(Aditya Shaw, Intern Journalist): The team of Delhi Capitals, which has caught the pace of this tournament, has registered its 5th win in the tournament by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 46 runs. Delhi team has lost only one match after playing six matches and now it has again reached the top in the table with 10 points. On the other hand, this is the fourth consecutive defeat of the Rajasthan Royals team. In this match, Delhi had challenged the Royals for 185 runs, which was considered easy on the ground of Sharjah, but the Delhi bowlers did not let them overcome this challenge from the beginning.
The challenge of 185 at Shahjah, yet the Royals were seen to have scored over 200 runs in the first innings on the ground of Sharjah so far this season from the IPL. On some occasions, the chasing team did it easily. But in this match, after batting the Delhi team faltered, it was 16 runs behind the figures by 200 runs. It seemed that the Royals team would easily achieve the target here. But even after 3 consecutive defeats, she could not change her luck and lost the fourth match.
The duo of cheaply returned Jos Buttler, wobbling Royals Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal looked to be on the right track as the Delhi captain handed the ball to Ravichandran Ashwin in the third over of the innings, who edged Jos Buttler (13) to Shikhar Dhawan. Shocked. After this, captain Steve Smith was also scoring fast runs after handling the innings, that Hatmyer on the ball of Nortje increased his problems by catching his excellent catch.
Delhi Capitals thrill Earlier, Delhi Capitals were first invited to bat after losing the toss. Delhi started poorly and Shikhar Dhawan (5) became the first victim of Jofra Archer. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw tried to bring the innings back on track. When Delhi’s innings was seen going on the right track, Joffre made Prithvi Shaw (19) his second victim.
Stoinis Hatmire gave Delhi the strength Delhi’s team could not save their wickets on this small ground. After the dismissals of Saw and Iyer, the process of falling wickets did not stop. Meanwhile, first Marcus Stoinis and then Shimron Hatmayer continued their efforts to keep the innings on track. Stoinis scored 39 runs in 30 balls with the help of 4 sixes. When Stoinis was out, Shimron Hatmayer continued to show runs. He scored a blistering 45-run knock in just 24 balls, which included 1 four and 5 sixes.
Hatmire was also dismissed by Akshar’s short innings till the last overs of the innings, but here Akshar Patel played the short but useful innings and brought Delhi’s score to 180. Akshar scored a useful 17 runs in 8 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six, on which Delhi set a target of 185 runs in front of the Royals.
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