Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Match Highlights & Results

Right then, that's all from this entertaining game where the momentum swung back and forth, but in the end, it was Rajasthan who took home the two points. The action continues on Friday, the 29th of March, when Bengaluru will take on Kolkata. Both teams are coming off a win, and it promises to be a cracker of a game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The first ball will be bowled at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT), but you can join us earlier for the build-up. Cheers!

Riyan Parag is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his brilliance with the bat. He starts by saying that the emotions have settled now and it was special to play in front of his mother who was present in the stands. Adds that she has seen the struggles and it feels special. Shares that it has a lot to do with the domestic season where he scored a lot of runs. Feels that someone in the top four has to bat deep. Ends by saying that he was in bed for the last three days and he is happy with himself of what he was able to do in this game.

Sanju Samson, the Rajasthan skipper, says that it was a roller coaster of a game. Adds that they asked Rovman Powell to get ready for batting but the players in the middle did a fine job and took us to an excellent score. Shares that the IPL is changing and they need to be flexible. Mentions that 15 players need to be ready all the time now and they were always discussing in the middle of the batting innings on the impact player. Adds that the extra bowler in the lineup helped them a lot. States that each day is different for an individual player. Says that Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma looked the best in the park and he backed his instinct. Ends by saying that Riyan Parag was always been in the discussion in the past few years and he has started to show his talent now. Further adds that he has huge potential and can serve their side as well as the Indian team in the long run.

Time for the presentation ceremony...

The star of the final over, Avesh Khan is in for a chat. He shares that his plan was clear to bowl the wide yorkers because one side of the boundary was longer. Adds that he was giving himself time before delivering each ball. Mentions that his focus has always been on execution and feels that going for boundaries off yorkers doesn't worry him because the batters have come to hit the ball and he always backs his yorkers. Shares that he is enjoying his time with Rajasthan and they have great experience with Trent Boult, Nandre Burger and Sandeep Sharma in the ranks. Further adds that the skipper, Sanju Samson backs him always in executing his plans. States that he always tries to improve and invent new deliveries in this format. Ends by saying that he does not focus on selection and focuses on his processes.

The captain of Delhi, Rishabh Pant says that he is disappointed but shares that the team needs to learn from this. Adds that the bowlers did a fine job till the 16th over but it did not go according to their plan in the death. Mentions that they got a good platform from Mitchell Marsh and David Warner but the middle order did not carry on from there and they fell short at the end. Shares that there was always an option to use Anrich Nortje against Riyan Parag but wanted to save him for the death overs. Ends by sharing that Nortje is a class bowler and the team will bounce back from here.

Earlier in the game, after Rishabh Pant called it right and opted to bowl first, Rajasthan's batting effort was a tale of two halves. Having lost their top three of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson inside the first eight overs, Rajasthan had their backs against the wall. Sent in at number 5, Ravichandran Ashwin started off slowly before getting three sixes away to inject some impetus into the Rajasthan innings. Riyan Parag took his time initially and batted intending to take the inning deep. He pressed on the accelerator just at the right time and found allies in Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer. Parag with his best Indian T20 League score of 84 helped Rajasthan recover from 36/3 to get to 185. All five bowlers used by Rishabh Pant had a wicket to their name but Axar Patel was the most economical of the lot, going for just 21 runs from his four overs.

Having let Rajasthan off the hook in the second half of their bowling effort, Delhi had all to do in their chase of 186 runs. Mitchell Marsh made his intentions clear straightaway and raced off the blocks quickly. It was a short stay at the crease for him after which David Warner took the mantle and found boundaries at will. Playing in his 100th Indian T20 League game, Rishabh Pant was happy to knock it around with Warner ticking along nicely at the other end. When the two southpaws were out in the middle, Delhi looked in control. Warner fell one run short of his fifty before Pant perished in his quest to break free. Tristan Stubbs waged a lone fight and kept Delhi in the hunt right till the final over with his clean ball striking. However, 17 runs to get in the final over proved to be just too much for him and the way Avesh executed his yorkers made it even more difficult for Stubbs.

Take a bow, Avesh Khan! It was a yorker masterclass in the final over from Avesh, which has helped Rajasthan make it two wins out of two. Having managed to win only once at Jaipur last season, Rajasthan are starting to build a fortress in the Pink City and the trend of home team winning their games continues in the 2024 Indian T20 League. At the start, Trent Boult bowled a tidy first over, giving just 2 runs away. However, the Impact Player, Nandre Burger could not quite back it up from the other end. The move to hand Burger another over in the Powerplay paid rich dividends for Rajasthan as he went bang, bang to pull it back a bit. It was a quiet phase after the Powerplay for Rajasthan as David Warner took them on and it left Sanju Samson scratching his head for a breakthrough. Avesh Khan put his hand up to dismiss Warner before Chahal got into the act to see the back of the Delhi skipper. Sandeep Sharma quietly went about his business and deprived the Delhi batters of boundaries. Tristan Stubbs gave them a real score and almost made them pay for dropping him when he was on 14. With 17 runs needed off the final over, Avesh Khan answered the skipper's call and nailed his yorkers to close out the game for his side.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, 1 run.THAT WILL BE IT! Avesh Khan has won this for Rajasthan! Bowls a pin point yorker at the stumps. Axar Patel works it through mid-wicket for a single. Delhi finish on 173 for 5 and fall short by 12 runs in the end. A terrific win for the home side who make it two in two to start their season.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, No run.Low full toss slanting across the batter. Axar Patel swings hard and misses.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Full-length delivery, just outside off. Stubbs slogs across the line and gets an inside edge to backward square leg for a run.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, 1 run.Pitched full, outside off. Axar Patel drills it to long off and can only take a single.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, No run.A terrific wide yorker, angling across, from Avesh Khan. Axar Patel plays and misses it.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Bowls a brilliant yorker, just outside off. Stubbs can only manage to bunt this into the off-side.

Avesh Khan has been given the task of bowling the final over. Delhi require 17 runs and it will be Tristan Stubbs on strike.

Sandeep Sharma to Axar Patel, 2 runs.Wide yorker from Sandeep Sharma. Axar Patel squeezes it to the third man region and takes a brace. Delhi needs 17 off the final over. This game has gone down to the wire.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Low full toss again, outside off. Stubbs gets low and manages to get an inside edge toward short fine leg for a single.

Sandeep Sharma to Axar Patel, 1 run.Low full toss, tailing into the middle. Axar Patel shuffles and lifts it to long-on for just a run.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Full-length delivery in the blockhole. Stubbs drills it to long off for one.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, Four!FOUR! DISPATCHED! Slower length ball outside off. Stubbs thrashes it hard through the extra cover region and collects a boundary. This is powerful batting by the young Proteas batter.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, Six!SIX! Just over the ropes! Shorter and slower outside off. Stubbs fetches it and hacks it over the wide long-on fence for a 75-meter hit.

It will be Sandeep Sharma (3-0-21-0) to bowl the penultimate over with Delhi needing 32 runs off the last 12 balls.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Full-length delivery, outside off. Stubbs has nailed the drive but finds Burger at the extra cover region. He makes a fine stop and keeps it to a single.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, 1 run.Low full toss, around off. Axar Patel drills it to long off for a single.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Wide yorker from Avesh Khan. Stubbs looks to play the reverse lap but can only manage a toe end that bunts into the off-side. Just a single.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, 1 run.Short of a good length, outside off. Axar Patel waits and slaps it to Burger at extra cover region. He goes for the quick single as the throw comes in but Patel was already in.

Is that out? The stumps have been broken at the bowling end but Axar Patel seems to have made his ground. And yes, the replays confirm the same.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, Wide!WIDE! Lands it full and outside the tramline. Axar Patel lets it go and the umpire calls it a wide.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, No run.Another wide yorker from Avesh Khan, Axar Patel looks to squeeze it away but fails to connect.

Avesh Khan to Axar Patel, Four!FOUR! Axar Patel gets into the act now! Smart batting! A full-length delivery, angling across the batter. Axar Patel guides it past short third and collects a boundary.

Avesh Khan (2-0-16-1) has been brought back into the attack.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Tristan Stubbs, Six!SIX MORE! Stubbs goes back to back! Ashwin bowls a carrom ball in the slot. Stubbs gets under it and powers it over the wide long-on boundary for another biggie. 19 runs coming off the over.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Tristan Stubbs, Six!SIX! BANG! Flatter on the middle. Stubbs connects well and puts it into the stands for a maximum over the deep mid-wicket boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Tristan Stubbs, 2 runs.In the air but dropped! Tossed up on the middle and off. Stubbs gets low and slogs it uppishly to the deep mid-wicket region. Boult runs in from the boundary but misjudges it and drops down a simple chance. Two runs added to the score.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Axar Patel, 1 run.Tossed up, around off. Axar Patel mistimes the slog to wide of long-on for a run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Axar Patel, Wide!WIDE! Floated full and outside off. Axar Patel leaves it alone for a wide.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Shortish, on off. Stubbs pulls it again to deep square leg for one more.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Tristan Stubbs, 2 runs.Carrom ball on middle. Stubbs rocks back and pulls it to cow corner for a couple.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Bowls it full and at the stumps. Stubbs eases it to long off for one.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Axar Patel, 1 run.Googly, outside off. Axar Patel steers it to deep point for a single.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Axar Patel, 2 runs.Wrong'un, outside off. Axar Patel carves it to the sweeper cover for a couple to get off the mark.

Strategic break! The balance of power has shifted drastically in the favour of Rajasthan since the departure of David Warner. The Rajasthan bowlers are using their smarts by keeping it away from the batter and will look to do more of the same in this final passage of play. Tristan Stubbs comes in with a reputation for hitting the long ball and will hold the key here for Delhi. Axar Patel joins Stubbs in the middle now.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, OUT! c Jos Buttler b Yuzvendra Chahal.OUT! In the air and gone! Chahal gets his second! Tossed up, around off. Porel comes down the pitch and looks to clear the man at long off. He does not get enough on it and hands a simple catch to Jos Buttler at the fence. Delhi have now lost half their side as Porel trudges off the field for just 9.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, No run.Pushes through flatter, outside off. Porel advances and knocks it to the cover fielder.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, 2 runs.Serves it full, outside off. Porel skips down the pitch and lifts it to wide long-off for a couple.

Sandeep Sharma to Abishek Porel, 1 run.On a shortish length, slower again, on off, Abishek Porel runs it down to short third and keeps the strike with a single.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Digs it in short, near the wide guideline on off, Tristan Stubbs stands tall and drags the pull to deep mid-wicket for one.

Sandeep Sharma to Abishek Porel, 1 run.Does not offer any pace again, on a short of a length, on off, Abishek Porel bunts it wide of point for a single.

Sandeep Sharma to Abishek Porel, 2 runs.Pace off, on a back of a length, around off, Abishek Porel glides it wide of short third where Ravichandran Ashwin dives to his left and parries it to the deep backward point fielder. Two runs taken.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Short and wide on off, Tristan Stubbs hangs back and muscles it to deep cover for a single.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, Four!FOUR! Gets it through! Hurls it on a back of a length, outside off, Tristan Stubbs gets on his toes and punches it to the right of extra cover for a boundary.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, Wide!WIDE! Sees the batter make the move towards the off side and lands it on a back of a length, wide on off, Tristan Stubbs shapes up to access the leg side but misses. Wided.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, 2 runs.Offers width on off, on a fuller length, Abishek Porel drills it to the right of long off for a couple of runs. Brilliant over from Chahal, a wicket and just the 4 runs off it. The required run rate continues to rise for Delhi.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Floats it up, full and on the pads, Tristan Stubbs knocks it down to long on for one.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, 1 run.Serves it on a nagging length, angling away, outside off, Abishek Porel skips down the track and pushes it down to long off for a single.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, No run.Slides it across the left-hander, short of a length, on off, Abishek Porel misses out on the cut.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Abishek Porel, No run.Flat and short, on off, Abishek Porel punches it to cover.

Delhi's impact-sub, Abishek Porel walks in at 6.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rishabh Pant, OUT! c Sanju Samson b Yuzvendra Chahal.OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Yuzvendra Chahal strikes with his first delivery of a new spell and he gets the big wicket of the Delhi skipper. Pushes it through and angles it across the left-hander, on a nagging length, outside off, Rishabh Pant goes for the cut but the ball skids off the deck and only manages to get a feather on it off the toe-end of the bat. Sanju Samson gets his gloves in the correct position and gathers it cleanly.

Yuzvendra Chahal (1-0-9-0) is back into the attack.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, No run.A mix-up but a fumble allows Tristan Stubbs to get back in! This is on a good length, on off, Tristan Stubbs uses his feet and drives it firmly to extra cover and sets off for the single. Yashasvi Jaiswal takes his eyes off the ball at the last moment and Stubbs makes his ground safely at the batting end.

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.In the channel on off, on a good length, Rishabh Pant moves to the off side and gets down on one knee to swat it through mid-wicket for one.

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Wide!WIDE! Slips it beyond the tramline on off, on a fuller length, left alone by Pant for a wide.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Continues to keep it away from the batter, slow and on a good length, Tristan Stubbs reaches out and knocks it through covers for one more run. 4 runs off the over so far. Can Sandeep close out the over now?

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Going away from the batter, on a short of a good length, around off, Rishabh Pant carves it with an open bat face to deep backward point for one more run.

Sandeep Sharma to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.This is slower again and lands it on a good length, near the wide guideline on off, Tristan Stubbs shuffles across and drives it on the up to deep cover for one.

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Serves it on a hard length, on off, Rishabh Pant sits deep in his crease and slaps it through point for a single. The 100 comes up for Delhi.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, No run.Beaten! On a back of a length, slanting in, on off, Tristan Stubbs hops back to keep it out but the ball jags back in and goes past the inside edge. A good couple of overs for Rajasthan.

Avesh Khan to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Bowls it slower and on a length, outside off, Rishabh Pant frees his arms and pats it in front of cover for one.

Avesh Khan to Rishabh Pant, No run.Fuller in length, on off, Rishabh Pant creams the drive but it goes straight to extra cover.

Avesh Khan to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.Bowls it on a length, at the stumps, Tristan Stubbs knocks it down to long on and opens his account with a single.

Tristan Stubbs walks to the crease at number 5.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, OUT! c Sandeep Sharma b Avesh Khan.OUT! TAKEN! David Warner holes out and he stands there in disbelief! A sharp catch by Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan strikes on his return to the attack. Angles it across the left-hander, on a fuller length, at pace, outside off, David Warner throws his hands at it and only gets a thickish outside edge that flies to the right of short third. The ball is travelling at the rate of noughts and Sandeep Sharma reacts well to snaffle it tumbling to his right. A timely breakthrough for Rajasthan.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, Four!FOUR! Shot! Avesh bowls it on a back of a length, outside off, David Warner walks across his stumps a bit and rolls his wrists to shovel it wide of square leg inside the circle for a boundary.

Sandeep Sharma to David Warner, 1 run.Sees the batter advance and drags his length back, outside off, David Warner adjusts well and punches it to the left of straightish extra cover for one more run. A tidy first over from Sandeep Sharma, just the 4 runs off it.

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Continues to keep it away from the batter, on a length, Rishabh Pant reaches out and cuts it wide of backward point for one.

Sandeep Sharma to David Warner, 1 run.Goes full now does Sharma, outside off, David Warner gets underneath it and knocks it down to long off for a single.

Sandeep Sharma to David Warner, No run.Keeps it slower and near the tramline on off, on a good length, David Warner mistimes the drive to cover.

Sandeep Sharma to David Warner, No run.Takes pace off and goes into the wicket, on off, David Warner is through his pull shot early and connects with thin air as the ball goes under the bat.

Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Starts from over the wicket and angles it across, on a back of a length, outside off, Rishabh Pant reaches out and cuts it to deep point for a single.

Sandeep Sharma is into the attack now.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Tossed up outside off, swept to deep backward square leg for one.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rishabh Pant, No run.Flatter, outside off. Pant knocks it to extra cover.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rishabh Pant, Six!SIX! In the arc and this is out of the park! Tossed up on off. Pant sits down on one knee and slogs it over the cow corner fence for half a dozen. The fielder in the deep had half a chance but parries it over the ropes.

Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, 1 run.Floated, outside off. Warner drives it past extra cover for a run.

Yuzvendra Chahal to David Warner, No run.Slider, keeps a shade low and goes across the batter. Warner goes for the pull and misses.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Wrong'un, outside off. Pant cuts it to deep backward point for a single.

Yuzvendra Chahal has been introduced into the attack now.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Slightly short on off. Pant sits down and pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to David Warner, 1 run.Flat and angling into the middle and leg. Warner hangs back and knocks it to mid on for a run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.Tossed up on middle, eased to long on for one.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant, Four!FOUR! Put Away! Fraction short, outside off. Pant rocks back and cuts it through the backward point region for an elegant boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant, No run.Flighted, around off. Pant pushes it to extra cover.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant, No run.Tosses it up, around off. Pant comes down the pitch and pushes it into covers. Jaiswal into covers throws the ball on the bounce to Ashwin who fumbles while collecting the throw and misses the run out. Warner was no where in the picture and gets a massive lifeline.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, No run.Short of length outside off. Warner lets out a grunt of frustration as he mistimes the cut to cover.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, No run.Wide yorker from Avesh Khan. Warner jams it out and bunts it to short cover.

Avesh Khan to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.On a length, around off. Pant gets forward to punch to sweeper cover for a single.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, 1 run.Back of a length, outside off. Warner cuts it to the man at deep point for one.

Avesh Khan to David Warner, Four!FOUR MORE! Nicely done! Short of a length, around off. Warner pulls it with control to the deep backward square leg region and collects back-to-back boundaries.