IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
The Delhi Capitals stayed in the hunt to qualify for the playoffs of the 2024 Indian Premier League with a 20-run win over the Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.
Having been asked to bat first, Delhi posted 221/8 and ended up restricting the Royals to 201/8 in 20 overs. With the win, the Capitals have moved to fifth on the points table with 12 points, while the Royals are second with 16 points.
The Delhi Capitals got off to a perfect start with the in-form Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abhishek Porel punishing the Rajasthan Royals bowlers in the powerplay overs. Fraser-McGurk raced to another half-century in the IPL before being dismissed by R Ashwin for a 20-ball 50.
Porel took over the mantle of hitting and brought up his fifty. However, Porel’s dismissal for a 36-ball 65 halted the Capitals’ scoring.
Shai Hope, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant had short stints in the middle as the Royals applied the squeeze. However, Tristan Stubbs’ 20-ball 41 at the death took the home side to 221, 10-15 runs more than Royals captain Sanju Samson would have liked.
The Royals lost opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on the second ball and Jos Buttler departed soon after in the chase. Samson...
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