royals 153 for 5 in 17.5 overs ( Rahane 45, Sanju Samson 37, Jos Buttler 29, S Nadeem 2/34) beat
Delhi Daredevils 60 for 4 in 6 overs ( R Pant 20, Chris Morris 17*, Ben Laughlin 2/20) by 10 runs via D/L method.
Rajasthan Royals captain Rahane said: We thought 71 was difficult to chase. When we were batting we thought 165 or 170 would have been good. It was a great match and nice way to start well at home.
DD captain Gambhir said: It was a beautiful wicket to bat on. We had a good chance if we had restricted Rajasthan to 170. Chasing 71 runs in 6 overs was difficult and had to go from ball 1.
Man of the match Sanju Samson said: It feels amazing to start on a winning note at our home ground. We had four team camps and made sure that we posted a decent total.
In today’s match, Sunrisers Hyderabad takes on Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad.
