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
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.
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.
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.
OUT! Second wicket in the over for Jaydev Unadkat. Rishabh Pant departs after a superb knock. He is caught near the boundary rope by Ben Stokes. Nonetheless, Pant has done his job. Pant c Stokes b Unadkat 69(29)
OUT! Shreyas Iyer departs after well made fifty. He was looking to go down the ground. Gets the height but not the distance. Rahul Tripathi settles underneath it to complete the catch. Some relief for Royals. S Iyer c R Tripathi b Unadkat 50(35)
Excellent batting by Rishabh Pant, he has completed his half-century off just 23 balls. That's Pant's sixth IPL fifty. Daredevils moving towards a big total. Meanwhile, there is some rain in the air. Hope, it won't get heavier.
Five overs remaining now. Daredevils are going strong. Royals need to pull back things here, otherwise they will be chasing a big total. Meanwhile, the partnership between Iyer and Pant has gone past 50-run mark.
Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant look for final onslaught now. These two have thus far added 35 off 22 balls. Shreyas is batting on 37 while Pant is on 22.
OUT! Against the run of play Daredevils have lost a wicket here. The ball got held up, came at a slower pace. Prithvi Shaw played it back to Shreyas Gopal, who completes the catch. P Shaw c and b Shreyas Gopal 47(25)
Good recovery this by Delhi Daredevils. The partnership between Prithvi Shaw and captain Shreyas Iyer is now worth 67. Meanwhile, Shaw is batting on 41 while Shreyas is on 26.
End of Powerplay overs. After Colin Munro's departure, Prithvi Shaw has helped Daredevils bounce back quickly. Shaw has raced on to 37 off 18 balls, he has already smashed three sixes.
Some good batting by Prithvi Shaw. He has smashed Dhawal Kulkarni for two sixes and a four in this over. Interestingly, Kulkarni had him on the last ball, but missed a return catch off his own bowling.
OUT! Good start this for Royals. Colin Munro is caught behind. He gets an inside edge, low on the bat and Jos Buttler does the rest. C Munro c Buttler b D Kulkarni 0(1)
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.
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