DC vs RR: Playoff battle more interesting due to Delhi’s thrilling win, big blow to Rajasthan

New Delhi. In a high-voltage IPL clash, Delhi Capitals made the playoff race more exciting by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Rajasthan, batting first, scored 193 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs, but on the basis of excellent batting, Delhi successfully chased the victory by scoring 197 runs in 19.2 overs.

Rajasthan’s strong start, but the innings slowed down in the end

Rajasthan Royals had a bad start and Yashasvi Jaiswal was out early. After this, Dhruv Jurel and Vaibhav Suryavanshi took over the innings and made a fast partnership. Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 46 runs, while Jurel scored 53 runs. Captain Riyan Parag also added 51 runs to take the team to a strong score.

Mitchell Starc was the most successful among the Delhi bowlers, who took 4 wickets while bowling lethally. Apart from them, Lungi Ngidi and Madhav Tiwari also took 2-2 wickets and restricted Rajasthan to 193.

Delhi’s explosive start, Rahul-Porel’s partnership changed the match

Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul gave a great start to Delhi Capitals while chasing the target. There was a strong partnership of 105 runs between the two. Abhishek played an important inning of 51 runs and Rahul played an important inning of 56 runs. Despite the decline in the middle order, captain Akshar Patel took the responsibility and took the team closer to victory by scoring unbeaten 34 runs in 18 balls. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma finished the match by scoring 18 runs in just 5 balls and gave Delhi the victory with 4 balls to spare.

Big change in playoff race and points table

With this win, Delhi Capitals has 12 points and the team’s playoff hopes are still alive. However, the net run rate holds them back a bit.

Rajasthan suffered a loss due to this defeat and came down to 12 points, equal to Chennai Super Kings, but on the basis of net run rate, the situation has become very close. Chennai is now considered to be in a better condition. RCB has already qualified for the playoffs, while the competition for the remaining spots has become even tougher. Overall, this contest has completely complicated the playoff picture, and now every match has become like “do or die”.