That's it! Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals by four runs. Good last over by Trent Boult. K Gowtham did well to take Royals close but failed to take them home. Full Scorecard | IPL 2018 Points Table
RR need 15 runs from last over. Liam Plunkett concedes 15 runs in the penultimate over. This match hangs in balance now.
Shreyas Iyer hands the ball to Glenn maxwell and D Arcy Short smashed him for three back to back sixes. Eventually, Short was caught at short third-man, but Maxwell gave away 21 runs. RR now need 30 runs to win from last two overs.
Three overs remaining and Rajasthan Royals need 51 more runs to win. D Arcy Short is still out there, but he isn't hitting them clean at the moment.
Rajasthan Royals now need 59 more runs to win from 24 balls. Jos Buttler's dismissal has brought Sanju Samson at the crease.
It took Jos Buttler 18 balls to complete his half-century. That's fastest fifty by a RR batsman and third fastest in IPL. Meanwhile, RR need 72 more runs to win from 36 balls.
Superb batting this by Jos Buttler. He is looking dangerous and keeping Royals in contention. He is batting on 36 off 13 balls, four sixes and a couple of fours for him already.
D Arcy Short and Jos Buttler are the openers for Royals. Meanwhile, good start this for them. Buttler smashes Shahbaz Nadeem for a six and a four. Nadeem gives away 14 runs from his first over.
News coming in that the second innings will be a 12-over affair now and Royals have been set 151 to win. Play resumes at 11:30 pm.
Glenn Maxwell is trapped in front of the wickets on the first ball of the last over. Maxwell lbw b Jofra Archer 5(5). Meanwhile, the rain has got heavier and players are walking off the field. The pitch area is being covered. This could well be end of Delhi's innings.
Delhi Daredevils (DD) will be looking to put their IPL 2018 campaign on track as they take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. DD have thus far played only two matches at home and this will be their third game. They have so far lost six out of eight matches and are placed last on the IPL 2018 points table. Stay tuned as we bring you the live score updates of DD vs RR IPL 2018 match. IPL 2018 Live Streaming DD vs RR
Royals come into the match with a better frame of mine. The Ajinkya Rahane-led side have won three matches out of seven and are placed sixth on the points table. Not only this, Royals have a dominating head-to-head record over Daredevils. In 17 matches between the two sides, RR have won 11. However, when it comes to Feroz Shah Kotla, the record is tied at three each. IPL 2018 Points Table
Meanwhile, this will be the second meeting between the two sides this season. Last time they met in Jaipur, the home side won the game by 10 runs (DLS Method). This is a must-win game for Delhi, otherwise their chance to make it to playoffs is virtually over.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (From): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Mahipal Lomror, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, D Arcy Short, Shreyas Gopal, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen.
Delhi Daredevils (From): Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Jason Roy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Junior Dala.