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23:38 DC up to 5th spot with 12 points
RR 201-8 (20 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Delhi Capitals returned to winning ways with a handsome 20-run victory over Rajasthan Royals as they kept their slim IPL playoff hopes alive in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Tristan Stubbs smashed a quickfire 41 from 20 balls to lift Delhi Capitals to 221/8 after Rajasthan Royals opted to field.
In reply, Rajasthan Royals were restricted to 201 for 8 with Kuldeep Yadav being the pick of the bowler for Delhi, returning with 2/25. Khaleel Ahmed (2/47) and Mukesh Kumar (2/30) also picked up two wickets apiece.
Delhi now joined Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants with 12 points each in a mid-table scramble for the playoffs.
Skipper Sanju Samson led Rajasthan's chase with his fifth half-century of the season.
But his splendid knock of 86 off 46 balls (8x4, 6x6) came to an end after Shai Hope took a controversial catch at the edge of long-on boundary.
Thereafter, Kuldeep gave a twin blow in his final over to virtually end Rajasthan's hopes.
Earlier, Jake Fraser-McGurk (50 off 20 balls) and Abhishek Porel (65; 36 balls) duo put together 60 runs in just 26 balls before India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/24) triggered a collapse.
Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs in IPL match in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Avesh is the new man in and he gets a couple to get off the mark.
He then slaps the ball down the ground for a four!
Avesh then gets a single. A dot to end the over and DC win by 20 runs.
DC now penalised for over rate and that means DC will now have 5 fielders now in the circle.
Mukesh is called on to defend 29 off the last over.
He starts with a yorker and Boult gets a single.
Mukesh keeps it full and Powell swings and the ball hits the bottom of his stumps and he is out for 13.
Boult is the new man in.
Dar back in the attack and after a dot, Powell takes a single.
Boult then takes a single before Powell goes down and smashes the ball over long on for a six!
A dot later, Powell takes a review for a wide and he loses the review and it stays a dot. Superb over as 8 come off it.
23:14 Dubey, Ferreira, Ashwin back in the hut
RR 185-7 (18 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Ashwin is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.
Powell and Ashwin then take a single each.
Powell then takes a single before Ashwin comes down the track and hits it straight to the fielder at long on. He is out for 2. 2 wickets and just 4 runs come in the over.
Kuldeep back in the attack and Ferreira gets back and is hit right in front on the pads. Big shout, umpire says no. Pant takes the review and they get it right as ball tracking shows impact in line and pitching in line. He is out for 1.
Donovan Ferreira is the new man in and after a dot he gets off the mark with a single as a wicket and 11 come off it.
Khaleel continues and Dubey starts the over with a six over wide long-off.
He follows that up with a four to deep mid-wicket.
Dubey then miscues a slow, wide short ball and is caught out at long on for 25.
23:03 RR now four down
RR 170-4 (16 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Rovman Powell is the new man in and he gets two fours as a wicket and 11 come off it.
Mukesh back in the attack and he starts with a cutter as Samson fails to latch on to the ball as he attempts a pull.
Mukesh then bowls a dipping yorker and Sanju plays it out to mid-off for a single.
Mukesh then bowls a massive wide ball.
Wide ball and Dubey throws his hands at it and it falls short of the man at deep backward point. He gets a single.
Samson then smashes the ball down the ground to Shai Hope who takes a catch at the boundary ropes. The umpires bring in some help from the third umpire to check if it's taken cleanly. The umpire sees ample replays from various angles and deems it out. Samson out for 86, he walks out after discussing with the umpires.
Khaleel back in the attack and he bowls a wide yorker that Sanju opens the bat and squeezes it to the third man boundary for a four!
Samson then smashes the ball to sweeper cover for a single to bring up the 50-run stand.
Dubey then gets a single to the leg side.
Khaleel then bowls a short bouncer, called a wide. He follows that up with a wide off the off stump.
And another wide as Khaleel is now under the pump.
And another wide on the off stump.
Short ball, quick bouncer and a dot ball that.
Sanju then plays the ball to mid-off for a dot.
Sanju then miscues a pull, the ball falls in no man's land and he gets a single to end the over as 11 come off it.
22:42 Dar, Ishant taken to the cleaners
RR 148-3 (14 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Ishant back in the attack and Dubey starts the over with a single.
A dot later, Samson slices the ball over extra cover for a four!
Samson then takes a single before Dubey flicks the ball to backward square leg for a four!
A wide later. Dubey swings and smacks the short ball over long on for a six and 17 come off it.
Dar continues and Samson smashes him downtown for 2 sixes and a four as 18 come off the 13th over.
22:36 Parag out for 27
RR 113-3 (12 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Shubham Dubey is the new man in.
Kuldeep back in the attack and after a dot, Kuldeep bowls a no ball.
Free hit ball is there for the taking. A full ball, Samson clears his front leg and lofts it over long on for a six!
Samson and Dubey then take 3 singles before Dubey plays a dot as 10 runs come off it.
Rasikh Dar is in the attack now and Samson starts the over with a single.
A dot later, Parag just picks up the short ball and swats it over mid-wicket for a six!
Parag then takes a single.
Samson then takes a single to the off side.
A wide later, a slower ball, Parag tries to swing and he misses and the ball clips his off stump bail and Parag gets a send off and he is out for 27 off 22. A wicket and 10 come off it.
22:19 Samson-Parag dealing in singles
RR 93-2 (10 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Axar continues and Samson takes a quick single to cover.
A dot later, Parag then plays the reverse slog over short third man for a four!
Parag then takes a single to long on.
Samson then takes a single before a dot to end the over as 7 come off it.
Kuldeep continues and Parag plays three dots as he is happy to leave the good balls alone.
Kuldeep then bowls a quick one and Parag plays it to the off side for a single.
Full toss to the leg side next and Samson plays it to long on for a single.
Full ball, Parag then gets on to his knee and smashes the widish ball over cover for a six! 8 come off the over.
22:11 Kuldeep keeps it tight
RR 78-2 (8 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Axar continues and Samson starts the over with a single to the off side.
Parag then plays two dots. He then mistimes the lofted shot over long off for a six!
A dot later, Parag chips the ball into the air and it falls short of mid-off and he takes a tight single as 8 come off it.
Kuldeep in the attack now and he bowls a brilliant over as he gives just three singles in the over.
22:07 Samson on the attack
Parag is the new man in and plays out a dot.
10 runs and a wicket comes off it.
Axar in the attack now and Buttler hits him for a four and a six before Axar strikes!
Buttler throws his bat at the fuller ball and the inside edge crashes into the stumps. Buttler out for 19.
Mukesh in the attack now, Buttler slices it, miscues and Stubbs gets under it but fails to hold on to it as he loses balance. Buttler gets a reprieve and a single.
Samson then plays two dots.
In the arch next and Samson hammers it over long on for a six!
Samson then flicks the next ball over square leg for a four!
Full toss next and Samson drills it past the bowler for a four as the 50-run stand comes up. 15 off the over.
21:51 Khaleel takes a beating
RR 42-1 (4 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Ishant continues and after a dot, Buttler starts the over with a single.
Slower ball again and Samson slices the ball through cover point for a four!
Ishant then has Samson beaten on the outside edge as he tries to guide it to third man.
Ishant strays and Samson flicks it over backward square leg for a four!
Samson ends the over with a six over mid-off as he just smokes it effortlessly into the stands.
Ahmed continues and starts the over with a wide.
Ahmed then bowls a full inswinger and Buttler whips the ball to the leg side for a single.
Samson then just swings his arms and sends the ball sailing into the stands for a six!
He then cuts the ball to deep backward point for a single.
Buttler then slaps the ball past a diving mid-on for a four!
Buttler then hammers it past the bowler's outstretched hands for a single down the ground.
Samson then just crisply times the ball through extra cover for a four as 18 come off it.
21:41 Jaiswal out for 4
RR 9-1 (2 ovs) vs DC 221-8 | Scorecard
Ishant opens at the other end and Samson takes a single to start the over.
After three dots, Buttler is beaten on the outside edge. Buttler then guides the ball down to third man for a single. Just two singles come in the over.
Samson is the new man in and Khaleel bowls two wides.
Two dots later, Samson is off the mark with a single to the off side.
RR lose a review for a wide and a dot to end the over as a wicket and 7 runs come off it.
Jaiswal and Buttler open the batting for Rajasthan while Khaleel Ahmed opens the attack for DC and the full ball is hit towards mid-off, deflects off Buttler's thigh and runs to the boundary for a four first ball.
Jaiswal is out next ball as he miscues and Axar takes the catch at mid-off as DC get an early wicket.
21:24 Stubbs his cameo at back end
DC 221-8 (20 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Tristan Stubbs smashed a quickfire 41 off 20 balls to lift Delhi Capitals to 221 for eight against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL here on Tuesday.
Jake Fraser-McGurk (50 off 20 balls) and Abhishek Porel (65; 36 balls) set the perfect platform for DC. The duo put together 60 runs in just 26 balls before India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/24) triggered a collapse.
After DC were 150/5 inside 14 overs, the South African played a cameo, hitting three sixes and three fours to prop the home team's total.
Kuldeep is the new man in, he comes to the off side and he whips it over backward square leg for a four!
Kuldeep then scoops the slower ball with the ulta bat and Chahal stops it at short fine and they get a single.
Dar ends the innings with a single as he is run-out as he charges back for a 2nd. Rajasthan put on 221 for 8.
Sandeep back in the attack and Stubbs slaps the ball over long off for a six!
He smashes the next slower ball down the ground for another six!
Sandeep then bowls a straight, full ball and hits Stubbs on the back leg ans he has Stubbs out LBW! Big shout, umpire raises the finger. Stubbs takes the review but he is already making the slow walk back to the hut and the ball tracking shows pitching in line and hitting in line. Stubbs out for 41 off 20.
Impact sub Rasikh Dar is the new man in, He subs Porel.
Rasikh Dar is the new man in and he starts with a lap over the keeper for a four!
He comes across and laps the next ball over the keeper for another four as 14 come off it.
Boult back in the attack and Naib happy to start the over with a single.
Boult then bowls a short ball and Stubbs times the pull nicely through mid-wicket for a four!
He then gets a single off the inside edge.
Naib then slashes at the next slower, wide ball and hands a catch to Ashwin at short third man and he is out for 19.
20:59 DC move closer to 200
DC 189-5 (18 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Chahal continues and he bowls in the arch and Naib pulls the ball from outside off stump and gets a four to mid-wicket.
He then punches the ball down the ground for a single.
Stubbs then goes to his off stump and reverse sweeps it over cover point for a four!
Ball on theoff side and Stubbs moves to the off side and slogs sweeps it over square leg for a four!
Stubbs then gets a couple to deep mid-wicket.
Stubbs then gets down on his knee and slog sweeps it over deep backward square leg for a six! 21 come off it.
Sharma back in the attack and Stubbs and Naib takes three singles to start the over.
Sharma then bowls a dot.
Naib then fails to nail the slower bouncer as he swings and misses.
Full and on the pads and Naib whips it to mid-wicket for a single as just 4 come off it.
20:50 Spinners keep runs down
DC 164-5 (16 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Chahal continues and Naib starts the over with a six over long off.
A single later, Chahal bowls a full ball into Stubbs's pads. Dot ball.
Two more dots later, Stubbs take a single to the leg side as 8 come off it.
Ashwin continues and he gives just 5 singles in the over and he ends his spell with figures of 4-0-24-3.
20:44 Chahal picks 350 T20 wickets
DC 151-5 (14 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Gulbadin Naib is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single as 5 runs and a wicket come off it.
Chahal is back in the attack and Pant and Stubbs take four singles each as DC bring up 150.
Chahal strikes next ball as Pant tries to go under the full ball on middle and leg, gets no control and falls down as he hits the shot that lands straight to Boult at deep backward square leg. He is out for 15 and DC lose 5th wicket. Chahal becomes first Indian to pick 350 T20 wickets.
Stubbs is the new man in and he gets off the mark with a single.
A single to Pant to end the over as 4 runs and a wicket come off it.
Ashwin back in the attack and Porel starts the over with a single to third man.
A dot later, Pant takes a single to mid-wicket.
Porel then hits the ball in the air and is caught at cover by Sandeep Sharma. He is out for 65.
20:32 Hits 50 off 29 balls
DC 142-3 (12 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Boult back in the attack and Porel swivel pulls the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
Pant then flicks the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
Porel then pulls the ball over mid-wicket for a four!
A single later, Pant scoops the slower ball over fine leg for a six!
A play and miss next as 13 come off it.
Avesh back in the attack and Pant starts the over with a single.
Short delivery next and Porel pulls it nicely over mid-wicket for a six!
Porel and Pant then take a single each.
Porel then punishes the full toss through extra cover for a four. A single to end the over as 14 come off it.
20:23 Axar out for 15
DC 115-3 (10 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Pant is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.
The batters rotate the strike for two singles and a couple as 6 runs come off it.
Ashwin back in the attack and Porel starts the over with a single.
He strikes next ball as Axar hits the ball straight to the fielder at long off. Axar out for 15 and DC lose 3rd wicket.
Parag continues and he gives just five runs before Axar sends the overpitched delivery over long on for a six! 11 come off the over..
20:16 Porel takes on the spinners
DC 98-2 (8 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Leggie Yuzi Chahal in the attack now and he is welcomed with a six over mid-wicket.
Porel and Axar then take a single each.
A dot later, Porel gets a couple to the off side.
Porel then plays the ball to backward square leg where Boult puts in the slide but his foot touches the advertising boards and he gets a four as 14 come off it.
Leggie Parag in the attack now and Axar starts the over with a single.
Porel then slog sweeps the ball to fine leg for a four!
Three dots and a single to end the over as 6 come off it.
20:06 Porel takes on the bowling now
DC 78-2 (6 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Axar is the new man in.
Porel continues his carnage as a short ball is smashed over mid-wicket for a four!
Porel then gets a single to long on.
Axar then gets a lucky four as the ball runs off his inside edge past the keeper to the fine leg boundary.
A single to end the over as 10 come off it.
Sandeep back in the attack and Porel hits the ball down the ground, Sandeep gets a hand to it and hits the stumps, Hope is backing up too far and is run out for 1. DC now lose 2 quick wickets.
Shai Hope is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to long-on.
Porel then pulls the short ball over mid-wicket for a six!
A dot later, Porel takes a single to end the over as a wicket and 9 runs come off it.
Ravichandran Ashwin in the attack now and Porel starts the over with a single to mid-wicket.
Ashwin then bowls a high full-toss, Fraser-McGurk slaps it straight to cover and he is out for 50 off 19.
19:57 DC rip into RR bowlers
DC 59-0 (4 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Avesh in the attack now, he starts with some inswing and Fraser-McGurk gets an easy four off the inside edge past the keeper.
The Aussie then just slots the next ball over extra-cover for a four!
Fraser-McGurk then slices the next ball over backward point for a four!
Runs flowing here as the batter stands and delivers as he smashes the slower ball over long off for a six!
Another four as Fraser-McGurk just crashes it over backward point for a four! 50 up for DC.
Fraser-McGurk ends the over with a six as he flicks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum to bring up his 50 in just 13 deliveries!
Boult continues, Fraser-McGurk makes room and lofts the ball over long off for a six!
Fraser-McGurk then slashes at the next ball and it goes to third man for a four!
A dot later, Fraser-McGurk mishits and gets a four over the off side.
A dot later, a single to end the over as 15 come off it.
19:43 Porel, Fraser-McGurk take on the bowling
DC 16-0 (2 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard
Sandeep opens at the other end and Porel and Fraser-McGurk take a single each of the first two balls.
A dot later, Porel then, on the rise, chips the ball into the air over mid-off for a four!
A dot later, Porel times the ball sweetly down the ground and drives it past mid-off for a four! 10 come off the over.
A dot later,
Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel open the batting for Delhi whileTrent Boult opens the attack for Rajasthan.
Boult starts with one going down the leg, Fraser-McGurk flicks it to square leg for a couple.
Fraser-McGurk is beaten next ball as he attempts to swing.
A dot later, Fraser-McGurk is down after he takes his eyes off the ball and is hit on his Misters. It was full and angled it and hit straight into the box.
Fraser-McGurk is back on his feet and next ball goes to the leg side and lofts it over long-off for a four.
A dot to end the over as 6 runs come off the opening over.
19:17 DC have to win to hope to make play-offs
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Both teams have made a couple of changes going into this match.
Gulbadin Naib to make his IPL debut for DC while Donavan Ferreira to play his first game for Rajasthan Royals.
Playing XIs:
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Gulbadin Naib, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Subs:
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tanush Kotian, Kunal Singh Rathore
DC: Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra
Delhi Capitals would require Rishabh Pant's killer instinct and Jake Fraser McGurk's unbelievable flair in their bid to stay alive in the IPL playoff race when they square off against a rampaging Rajasthan Royals in a must-win game in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Capitals have been inconsistent so far, winning five and losing six of their last 11 games. While winning the remaining three games is a must for Pant's men, even that will only take them to 16 points which might not be enough to qualify for the last four stage of the tournament.
Apart from KKR (16 from 11 games) and RR (16 from 10 games), there are at least three teams, namely Chennai Super Kings (12 from 11), Sunrisers Hyderabad (12 from 10 games) and Lucknow Super Giants (12 from 11 games), who can go beyond the 16-point mark.
Given the situation, DC's best might not be enough for qualification, but Pant would look to only "control the controllables," a policy advocated by his mentor Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
On a flat Feroz Shah Kotla deck, the challenge will be two-fold for the DC skipper.
At one end, he would want the Khaleel Ahmeds, Ishant Sharmas and Kuldeep Yadavs to restrict the Yashasvi Jaiswals, Sanju Samsons, and Riyan Parags to a manageable level but then with barely 60-metre boundary on one side, it will be a challenge to stop a team, whose jersey's colour (Pink) resembles their overall health.
With 380 runs to his credit and three impactful half-centuries in his kitty, Pant would like to once again perform, especially when his team has been pushed to the wall. He will have new Aussie sensation Fraser-McGurk, who has gone off the boil in the last couple of games.
These two batters can individually change the complexion of a game, but DC will be wary of the Royals' bowling attack, which will pose a very different challenge at the Kotla compared to Sawai Man Singh.
The Rajasthan bowling attack has been able to maintain a decent economy rate but for DC, only Axar Patel (ER of 7.24) and Kuldeep (ER 8.45) have shown the wherewithal to stop opposition batters on their tracks.
It is time that Khaleel (ER 9.47) and Mukesh Kumar (ER 11.05) also show more consistency. South African pacers Lizaad Williams (ER 12 in 2 games) and Anrich Nortje (ER 13.36) have simply not looked the part.
The last time the two teams met was in Jaipur in March and DC then had lost control during the second half of their bowling innings with Riyan playing a superb innings.
The Royals batters would be licking their lips after having a look at the surface which can't get flatter than what it is right now.
Riyan, skipper Sanju Samson, the dashing Yashasvi, along with finishers Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel give Royal a very scary look and DC bowlers can only pray that it doesn't turn out to be 'Nightmare 2.0' for the hosts.
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