Live Cricket Score | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals Live Score & Commentary | DC vs RR Scorecard, Indian Premier League 2021

36th T20 • Sheikh Zayed Stadium • Abu Dhabi

Delhi Capitals

154/6 (20)

Rajasthan Royals

121/6 (20)

DC won by 33 runs

Info

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Shreyas Iyer

43(32)

DC s

RR s

Info

Delhi Capitals s

154/6 (20)

Batters

Prithvi Shaw

83.33

c L Livingstone b C Sakariya

Shikhar Dhawan

100.00

b K Tyagi

Shreyas Iyer

134.38

st S Samson b R Tewatia

Rishabh Pant

(C)

100.00

b M Rahman

Shimron Hetmyer

175.00

c C Sakariya b M Rahman

Lalit Yadav

93.33

Not out

Axar Patel

171.43

c D Miller b C Sakariya

Ravichandran Ashwin

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.7)

154/6

Did not Bat

Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan

Bowlers

EXT

5.50

5.00

8.25

10.00

8.50

5.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shikhar Dhawan

b K Tyagi

1-18

3.1

Prithvi Shaw

c L Livingstone b C Sakariya

2-21

4.1

Rishabh Pant

b M Rahman

3-83

11.4

Shreyas Iyer

st S Samson b R Tewatia

4-90

13.2

Shimron Hetmyer

c C Sakariya b M Rahman

5-121

16.3

Axar Patel

c D Miller b C Sakariya

6-142

18.2

Rajasthan Royals s

121/6 (20)

Batters

Liam Livingstone

33.33

c R Pant b A Khan

Yashasvi Jaiswal

125.00

c R Pant b A Nortje

Sanju Samson *

(C)

132.08

Not out

David Miller

70.00

st R Pant b R Ashwin

Mahipal Lomror

79.17

c A Khan b K Rabada

Riyan Parag

28.57

b A Patel

Rahul Tewatia

60.00

c S Hetmyer b A Nortje

Tabraiz Shamsi

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.05)

121/6

Did not Bat

Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

4.50

5.00

6.50

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Liam Livingstone

c R Pant b A Khan

1-6

0.6

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c R Pant b A Nortje

2-6

1.1

David Miller

st R Pant b R Ashwin

3-17

4.2

Mahipal Lomror

c A Khan b K Rabada

4-48

10.2

Riyan Parag

b A Patel

5-55

11.5

Rahul Tewatia

c S Hetmyer b A Nortje

6-99

17.2

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Sep, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Match

36th T20,

Indian Premier League 2021

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand), Ulhas Gandhe(India), Sundaram Ravi(India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty(India)

Toss

Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl

Player of the Match Shreyas Iyer

43(32)

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Shashwat Kumar. Switch over to the Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad for some more exciting IPL action

Anrich Nortje: It was quite slow, but Shreyas said it was difficult to hit straight. So we weire trying to get them to hit straight. All the bowlers did a great job. We try and share ideas as much as we can, and then you make the most of it. [Whether he prefers yorkers or bouncers] Depends on who is batting. I have been working a lot on executing the yorkers. It doesn't always land perfectly but great when it works. We work quite hard on fitness. I don't know when the season's stopping, so you have to stay fit.

Sanju Samson: I thought the total was chaseable but we lost too many wickets and weren't able to get any momentum in our chase. We might consider changes for the next game, but it is too early now. We have to remove all emotion before deciding on the combination. The pitch wasn't too slow. If we stayed in the middle for a while and had some wickets in hand, could have got closer to the target.

So, that is it, Delhi Capitals wrap up a comfortable 33-run defeat to move to the top of the points table. Rishabh Pant and co. will be very happy with a complete bowling effort.

Just like Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals also got off to a bad start as the opening pair of Liam Livingstone and Yashasvi Jasiwal went back early. The crafty Ravichandran Ashwin also got on the board when he got David Miller stumped in the fifth over. However, unlike Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer who came up with contrasting yet useful knocks to Shreyas Iyer's main effort, Sanju Samson didn't find any support from his team-mates. Samson did stitch a 31-run partnership with Mahipal Lomror but the southpaw only contributed 19 off 24 balls. Soon, Riyan Parag was also bowled by Axar Patel with Rajasthan Royals reduced to 55-5 after 11.5 overs.

The RR skipper, Sanju Samson started to accelerate and stitched a 44-run partnership with Rahul Tewatia. Unfortunately for Samson, Tewatia didn't bat at a good rate just like Mahipal Lomror. In the end, Samson accelerated and even registered a fifty before finishing unbeaten on 70 off 53 balls. However, RR fell to a 33-run defeat with the Delhi pacers bowling pretty well during the death overs.

overs

121 /6 score

runs

Sanju Samson *

70 (53)

Tabraiz Shamsi

2 (4)

Avesh Khan

1 /29

19.6 Avesh Khan to Sanju Samson, top yorker on middle and off stump. Samson jams his bat in time and digs the ball out towards the sweeper at long on for a single. DC win by 33 runs!

19.5 Avesh Khan to Sanju Samson, SIX! SHOT! Slower delivery on a length just outside off stump. Samson plants his front foot and absolutely creams it over extra cover for a maximum!

19.4 Avesh Khan to Tabraiz Shamsi, back of a length delivery outside off stump. Shamsi comes half forward and punches the ball into the off side towards deep cover point for one

19.3 Avesh Khan to Sanju Samson, slower delivery on a full length outside off stump. Samson loses all shape and swings wildly as he clogs the ball towards long on for a single

19.2 Avesh Khan to Sanju Samson, slower delivery on a back of a length on off stump. Samson looks for the dab but only manages to chunk it back to the bowler via the inside edge

19.1 Avesh Khan to Sanju Samson, thigh height full toss outside off stump. Samson stands tall and cracks the ball towards the sweeper at deep cover point for a couple of runs

Nine runs off the penultimate over. Not that matters too much as Rajasthan require 45 runs off the last six balls

overs

110 /6 score

runs

Sanju Samson *

60 (48)

Tabraiz Shamsi

1 (3)

Kagiso Rabada

1 /26

18.6 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, full delivery on leg stump. Samson gets onto the front foot and flicks the ball into the leg side towards deep mid wicket for a single

18.5 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, slower delivery on a back of a length outside off stump. Samson looks for the reverse ramp again but the lack of pace means that he misses

18.5 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, full delivery that slides way down the leg side. Samson leaves that one well alone as the keeper does very well to rein that one in

18.4 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, DROPPED! OH DEAR! Full delivery outside off stump and Samson throws his hands at it. He slices it towards deep cover point, where Dhawan drops a soda

18.3 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, slower bumper just outside off stump. Samson looks to carve it over the off side but is too early into the stroke as the ball squirms past the bat

18.3 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, yorker that just slides down the leg side. Samson gets inside the line of the ball and then leaves it alone as the umpire signals a wide!

18.2 Kagiso Rabada to Sanju Samson, FOUR! SHOT! Full delivery on leg stump. Samson makes a bit of room for himself and then reverse ramps it over short third man for a boundary!