Riyan Parag-Jurel Anchors Rajasthan Royals Innings After Early Wickets
Despite the dismissal of openers in the powerplay, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel are set to stabilise the innings during the IPL 2026 game played against Delhi Capitals at Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi cheaply as the wk-batter, and Rajasthan Royals captain Parag are set to come in to bat early in the innings.
After choosing to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack.
Mitchell Starc got the first breakthrough dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal for 6 runs. He got dismissed on a delivery where the batter hit it back towards Starc which he took the catch easily.
Dhruv Jurel came to bat at No.3 joined Vaibhav Suryavanshi before the 14 year old got dismissed for 4 runs.
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Captain Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel leading the fightback with a 5⃣0⃣-plus stand 👏
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He got dismissed on a full toss delivery where Suryavanshi attempted to dig out, but the under edge got him bowled out as the openers were dismissed cheaply.
Riyan Parag came to bat at No.4 and joined Dhruv Jurel aiming to stabilise the innings as the side scored 56 runs in the powerplay.
The duo made a 50-plus partnership leading the fight back against Delhi Capitals. Riyan Parag smashed fifty off 32 deliveries and leading the side from front.
Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
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