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IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals latest updates: Delhi Capitals go on topWell, this has been a death bowling masterclass from both teams, but it is the Delhi Capitals who have won this. It was closer than the 13-run margin that the scorecard suggests. DC, by virtue of their sixth win in eight games, are at the top of the points table. DC will be mighty impressed with the extreme pace of Nortje who clocked 155 kmph quite easily and regularly. With Rabada, Ashwin and Axar rounding off their bowling, they look a really difficult team to beat. Shikhar Dhawan’s 33-ball 57 was immensely vital as well as it set the platform for Shreyas Iyer, who scored a half century himself. There was no death-over flourish from either team this time though as bowlers came to the party. That’s it from us tonight, but do join us for the coverage of RCB vs KXIP tomorrow. Till then, it’s a wrap on Firstpost. Stay safe, good night. Preview: Delhi Capitals take on Rajasthan Royals in the 30th game of the Indian Premier League in Dubai. Rajasthan Royals will be looking to carry forward the confidence from their win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. That win would have been a massive relief after four losses on the trot. They are third from the bottom with six points and would be looking to achieve consistency now. It seemed as if the struggle story would continue in the SRH match as well after they were 78/5 from 12 overs in the chase of 159, but Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag showed great resilience and maturity to pull off the chase. Tewatia has been consistently performing well with the bat and ball and he will be their go-to man this time around as well. Parag getting some form would be a huge shot in the arm for the middle order. The top order needs to step up though, these are some of the big names in Jos Buttler, Steve Smith and Sanju Samson. Samson has fluffed after a solid start in the first two matches. It will be interesting to see where Ben Stokes bats, he opened in the last match but the move didn’t work. The other question is whether RR will persist with Robin Uthappa who has been struggling to get runs under his belt. The bowling department did well against SRH. Jofra Archer, who’s been brilliant in the powerplay, and Tewatia will be the key against a formidable DC batting line-up. After three wins in a row, DC lost against Mumbai Indians in the last match. The injury to Rishabh Pant has given them a selection headache. In the last match, they had to drop Shimron Hetmyer who was slowly finding his groove and get in wicketkeeper Alex Carey. Ajinkya Rahane too had to be drafted in. A lot will be expected of Carey in that middle order. It seemed like a rare off day for DC against Mumbai Indians. They, however, need to step up their fielding. Prithvi Shaw had a tough time against Mumbai Indians and it’s these small things that can turn matches. The pitches are getting slower and batsmen are finding it difficult to score. Adaptability will be key going into the match. With RR gaining some momentum and DC looking to bounce back, we can expect an intriguing encounter. Rajasthan Royals full squad: Steve Smith , Ben Stokes , Jofra Archer , Jos Buttler , Mahipal Lomror , Manan Vohra , Riyan Parag , Robin Uthappa , David Miller , Ankit Rajpoot , Mayank Markande , Shreyas Gopal , Varun Aaron , Jaydev Unadkat , Kartik Tyagi , Akash Singh , Oshane Thomas , Andrew Tye , Rahul Tewatia , Shashank Singh , Yashasvi Jaiswal , Anirudha Joshi , Tom Curran , Sanju Samson , Anuj Rawat . Delhi Capitals full squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain) , Prithvi Shaw , Ajinkya Rahane , Shikhar Dhawan , Daniel Sams , Ishant Sharma , Amit Mishra , Avesh Khan , Sandeep Lamichhane , Kagiso Rabada , Keemo Paul , Mohit Sharma , Lalit Yadav , Axar Patel , Harshal Patel , R Ashwin , Marcus Stoinis , Anrich Nortje , Rishabh Pant , Alex Carey , Shimron Hetmyer , Tushar Deshpande . Click here to read factboxes of all IPL teams Click here to check out the full IPL 2020 Schedule Click here to read all IPL team previews Click here to read IPL FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
IPL 2020 Highlights, DC vs RR Match, Full Cricket Score: Delhi beat Rajasthan by 13 runs, collect two more points
Delhi Capitals go on topWell, this has been a death bowling masterclass from both teams, but it is the Delhi Capitals who have won this. It was closer than the 13-run margin that the scorecard suggests. DC, by virtue of their sixth win in eight games, are at the top of the points table. DC will be mighty impressed with the extreme pace of Nortje who clocked 155 kmph quite easily and regularly. With Rabada, Ashwin and Axar rounding off their bowling, they look a really difficult team to beat. Shikhar Dhawan’s 33-ball 57 was immensely vital as well as it set the platform for Shreyas Iyer, who scored a half century himself. There was no death-over flourish from either team this time though as bowlers came to the party. That’s it from us tonight, but do join us for the coverage of RCB vs KXIP tomorrow. Till then, it’s a wrap on Firstpost. Stay safe, good night.
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Delhi Capitals go on top
Well, this has been a death bowling masterclass from both teams, but it is the Delhi Capitals who have won this. It was closer than the 13-run margin that the scorecard suggests. DC, by virtue of their sixth win in eight games, are at the top of the points table. DC will be mighty impressed with the extreme pace of Nortje who clocked 155 kmph quite easily and regularly. With Rabada, Ashwin and Axar rounding off their bowling, they look a really difficult team to beat.
Shikhar Dhawan’s 33-ball 57 was immensely vital as well as it set the platform for Shreyas Iyer, who scored a half century himself. There was no death-over flourish from either team this time though as bowlers came to the party.
That’s it from us tonight, but do join us for the coverage of RCB vs KXIP tomorrow. Till then, it’s a wrap on Firstpost. Stay safe, good night.
Anrich Nortje is the Man of the Match
Nortje: Did not know I bowled 156 kph. I thought he (Buttler) plays them (scoops) really well. I was touch too full but he played it really well. I thought I would stick to my strength and maybe he was expecting something else, maybe a short ball, but I stuck to my strength. We have got some good coaches, working with KG, other fast bowlers has been great. Enjoying this experience. It is really good to be playing.
Shikhar Dhawan on behalf of injured Shreyas Iyer:
“He (Iyer) is in a bit of pain, but his shoulder his moving, luckily. We will get a report tomorrow. We kept the energy gfoing, we knew their battig isn’t too deep. we knew we had an experienced bowling attack. Everytime we needed a wicket, the bowlers delivered. Tushar was very smart as well. He took the important wicket of Stokes that turned the momentum in our favour. We want to keep the momentum going and stay at the top of the table.”
After 20 overs,Rajasthan Royals 148/8 ( Rahul Tewatia 14 , )
Excellent last over from Tushar, and an overall death bowling exhibition from Delhi Capitals. Rabada and Nortje didn’t give an inch, and Tushar didn’t crumble under pressure. He stuck to his lengths, and was too good for Gopal and Tewatia. DC win by 13 runs.
After 19 overs,Rajasthan Royals 140/7 ( Rahul Tewatia 12 , Shreyas Gopal 1)
Rabada to bowl the 19th, and he delivers an excellent over. This is death bowling masterclass. Three runs and a wicket.
Archer is gone! Rabada troubled him all through with his change in pace until Archer squeezes one straight to Rahane at cover point.
Jofra Archer c Rahane b Rabada 1(4)
After 18 overs,Rajasthan Royals 137/6 ( Rahul Tewatia 10 , Jofra Archer 1)
29 needed of 18. Not too many, but the pitch is already playig tricks. It is stopping and gripping, just what they predicted at the toss. Meanwhile, here’s Nortje. Uthappa tries to lap that but is beaten by the slower one. Then, Tewatia’s swipe takes the leading edge but the ball falls safely. Something’s gotta give, as they say, and it does! He bowls Uthappa with a 150 kmph yorker and follows it with a 154 kmph delivery to the new man Archer. This has been an excellent over thus far. Lots of field changes there and Nortje foxes Tewatia with a (relatively) slower one slanting across him. Single off the last ball but that was an excellent over.
Forget slower ones, this, at 149.6 kmph is an absolute screamer. Nortje yorks Uthappa as ressure mounts on RR.
Uthappa b Nortje 32(27) [4s-3 6s-1]
After 17 overs,Rajasthan Royals 133/5 ( Robin Uthappa 32 , Rahul Tewatia 8)
Good over from Rabada that. Beats Uthappa on the pull thrice with his change in pace before Tewatia gets an important boundary. The pitch is slowing.
After 16 overs,Rajasthan Royals 125/5 ( Robin Uthappa 29 , Rahul Tewatia 3)
Ashwin returns. Starts with a single to Uthappa and bowls four straight dots to Tewatia who nudges the last ball for a single. Just two from this over. Excellent stuff from Ashwin.
After 15 overs,Rajasthan Royals 123/5 ( Robin Uthappa 28 , Rahul Tewatia 2)
Tushar continues. RR should go after the debutant, put him under pressure and try and break him. He bowls one short to Tewatia who swivels and directs it straight to fine leg, where Nortje grasses a fairly regulation chance. They need to take their chances because this looks set for a close finish.
After 14 overs,Rajasthan Royals 115/5 ( Robin Uthappa 23 , Rahul Tewatia 0)
Great over from Axar. He follows up the wicket of Samson with a run-out off his own bowling of Riyan Parag, who won RR their last game. Terrible calling from Uthappa. He now has to deliver along with Tewatia.
Terrible calling there from Uthappa. He hit that straight to Axar, the bowler, and called for a tight single. Axar recovers and hits the stumps to run Parag out at the non-striker’s end. They are digging a hole there, are RR.
Riyan Parag run out (Axar) 1(2)
After 13 overs,Rajasthan Royals 110/4 ( Robin Uthappa 18 , Riyan Parag 1)
A largely neat over from Nortje spoiled by a four and a six from Uthappa. Excellent strokemaking there. 52 needed off 42.
After 12 overs,Rajasthan Royals 99/4 ( Robin Uthappa 7 , Riyan Parag 1)
Axar continues, and delivers an excellent over. Just four runs and the wicket of Sanju Samson there. He has found his rhythm here after being hit for a couple of sixes by Samson. This is a tough second innings track, and expect things to move swiftly now.
Axar strikes! He was hit for a couple of sixes by Samson, but the bowler has the last laugh. Darts in an arm ball and Samson is beaten.
Samson b Axar 25(18) [6s-2]
After 11 overs,Rajasthan Royals 95/3 ( Sanju Samson 24 , Robin Uthappa 5)
Tushar returns and creates an immediate impact with the wicket of Ben Stokes. This is a big, big moment in the game. He saw Stokes advancing and bowls a slower one. The catch is taken in the deep. This was quite an over with an appea for obstructing the field against Robin Uthappa. There was a no-ball to boot too, and an Uthappa slog ensures a boundary off the free-hit.
Stokes is gone! Debutant Tushar strikes with a slower delivery as the left-hander holes out in the deep. What a moment for the yougster.
Stokes c (sub)Lalit Yadav b Tushar Deshpande 41(35) [4s-6]
After 10 overs,Rajasthan Royals 85/2 ( Ben Stokes 41 , Sanju Samson 21)
Ashwin continues. Couple of cracking shots there from Stokes that have been fielded well by Rabada in the deep. Overall, a quet over with just four off it.
After 9 overs,Rajasthan Royals 81/2 ( Ben Stokes 39 , Sanju Samson 19)
Productive over that for RR. They have been attacking relentlessly, and this Axar over gets them 14, including a massive six from Samson.
After 8 overs,Rajasthan Royals 67/2 ( Ben Stokes 33 , Sanju Samson 11)
Five bowlers used by DC already as Ashwin marks his run-up. He will be bowling to Stokes, whi hits his poor, short delivery for a boundary. He corrects his length immediately and concedes just four singles on next four balls.
After 7 overs,Rajasthan Royals 59/2 ( Ben Stokes 27 , Sanju Samson 9)
Axar Patel into the attack with a left-hander batting. He has bowled really well this season and is yet to be hit for a six in IPL 2020. Amd just as I type this, Sanju Samson jumps out ad hits him for what should be a 12! Lovely hit that. Good comeback from the bowler too as he ends the over with just nine off it.
After 6 overs,Rajasthan Royals 50/2 ( Ben Stokes 25 , Sanju Samson 2)
Good comeback from Rabada after conceding a four to Stokes early in this over. Ends the over with a seven-run over. It’s even-stevens at this stage.
After 5 overs,Rajasthan Royals 43/2 ( Ben Stokes 19 , Sanju Samson 1)
Nortje continues. He has been extremely quick through the air tonight, taking the slow pitch out of the equation. Sanju Samson has joined Stokes. He’d like to get a few runs under his belt after a poor run. Just three singes there as Iyer, trying to stop a Stokes straight drive, seems to have injured his shoulder. The physio is out.
After 4 overs,Rajasthan Royals 40/2 ( Ben Stokes 17 , )
R Ashwin comes in, and craetes an immediate impact. Just three runs and the wicket of RR skipper Steve Smith through a genuine off spinner. Lovely passage of play, this.
Well, well…another wicket falls! R Ashwin gets Steve Smith with a perfect, Test match-style, off-spin. Drew a drive, decieved him in flight, and carches the leading edge.
Smith c and b Ashwin 1(4)
After 3 overs,Rajasthan Royals 37/1 ( Ben Stokes 15 , Steven Smith (C) 0)
What an eventful over that from Nortje. Starts with a 148 kmph screamer that Buttler deposits for a six, and ends with a 155 kmph brute that breaches his defence. Quick, quick over with a couple of lapped fours. Phew!
That’s it, for Buttler. A 155 kmph good length ball breaches his defence as DC draw first blood.
Buttler b Nortje 22(9) [4s-3 6s-1]