Finance
Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Capitals by 57 runs in match No 11 of IPL 2023 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, here on Saturday, to become the new table-toppers in the points table. Left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal each picked three wickets.
After openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler smashed half-centuries and Shimron Hetmyer provided the finishing touches to propel Rajasthan to 199/4, Boult and Chahal starred in a disciplined bowling display, picking 3/29 and 3/27 to restrict Delhi to 142/9 in 20 overs, with captain David Warner’s 65 the lone bright spot in a lackluster batting show.
Boult got Rajasthan off to a flying start by dismissing Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey on consecutive deliveries. While Shaw was caught behind as Sanju Samson leapt in front of first slip to snap one with his right mitts, Pandey was caught lbw by a fuller delivery angled in. The batter requested a review, but it was in vain because replays showed the ball crashing into the leg-stump.
Warner hit four boundaries against pacers and Ravichandran Ashwin, while Rilee Rossouw hit two fours through the off-side against the fast bowlers. Rilee Rossouw reverse swept and found the fielder at cover off Ashwin to give Delhi another boost on the power play.
Warner and Lalit Yadav tried to steady the ship for Delhi, with the latter being the more aggressive of the two, slicing, pulling, and lofting off Chahal while slicing, pulling, and lofting off the fast bowlers. Yadav’s 64-run stand came to an end in the 13th over when he missed a hoick and was castled by Boult.
Axar Patel, who had been promoted to counter Chahal’s spin challenge, was easily stumped from behind by the leg-spinner. Despite Warner’s fifty in 44 balls, Delhi fell further as Rovman Powell holed out to deep mid-wicket off Ashwin.
Warner was caught at cover off Murugan Ashwin in the 17th over, but the catch was ruled a no-ball because Jaiswal was two inches outside the 30-yard circle in a fielding restriction violation. Chahal then took out Warner and Abishek Porel in a span of five balls in the 19th over as Rajasthan signed off from the Guwahati leg of home games on a high.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 199/4 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 79, Yashasvi Jaiswal 60; Mukesh Kumar 2/36, Rovman Powell 1/18) beat Delhi Capitals 142/9 in 20 overs (David Warner 65, Lalit Yadav 38; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/27, Trent Boult 3/29) by 57 runs.
Source:OCN
