Sanju Samson’s captaincy innings did not work, Delhi Capitals reached the top by defeating Rajasthan

Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals: Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the 36th match of IPL 2021 played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This is the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi’s eighth win in 10 matches this season. With this, she has reached the top of the points table with 16 points.

Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 70 off 53 balls for Rajasthan. But he could not make his team win. Apart from them, only Mahipal Lomror could cross the double figure. After scoring 155, the Delhi bowlers kept the pressure on the Rajasthan batsmen from the beginning and took wickets at regular intervals.

Delhi Capitals scored 154 for six in 20 overs after playing the first. In response, the Rajasthan Royals team could manage only 121 runs for six wickets in the stipulated overs despite Samson’s unbeaten 70. This is Rajasthan’s fifth defeat in 9 matches of this season. With this, she has slipped to the sixth place in the points table.

For Rajasthan, Liam Livingstone scored 01, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 05, David Miller scored 07, Mahipal Lomror scored 19, and Riyan Parag scored 02. After this Rahul Tewatia could score 9 runs in 15 balls without any boundary. Captain Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 70 off 53 balls with eight fours and a six.

For Delhi, Enrique Nortje took two wickets for just 18 runs in his four overs while Avesh Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada and Axar Patel got a wicket each.

Delhi scored 154 runs

Earlier, after losing the toss and opting to bat first, the start of Delhi Capitals was not good. Opener Shikhar Dhawan, running in excellent form, could only score eight runs in eight balls with the help of a four. At the same time, Prithvi Shaw’s bat also remained silent once again. He also returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs in 12 balls.

Shreyas Iyer and captain Pant handled the innings after both the openers were dismissed for just 21 runs. Both shared a 62-run partnership for the third wicket. Iyer scored 43 runs in 32 balls with the help of one four and two sixes. At the same time, Pant could only score 24 runs in 24 balls with two fours.

As soon as Delhi was in good condition. Both of them also returned to the pavilion. After this Shimron Hetmyer started attacking the Rajasthan batsmen. He scored 28 runs in 16 balls with the help of five fours. Mustafizur Rahman sent Hetmyer to the pavilion. Then Axar Patel was dismissed after scoring 12 runs in seven balls. However, Lalit Yadav, who joined the team in place of Marcus Stoinis, returned unbeaten on 14 off 15 balls and R Ashwin scored six runs in six balls. Both of them took Delhi’s score beyond 150.

On the other hand, Mustafizur Rahman bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan. He took two wickets for just 22 runs in his four overs. Apart from this, Chetan Sakariya took two wickets for 33 runs. At the same time, Karthik Tyagi and Rahul Teotia got one wicket each.