RR vs DC / Rajasthan's big win over Delhi, match won by 57 runs

RR vs DC: Delhi Capitals, playing in the absence of Rishabh Pant, have lost the third match in the current season of the Indian Premier League. The team was defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs. This is Rajasthan's second win in three matches. The team is at the top of the points table. Delhi has won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 199 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Delhi Capitals batsmen could only manage 142 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Delhi's wickets fell like this...

First: Trent Boult got Prithvi Shaw caught by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson on the third ball of the first over.

Second: Trent Boult lbw Manish Pandey on the fourth ball of the first over.

Third: On the fourth ball of the sixth over, Ravichandran Ashwin got Riley Russo caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Fourth: Trent Boult bowled Lalit Yadav on the last ball of the 13th over.

Fifth: On the 5th ball of the 15th over, Yuzvendra Chahal got Akshar Patel stumped by Sanju Samson.

Powerplay in the name of Rajasthani bowlers

The powerplay of the second innings of the match was in the name of Rajasthani bowlers. Trent Bold returned opener Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey to the pavilion in the very first over. The team's account was not even opened then. After that Ravichandran Ashwin showed Riley Russo the way out to the pavilion. In 6 overs, Delhi had lost three wickets in scoring 38 runs.

Jaiswal and Butler's half-centuries, Rajasthan scored 199 runs

Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 199 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his second consecutive half-century in the current season. Overall this is Jaiswal's 5th half-century. Apart from Jaiswal, Jos Buttler completed 17th Fifty in the league. There was an opening partnership of 98 runs between the two. Butler later added 49 runs for the fourth wicket with Hetmyer.

Mukesh Kumar took two wickets from Delhi. Kuldeep Yadav and Rovman Powell got one wicket each.

Jaiswal scored the second half-century of the season

Rajasthan opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the third half-century of the league. He completed his half-century off 25 balls. He made a blistering start by hitting 5 fours in the first over of Khaleel Ahmed. Jaiswal scored his 5th half-century in the league. He is the second batsman to score a second half-century this season. Gaikwad of Chennai has also scored two half-centuries.

Rajasthan openers gave a great start

The openers got Rajasthan off to a great start. Both reached the team's score of 50 runs in 4 overs. There has been a 75+ partnership between Jaiswal-Butler so far. The team added 68 runs in the powerplay game. Jaiswal shared a 98-run partnership with Butler off 51 balls.

Rajasthan's wickets fell like this...

First: Yashasvi Jaiswal was caught and bowled by Mukesh Kumar on the third ball of the ninth over.

Second: Kuldeep Yadav got Sanju Samson caught by Enrique Nortya on the 5th ball of the 10th over.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Abhishek Porel (Wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Riley Russo, Manish Pandey, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortya, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed.

Impact Players: Aman Hakim Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Dubey.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jorrell, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Players: Navdeep Saini, Akash Bisht, M Ashwin, KM Asif, Donavon Ferreira.