- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 a golf swing, but taken! Jaiswal, at extra cover, moves a few steps to his left, and takes it in front of his stomach. JFM hardly got any timing there, as Archer bowled on a short of a length on middle and off. His front leg was out of the way, and he seemed to have been by the pace and bounce as much as his own lack of technique, with his head facing down the ground. 34/113.5 Porel falls the next ball he faces after getting that life! It's one that's going on with the angle and Porel looks to go down the ground. Ends up hitting it off the toe end and Parag takes a few steps in from long-off and pouches it! 105/43.1 A mix-up between Nair and Porel... and replays show Nair is juuuuust short of the crease at the non-striker's end! This is what happened earlier: Sandeep angled a length delivery into the left-hander from around the stumps, and pitched it around off. Porel went for the pull, bot got a bottom edge on to his leg. The ball trickled away towards backward point, and while Porel was looking at the ball, Nair was already halfway down the pitch. The throw went to Sandeep, and Nair was late in turning around 34/212.4 Holes out to deep midwicket! It's a back of length delivery, not short enough to pull maybe, but Rahul has to pull the trigger. Tries to hammer it on the leg side but gets no elevation on it. It goes flat to Hetmyer, who grabs it just inches above the ground! Royals continue to impose themselves on this ground and Archer gets Rahul for the first time in the IPL!. That was a legcutter from Archer 97/316.6 Holes out this time! Invaluable cameo comes to an end. It's another full toss and he looks to go down the ground but he hits it too flat and Jurel grabs it running in from long-on. Axar punches his helmet, while it's still on, as he walks out, but he's really injected some much needed momentum into this innings 146/5Extras9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL188/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2.3 ov), 2-34 (Karun Nair, 3.1 ov), 3-97 (KL Rahul, 12.4 ov), 4-105 (Abishek Porel, 13.5 ov), 5-146 (Axar Patel, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 0 32 2 8 10 5 0 2 0 TU Deshpande 3 0 38 0 12.66 2 4 2 0 0 Sandeep Sharma 4 0 33 0 8.25 7 1 1 5 1 M Theekshana 4 0 40 1 10 7 4 2 0 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 38 1 9.5 7 3 2 0 0 R Parag 1 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.2 That man Kuldeep Yadav delivers again! Floated full on leg, Jaiswal gives charge and can't get the requisite power behind that. Simple catch at long-on and Delhi Capitals are right back in it! Kuldeep brings out a celebration on his tiptoes, can't quite say what he was going for there, but he's got a big wicket for his team. And with the pressure building over the last three overs, you could see one of the batters looking to go big! 112/25.3 lofted to long-off's right, as the ball moves and slides to stop the ball. The ball was full and around off, and Samson is clearly in pain after smashing the ball 618.1 Bowled him! It is Axar's first wicket of the season, and it is a fine delivery too. He angled it in from around the wicket, and bowled pretty slow and on a length on middle and off. The ball straightened after pitching, as Parag looked to push forward from off. But the ball went through to strike the stumps after beating his outside edge 76/117.4 Starc nails the yorker and up goes the finger! That tailed back into Rana. 144kph toe-crusher! Rana isn't bothering with the review. He had a whip across the line but misses. Classic Starc! 161/319.6 Tucked to midwicket, and they don't get the second! We're going to a Super Over! Starc nails a yorker again, Jurel can only tuck it to deep midwicket and the fielder does well to run in and throw it back to Rahul, who has all the time in the word to take the bails off before Jurel makes it back. Mitchell Starc, you beauty! 188/4Extras6 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL188/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Riyan Parag, 8.1 ov), 2-112 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 13.2 ov), 3-161 (Nitish Rana, 17.4 ov), 4-188 (Dhruv Jurel, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 4 0 36 1 9 7 3 1 2 0 Mukesh Kumar 3 0 31 0 10.33 5 1 3 0 0 MM Sharma 4 0 38 0 9.5 5 2 2 1 0 V Nigam 1 0 13 0 13 3 1 1 0 1 AR Patel 3 0 23 1 7.66 9 3 1 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 33 1 8.25 7 2 2 0 0 T Stubbs 1 0 12 0 12 2 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
16 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira and Tripurana Vijay
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal and Kunal Singh Rathore
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 60/2 in 8.0 overs (Abishek Porel 34, KL Rahul 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (Abishek Porel 16, KL Rahul 34, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 98/3 in 13.0 overs (Abishek Porel 49, T Stubbs 1)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- Over 17.4: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - AR Sharma (Struck down)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
- Over 19.1: Review by Delhi Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - AR Sharma (Upheld)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 188/5 in 20.0 overs (T Stubbs 34, AR Sharma 15)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: Mukesh Kumar in for Abishek Porel (Delhi Capitals innings, 19.6 ov)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (YBK Jaiswal 26, SV Samson 21, Ex 3)
- SV Samson retired hurt at 61/0 (31, 5.3 overs)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 63/0 in 6.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 26, R Parag 2)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 4
- YBK Jaiswal: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 12.2: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - K Kelkar, Batter - N Rana (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 116/2 in 14.0 overs (N Rana 20, DC Jurel 2)
- Over 15.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - DC Jurel (Upheld)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (100 balls), Extras 5
- N Rana: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals 11/2 in 0.5 over
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Shubham Dubey in for Maheesh Theekshana (Rajasthan Royals Super Over innings, 0.5 ov)
- Delhi Capitals 13/0 in 0.4 over
Match Coverage
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The effect of the return of saliva and reverse-swing is there to see: fuller lengths have been more economical than shorter lengths for the first time in this decade this IPL
Porel, Axar and Stubbs fire DC to 188
Sandeep Sharma went for a costly final over which included four sides and a no ball