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New Delhi: Keeping the fate of the playoffs in their hands, Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs in an important match. With this victory, Delhi team has also reached fifth place in the points table. After the defeat, Rajasthan Royals will still have to wait for the playoff ticket. Batting first in the match played in Delhi, Rishabh Pant's team scored 221 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals team could score only 201 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Rajasthan chasing big target The royals Lost his wicket on the very second ball. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out in Khalil's over after scoring 4 runs. Jos Buttler also became the victim of Axar Patel after scoring 19 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 fours and a six.
Explosive innings of captain Sanju Samson
Captain Sanju Samson batted brilliantly for Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson scored 86 runs in 46 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes. Sanju Samson was caught out on the boundary. There was a dispute on that also. Riyan Parag scored 27 runs on 22 balls. Whereas Shubham Dubey scored 25 runs in 12 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes.
Rovman Powell was out after scoring 13 runs. While Devon Ferrario was out after scoring 1 run and R Ashwin after scoring 2 runs. Khalil Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar took two wickets each for Delhi Capitals. Whereas Akshar Patel and Rasikh Dar got one success each.
Jack-Fraser McGurk's blast in the powerplay
Batting first, Delhi Capitals got a strong start. Jack Fraser McGurk made an aggressive start in the powerplay. McGurk scored the fourth half-century of his IPL career in just 19 balls. McGurk was out after scoring 50 runs in 20 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Abhishek Porel scored the maximum runs for Delhi. Porel scored 65 runs, scoring the first half-century of his IPL career. Abhishek scored 65 runs in 36 balls with the help of 7 fours and three sixes.
Shai Hope was run out after scoring just 1 run. Delhi sent Axar Patel at number four but he too could score only 15 runs. Captain Rishabh Pant became the victim of Yuzvendra Chahal after scoring 15 runs. Tristan Stubbs batted brilliantly in the last overs, Stubbs scored 41 runs in 20 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. Gulbuddin Naib returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs.
R Ashwin bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan Royals. This has been R Ashwin's best spell in IPL-2024. Ashwin took three wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Chahal got one wicket each.