Player of the Match
Player of the Match

11.45pm We have good news: a resumption at 11.55pm, 10 minutes from now.. Delhi need 71 runs in six overs, with a two-over Powerplay. Rajasthan can bowl their best three bowlers, two overs each.

11.42pm Heading closer to the cut-off time. If we do have a five-over game, Delhi's target will be 61

11.30pm Covers coming off now. The rain has stopped. We have only 30 minutes for the ground to be(come) fit for play. Still quite unlikely that we'll get in more cricket tonight.

11.10pm The cut-off time is 12.02AM, we have 50 minutes for that. But it seems very unlikely we'll get back on.

Aashish Calla: "For RR, I think it's better this gets washed out now, because if DD come out to chase anything in 5-6 overs with Maxi, Munro, Pant and Morris in their ranks, it'll be all over for the home team!"

Sandeep: "How much time left before the match is called off?" Not too long.

10.55pm In case you haven't seen it yet, you can watch two of Rajasthan Royals' millionaires interview each other.

Meanwhile, the ICC has appointed a three-person panel for the dispute between the BCCI and the PCB.

If it's not your summer holidays, you could probably doze off for a bit. It's raining again.

Here's more reading material for you during the rain break. You might remember Sushil Kumar as India's most decorated Olympian, but he has recently been in the news for the wrong reasons. Can he silence his critics with a medal at the Commonwealth Games tomorrow?

Hemant Noval: "On a side note, I see good competition between Kishan, Pant and Samson for the next Indian limited overs wicketkeeper !! But if that gets Rahul a place in the XI, I would love to see him there !"

Tushar: "How many overs we have lost till now? " Maybe the match.

10.48pm The rain has eased off again. We will have another inspection at 11.00PM. Again, plenty of attention will be given to the state of the ground before we could even start thinking of playing.

Rivlud: "The following teams are looking for overseas players and possible Indian players destinations: Derbyshire (2nd half of the season), Gloucestershire (2nd half of the season), Kent (2nd half of the season), Middlesex (2nd half of the season), Notinghamshire (2nd half of the season), Somerset, Sussex (2nd half of the season). " Informative.

10.30pm Raining again. The covers come scurrying back on.

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10.24pm We'll have an inspection at 10.40PM IST, but there is a light drizzle still hanging around.

venkatesh rao: "How many overs will be cut off ? " At least three.

10.15pm The rain has stopped. The covers are slowly being removed. How much damage has the rain done, though?

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Dev: "@jenynethv - agreed... short can't be playing because then there's 5 players who can bat in the powerplay and who have opened in past IPLs - you need 2 out and our hitters in the lower order and you will have that with Klaasen and stokes "

Saket: "Heavy to stop in 5? Rain in T20 mode as well. "

10.10pm If you're looking for news on the weather front, it's not very good. Still raining in Jaipur and quite heavily too.

Do you know which Rajasthan Royals player is nicknamed 'puppy dog'?

More news: Chennai Super Kings lose their games in Chennai: they will be moving to Pune.

Jeyenth V: "I don't know why everyone's first X1 has Darcy Short. Generally, foreign players take a year to settle into the IPL. I would rather play Rahane, Tripathy, Butler, Samson, Stokes, Klassen. Klassen has to bat somewhere between 4-7 because he has shown great ability to handle the spinners and finish games."

Abhishek Narang: "With around 15 minutes left before the overs start getting reduced, I don't see Rajasthan batting again. Would the target be increased for Delhi considering that the 1st team tries to score more in the final overs ?" I'm not going to try to explain DLS. What we can explain is our new metric to understand T20s: it's ESPNcricinfo's Smart Stats. Familiarise yourself?

Binjesh : "Akshar Patel also playing county cricket for Durham this year. It's good experience for the players."

10.00pm Still raining, it's now just a drizzle but more steady.

The County Championship season starts this Friday. Cheteshwar 'Steve' Pujara will be spending his summer holidays (ah, I miss those days) in England, playing for Yorkshire. Here's what he had to say about the art of the leave in the T20 age.

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Harsha Gadipudi: "In my opinion, Jos Butler has to open the innings like how he did for Mumbai Innings. That is where he has excelled in the IPL. He has the numbers to show for it."

Ankush Singhal: "pujara going to england and english weather coming to india" I can guarantee, you'd not find Indian summer weather there.

Tushar: "When are we going to reduce playing overs? " Not for a while, hearing we have another 30 minutes before we start losing overs.

Pranav: "My suggestion: 1. Tripathi 2. Short 3. Rahane 4. Samson/Stokes(depending on how late in the innings) 5. Samson/Stokes 6. Buttler"

9.40pm Has started raining again. Not much in the forecast, though.

9.34pm The rain is already easing off. Almost stopped. The covers are now coming off, we should have a resumption soon.

NISHANT DAS: "RR certainly need to get Tripathi to open, Short can bat 3. But Tripathi has to open for them to have a great run."

Sumanth M: "Team batting first yet to win a match this season, the rain is only gonna help keep this stat intact!!!"

Savya Sachi: "How bad can it be? First Butler gone and then rain breaking the momentum gathered in the previous over!"

9.23pm It's far too heavy. And the umpires call for covers. We have one hour before we start losing overs, so still a long way to go. The good news is that it's quite windy too, so not the settling kind of rain. Still quite heavy for the moment, more and more covers make their way on.

17.5
2
Mohammed Shami to Gowtham, 2 runs, drifts down leg, flicked away through backward square leg for a couple.

It's raining in Jaipur. Quite heavily.

17.5
1w
Mohammed Shami to Gowtham, 1 wide, a short loopy bouncer over the head.
17.4
W
Mohammed Shami to Buttler, OUT, and out of a yorker! That's Buttler bread and erm...butter. But he misses this. Buttler walked right across, looking to scoop the ball over fine leg, but it's a slower ball on leg. And very very full. Despite his excellent hands, he can't quite improvise fast enough to that delivery. Misses and the ball hits leg stump.

JC Buttler b Mohammed Shami 29 (18b 2x4 2x6) SR: 161.11

17.3
0
Mohammed Shami to Buttler, no run, 139 kph, strays down leg. Buttler misses a flick. Just clips the pad to the keeper.

Buttler's among the best hitters of yorker-length balls going around.. Since Jan 2015, he has never been dismissed off a yorker in all T20s, while striking at 107.

17.2
0
Mohammed Shami to Buttler, no run, on the pads, skewed away to square leg

Samrat Ahuja: "RR seems to be missing a power hitter down the order....Need stokes to come around at this situation along with Butler. Can shift Tripathi at 3 or 4. "

17.1
6
Mohammed Shami to Buttler, SIX, gets underneath the length, gives himself room and knows exactly what he's doing. Lofted cleanly and easily over long-off, too easy.

END OF OVER:
17 | 18 Runs | RR: 144/4 | RR: 8.47

  • Jos Buttler23 (14b)
  • Rahul Tripathi15 (11b)
  • Chris Morris3-0-34-0
  • Rahul Tewatia4-0-29-0
16.6
1lb
Morris to Buttler, 1 leg bye, 142 kph, a full toss down leg, would you want it anywhere else? Buttler did not expect such a friendly delivery and reaches the ball very late. The ball hits the front pad, sliding down.
16.5
4
Morris to Buttler, FOUR, short and wide, too much width. Cut over backward point for four. That's very clever batting. Nicely chopped away.
16.4
0
Morris to Buttler, no run, shortish outside off, Buttler misses his swing.

Daredevils 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0C MunroGJ Maxwell
2nd34GJ MaxwellRR Pant
3rd12CH MorrisRR Pant
4th4CH MorrisV Shankar
5th10CH MorrisSS Iyer