Match 7: RR vs DC
Rajasthan Royals (RR) were successful in winning their first game of the season after beating the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 7 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
It was Manan Vohra and Jos Buttler who opened the innings for RR. While Vohra hit two consecutive boundaries off Chris Woakes after a couple of quiet overs at the start, the right-arm pacer dismissed the RR openers in the same over, guiding DC to the start they wanted.
Further, the Royals were 52-5. After a couple of overs, Miller welcomed Marcus Stoinis into the attack with three boundaries in a row that sounded beautifully off the bat.
Tewatia, who had joined Miller in the middle after Riyan Parag’s fall, complimented Miller, scoring a couple of fours off Tom Curran in the 14th over, by forming an amazing partnership for the sixth wicket.
With RR requiring 27 off the last 2 over. It was the 19th over that gave the momentum in RR’s favour as Morris clubbed two sixes off Rabada to bring down the target to 12 runs off the final over. Morris hit two sixes and helped RR get o to the line.
Finally, with four overs to go, Curran and Woakes hit three boundaries and added 28 runs. R Ashwin on the other hand got run out in the same over after trying to sneak in a double with RR making a victory.
Match Info:
Match:RR vs DC, 7th Match, Indian Premier League 2021
Date:Thursday, April 15, 2021
Toss:Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:7:30 PM
Venue:Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires:Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Sundaram Ravi
Third Umpire:Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee:Shakti Singh
Rajasthan Royals Squad:
Playing:Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench:Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh
Delhi Capitals Squad:
Playing:Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan
Bench:Shimron Hetmyer, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Steven Smith, Sam Billings, Axar Patel, Lukman Meriwala, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Ripal Patel
DELHI CAPITALS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 7.35)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Prithvi Shaw | c David Miller b Jaydev Unadkat | 2 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | c Sanju Samson b Jaydev Unadkat | 9 | 11 | 81.81 | 1 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c & b Jaydev Unadkat | 8 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | run out (Riyan Parag) | 51 | 32 | 159.37 | 9 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | c Jos Buttler b Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lalit Yadav | c Rahul Tewatia b Chris Morris | 20 | 24 | 83.33 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Curran | b Mustafizur Rahman | 21 | 16 | 131.25 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Woakes | NOT OUT | 15 | 11 | 136.36 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | run out (David Miller/Sanju Samson) | 7 | 4 | 175 | 1 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | NOT OUT | 9 | 4 | 225 | 1 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 5, b 0, lb 0, pen 0) | 5 | ||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 147 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Avesh Khan |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Chetan Sakariya | 4 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 5 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 | 15 |
| Chris Morris | 3 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 11 |
| Riyan Parag | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 3 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Shaw, 1.6 ov) ,2-16 (Dhawan, 3.1 ov) ,3-36 (Rahane, 5.5 ov) ,4-37 (Stoinis, 6.5 ov) ,5-88 (Pant, 12.4 ov) ,6-100 (Yadav, 14.5 ov) ,7-128 (Curran, 18.2 ov) ,8-136 (Ashwin, 18.6 ov)
RAJASTHAN ROYALS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 7.62)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Jos Buttler | c Rishabh Pant b Chris Woakes | 2 | 7 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Manan Vohra | c Kagiso Rabada b Chris Woakes | 9 | 11 | 81.81 | 2 | 0 |
| Sanju Samson | c Shikhar Dhawan b Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 3 | 133.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | c Shikhar Dhawan b Avesh Khan | 2 | 7 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| David Miller | c Lalit Yadav b Avesh Khan | 62 | 43 | 144.18 | 7 | 2 |
| Riyan Parag | c Shikhar Dhawan b Avesh Khan | 2 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahul Tewatia | c Lalit Yadav b Kagiso Rabada | 19 | 17 | 111.76 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Morris | NOT OUT | 36 | 18 | 200 | 0 | 4 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | NOT OUT | 11 | 7 | 157.14 | 0 | 1 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 1, b 0, lb 2, pen 0) | 3 | ||||
| TOTAL | (7 wickets; 19.4 overs) | 150 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Chetan Sakariya ,Mustafizur Rahman |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Chris Woakes | 4 | 22 | 2 | 5.5 | 13 |
| Avesh Khan | 4 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 30 | 2 | 7.5 | 12 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | 5 |
| Tom Curran | 3.4 | 35 | 0 | 9.54 | 6 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-13 (Vohra, 2.4 ov) ,2-13 (Buttler, 2.6 ov) ,3-17 (Samson, 3.3 ov) ,4-36 (Dube, 7.4 ov) ,5-42 (Parag, 9.2 ov) ,6-90 (Tewatia, 14.5 ov) ,7-104 (Miller, 15.5 ov)