David Warner might regret not getting a fifty just for a single run, and so can be the case for Delhi Capitals. The team, which started the new season of IPL with a loss, came close to success in the second match but left the field without a win. Despite Tristan Stubbs’ storm at the end, Rajasthan Royals won their second consecutive victory thanks to the skill of Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) bested Delhi Capitals (DC) by 12 runs on Thursday (March 28). Chasing 186 runs, Rishabh Pant & his team’s innings ended at 173 after losing 5 wickets at the end of the scheduled 20 overs. Stubbs could have become a hero for DC. But this Protea batsman, who first raised a storm at the crease could not show any astonishment in the last over. He bent down to the pace at last. DC needed 17 runs to win in the last over. Stubbs was on strike with an unbeaten 42 off 21 balls.
He took a run from Avesh’s yorker delivery on the first ball. Axar Patel, unbeaten on 13 runs off 9 balls, came to the strike end. After missing out on two balls, he exchanged strikes with Stubbs. Stubbs failed once again to do something good. He couldn’t get more than 1 run with Avesh’s slot ball. DC’s loss was confirmed with that.
In the end, Stubbs remained unbeaten on 44 runs off 23 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Axar remains unbeaten with 15 runs off 13 balls. However, not in the last over, DC was knocked out by Avesh in the 12th over of the innings. Capitals needed 89 runs off 53 balls to win. At the end of 11.1 overs, they collected 97 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. Warner was unbeaten on 49 off 33 balls.
Avesh turned the match just then. A length ball beat Warner and the batter was caught by Sandeep Sharma at short third. Warner left the field with regret from one run away from fifty. His innings was composed of 34 balls, he smashed 5 fours and 3 sixes.
After that, spinner Chahal did not let DC stay in the fight. He made RR’s chance of victory heavy getting out Pant in the 14th over and Abishek Porel in the 16th over. Pant made 28 off 26 balls and Abhishek got out with 9 runs off 10 balls. Although in the end Stubbs once again raised hope in DC’s camp. But he couldn’t finish the game. Nandre Burger and Chahal took 2 wickets each for RR. Avesh Khan picked up 1 wicket.
Earlier, RR collected 185 runs by losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs based on Riyan Parag’s brilliant innings. They were under pressure after losing the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (5), Jos Buttler (11) and captain Sanju Samson (15) for just 36 runs.
From there, Parag brought the team back into the fight with a big collection of fights in the innings. He was unbeaten with 84 runs off 45 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes. Moreover, Ravichandran Ashwin’s 19-ball 29, Dhruv Jurel’s 12-ball 20, and Shimron Hetmyer’s 14-run innings helped the team get good capital.
Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav scalped 1 wicket each for DC.
Rajasthan Royals – 185/5 (20.0)
Delhi Capitals – 173/5 (20.0)
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 12 runs
Player of the match – Riyan Parag
Riyan Parag
Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, and Sandeep Sharma. |
Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Warner, Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, and Khaleel Ahmed. |
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