New Delhi. Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals to make the IPL playoffs equation interesting. With this win, Delhi Capitals have achieved 12 points in the points table. With this, he has equalized with Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Supergiants. That means now 4 teams have equal points in the points table. Rajasthan Royals remain at the second position with 16 points.
Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals clashed in IPL 2024 on Tuesday. It was a do-or-die match for Delhi, a win that would have strengthened their playoff hopes. On the other hand, it was a chance for Rajasthan Royals to secure a place in the playoffs by winning this match. Instead of Rajasthan, Delhi Capitals carried out their intentions in this match. He defeated Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs in this very important match.
Batting first in this match, Delhi Capitals scored 221 runs for 8 wickets. On his behalf, opener Jack Fraser McGurk scored 50 runs in 20 balls. Abhishek Porel played an innings of 65 runs off 36 balls. Tristan Stubbs scored 41 off 20 balls in the last over to take Delhi past 200. Gulbadin Naib contributed 19 runs and Rishabh Pant-Akshar Patel contributed 15 runs each. Ravichandran Ashwin took the most wickets of 3 for Rajasthan Royals. Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma took one wicket each.
Rajasthan’s opener was a flop
Chasing a tough target of 222 runs, Rajasthan Royals did not get off to a good start. His opener Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 4 runs and Jos Buttler scored 19 runs. Jaiswal was caught out by Khalil Ahmed by Akshar Patel. After this, Akshar Patel dismissed Jos Buttler and gave another blow to Rajasthan. With this, Rajasthan’s score was 67 runs for 2 wickets.
Sanju Samson’s captaincy innings went in vain
In this moment of pressure, captain Sanju Samson took charge. He caught the eye during his 63-run partnership with Jos Buttler. After Butler’s dismissal, Sanju Samson shared a 36-run partnership with Ryan Parag (27). After Paragana’s exit, Sanju got a good partner in the form of Shubham Dubey. Both of them took their team to 162 runs. On this score, Sanju Samson was caught out by Shay Hope off Mukesh Kumar. Sanju Samson played an innings of 86 runs off 46 balls. However, after the dismissal of Sanju Samson, the rest of the batsmen did not live up to expectations and Rajasthan Royals were stuck at 201 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Delhi overtook Lucknow
After this win, Delhi has 12 points in 12 matches. That means if he wins both his matches he can reach 16 points. In the points table, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are currently on the first two positions with 16 points. This is followed by Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the third and fourth position with 12 points each. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants also have just 12 points. But if we talk about run rate, Delhi team is in a better position than Lucknow. Due to this, they are fifth in the points table and Lucknow is sixth. However, Chennai-Hyderabad-Lucknow have played one less match each than Delhi. Due to this, the claim of these three teams to be in the top-4 is stronger than that of Delhi.
Tags: Delhi Capitals, IPL 2024, IPL play-offs, IPL Playoffs, Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson
First published: May 7, 2024, 23:27 IST