IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals ended on a high for the boys from Rajasthan as they beat DC by 3 wickets. The battle of the young captains was won by Sanju Samson!
It was yet another close contest. Delhi Capitals after just scoring 147 in the first innings had very less hopes from the match during the innings break. But at 42/5, Rishabh Pant’s hopes would have definitely gone up.
Even after a stable innings by Miller in the middle, 64 runs were required of the last six overs. Unfortunately for RR, Miller got out to Avesh Khan after scoring two back to back sixes. But little did the Delhi Capitals knew that the match was far from over. Chris Morris came in and took some time to settle in. Early on in his innings, he was not able to middle the balls properly. All it took was one over by Kagiso Rabada.
Morris must have faced Kagiso Rabada in the South Africa nets, thus he knew where exactly Rabada might bowl. He hit 15 runs in the 19th over and ended the proceedings in the Tom Curran over. He hit four humongous sixes at the Wankhede Stadium. Morris proved why he came into the team with such an inflated price tag. He handled the pressure very well at the end.
In terms of bowling for DC, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada and Tom Curran were the wicket-takers while Ashwin also managed to put brakes on the scoring rate of Rajasthan.
In the bowling department for RR, Jaydev Unadkat was the star who picked up 3 wickets for 15 runs. He picked the wickets of Dhawan, Shaw and Rahane, the crème of Delhi Capitals top-order. He was presented with the Man of the Match award for his performance.
What did the captains say after the match ended?
Rishabh Pant: “The bowlers did a good job at the start, but we let them get over us in the end. We could have bowled a bit better. It's a part and parcel of the game and dew played a big role in the end. We were 15-20 runs short.”
Sanju Samson: “Had some hopes with Miller and Morris to come but to be really honest I thought that it was tough from there and I think the boys did really well to get over the line. It's about reading the conditions. Was a bit sticky to start with. Hard lengths and mixing up with the variations was the key.”
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