IPL updates: Buttler gets to his 50 in just 20 balls

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R Royals 66-0 (5 ovs) vs DD 196-6 (17.1 ovs) | Scorecard

Leggie Mishra comes into the attack, it's a full toss and Buttler reverse sweeps it over backward point for a six to get to his half-century in just 20 balls.

After a dot he then gets a single to long-on.

Short then plays two dots as the pressure keeps building.

He then gets a single to mid-wicket as 8 come off the over.

Plunkett is the new bowler in and Buttler smashes the first ball for a huge six to long-off.

Buttler and Short take a single each.

Buttler then gets a fortunate four down to fine leg.

He then takes a single to point.

A dot to finish the over as 13 come off it.

Avesh Khan comes into the attack and is smashed all over the park by D'Arcy Short, who single-handedly takes 23 runs off the over.

23:46 Rain shortens match

R Royals 22-0 (2 ovs) vs DD 196-6 (17.1 ovs) | Scorecard

Boult comes into the attack and he gets hammered for 8 runs in the over.

D'Arcy Short and Jos Buttler opens the innings for Rajasthan as Nadeem opens the bowling.

Buttler goes after the bowling and 14 runs come off the first over.

23:02 Rajasthan need 197 for victory

DD 196-6 (17.1 ovs) vs R Royals | Scorecard

Official word coming in that that is the end of the innings.

Rajasthan now need 197 for victory.

And now the rain comes down and players walk back into the dug out along with Maxwell.

Archer comes in to bowl the last over.

Yorker and it hits Maxwell plumb on the back pad, bowler appeals, umpire gives it out.

Batsmen take the review but that is a bad one to take as Maxwell has to walk back.

The batsmen had crossed and Maxwell plays the ball to cover, some good fielding in the deep keeps it down to just 3.

Plunkett is the man and gets off the mark with a single off the 2nd ball he faces.

Good fielding by Rahane at point to keep it down to a single as 9 runs and a wicket come off the over.

Unadkat continues and Shankar then clips the ball over backward square leg for a four.

Shankar foxed by the slower one, he tries to play it over the bowler's head but only manages to play it down the throat of Tripathi at long-off.

Shankar and Maxwell are two new batters at the crease as Archer comes back into the attack.

Maxwell gets off the mark with a single and then Shankar gets off the mark with a couple.

Shankar then hits a six and a four. 15 runs come off the over.

Unadkat comes into the attack and Iyer gets a single to backward point to get to his 10th IPL fifty, his 4th this season.

Slower ball and Pant runs a single, Buttler has a go at the stumps, the ball ricochetes off it, Stoeks is nutmegged and the ball goes to the boundary. 5 runs come off that delivery.

Another slower ball, Iyer goes for the hoick, is deceived by the pace and holes out in the deep. He goes for 50 off 35 balls.

The batsmen had crossed and Pant slams the next ball over mid-wicket for a six as Maxwell is the new man in at the other end.

Next ball is a dot.

Pant gone this time. Getting a bit ambitious, slower ball again, Pant throws the bat at it, only to send the ball high in the air and then see it fall right into Stokes's palms at long-on.

Stokes comes back into the attack and Iyer takes a single.

Pant then hits a four then gets to his half-ton in 23 balls, with a single to long on.

The batsmen then run a single and a two each and then Pant ends the over with a six over deep cover.

Kulkarni comes back into the attack and Iyer and Pant show him no mercy.

Kulkarni's extras doing him no favours as he gives away 20 runs in the over.

22:27 DD looking good for a big total

DD 125-2 (12 ovs) vs R Royals | Scorecard

Gowtham continues and Pant starts with a single.

Iyer then clubs the ball over mid-on for a six!

He then sweeps the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short ball and Pant just smashes it through point for a four.

Pant then reverse sweeps it over short third man for another four.

Pant ends the over with a dot as 16 come off it.

Unadkat comes back into the attack and Iyer gets a single to third man to take the team total to 100.

Pant then pulls the ball over fine leg for a four. He then takes a single to square leg.

Iyer then scampers for 2 to long on and then takes a single to cover.

Pant then slogs and only manages to get a single to mid-on.

Archer brought back into the attack.

After 2 dot balls, Iyer cuts it to third man for a four!

Iyer then chips it down to mid-on for a single.

Pant then digs out the yorker.

Last ball was a juicy full toss, it was there to be hit and Pant just pulled it over mid-wicket for a six!

Stokes continues and he is bowling well to test the batsmen as Iyer and Pant get only 3 runs of the first 3 balls, including a leg bye.

He then bowls a wide down leg side and then Pant just pulls him past mid-wicket for a four off the last ball of the over.

22:10 Shaw gone after making 47

DD 80-2 (8 ovs) vs R Royals | Scorecard

Pant is the new batsman and plays out 2 dots before surviving a LBW shout.

Pant gets off the mark with a six, hitting the ball through the line and over the bowler's head.

Gopal continues, Shaw comes down the track and smashes the ball through cover for a four.

Slower ball, the ball stops on him, the bat turns in Shaw's hand as he has no control over the shot and returns a simple catch to Gopal as DD are 2 down now for 74.

Stokes comes into the attack and starts with a dot.

Next ball, Shaw pulls it down to deep square leg for a single.

The batsmen then run a single each.

Last ball, was that a run out?

The fielder dislodges the stumps but Shaw is home and then pinches a single off the overthrow.

Stokes then bowls a wide on the leg side.

Slower ball and Shaw gets a single to mid-wicket as 6 come off the over.

Gopal comes into the attack and the batsmen take a single each off the first two balls.

Iyer plays out two dots and then just smacks it over long-on for a six to bring up the 50-run partnership.

Another one! Short ball and Iyer pulls it over long-on. Fruitful Powerplay for DD.

Unadkat comes into the attack for Royals as Iyer gets a single to deep backward point off the third ball.

Shaw then gets a top-edge, the ball high and it goes for a four.

Next is a slower ball and Shaw hits it over the bowler's head for another four.

Shaw then slams the ball over long-on for a six! What a start for DD!

15 come off the over.

21:48 Match reduced to 18 overs a side

DD 33-1 (4 ovs) vs R Royals | Scorecard

K Gowtham comes into the attack and Iyer gets a single.

Next ball, Shaw cuts it through point for a lovely boundary.

He then gets a single.

Iyer goes inside out and he cuts it through backward point for another bounndary and then a single to long on.

Wide ball but Shaw finds the fielder at point, dot to end the over as 11 come from it.

Kulkarni continues, slightly short and Shaw pulls it over mid-wicket for a six! First maximum of the match.

Next ball is a dot.

Next ball, Shaw clubs it over mid-on for another six.

Nice yorker, well dug out by Shaw.

Slower ball and Shaw pummels it through covers for a superbly timed boundary.

Kulkarni drops Shaw! He puts down a return catch on his follow through! What a miss that is!

Jofra Archer comes in to bowl and starts off with 2 dots to Shaw.

Third ball Shaw plays a single down to fine leg.

Too straight and Iyer just plays it off his pads to get off the mark with a boundary to fine leg.

Next ball is a dot.

Last ball takes off, Iyer asks if that's a no ball, umpire not interested and that is the end of the over.

Iyer is the new batsman and he plays out two dot balls as DD 1 wicket down with one run on the board off the first over.

Prithvi Shaw and Munro open the innings for Daredevils as Dhawal Kulkarni starts with 2 dot balls.

Shaw gets off the mark with a single to the leg side off the 3rd ball.

Munro gone for a golden duck.

Full length, little in-swing, Munro gets the inside edge and the keeper completes a good catch to get an early breakthrough.

21:16 Rajasthan win toss, elect to field vs DD

The IPL match between Rajasthan and Delhi is set to start at 2130.

The rain delay means the match has been reduced to 18 overs a side.

News from Delhi is that the rain has stopped and the match is set to resume soon.

Earlier, drizzle played a bit of a dampner here as slight rain delayed start of play.

The covers have been put on the pitch here at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Earlier. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first vs hosts Delhi Daredevils.

19:39 Must win game for both teams

Rajasthan Royals' captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to field first vs Delhi Daredevils in their IPL match in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Staring at early exit after their sixth loss in eight games, bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils, under new skipper Shreyas Iyer, will have to treat each IPL game as a virtual knockout.

Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are placed fifth in the table with six points from seven matches. Ajinkya Rahane's team has been inconsistent this season as most times a win has been followed by a loss and they will also have to find a way to stem the rot if they have to make it to the play-offs.

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils: Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Trent Boult, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, Junior Dala.

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Jofra Archer, Stuart Binny, Aryaman Birla, Jos Buttler, Dushmantha Chameera, Prashant Chopra, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Heinrich Klaasen, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Sudhesan Midhun, Sanju Samson, Jatin Saxena, D'Arcy Short, Ish Sodhi, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat.

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