RR vs DC: Rajasthan’s all-round present sees Delhi sink to 3rd successive defeat in IPL 2023

Rajasthan Royals on Saturday pulled off a scientific all-round efficiency to beat Delhi Capitals by 57 runs on the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. 

The Capitals, principally outplayed throughout all departments throughout the course of the sport, have now misplaced all of their three video games.

The Royals win, arrange by a stable batting efficiency led by openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (60, 31b; 11×4, 1×6) and Jos Buttler (79, 51b; 11×4, 1×6), was complemented effectively by the bowling division too. A fiery Trent Boult (4-1-29-3) and spin twins, Ravichandran Ashwin (4-0-25-2) and Yuzvendra Chahal (4-0-27-3), did a lot of the harm.

After being despatched out to bat, Jaiswal and Buttler started in high gear, with the previous smashing left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed for 5 fours within the very first over. 

Buttler, who needed to get a number of stitches to his little finger owing to an harm, was uncertain to make an look. However, not solely did he make the ultimate eleven, he appeared keen to hold on the great present within the ongoing season, hammering three boundaries off pacer Anrich Nortje within the second over.

The English white-ball captain supplied the Capitals a glimmer of hope when he skied one early on. But Nortje couldn’t maintain on to the robust likelihood, having needed to monitor again from mid-off to get beneath the ball. 

Jaiswal dominated the partnership as he raced to his fifty in 25 balls. The first six of the sport got here within the eighth over after 17 fours, when the left-handed Jaiswal carted spinner Kuldeep Yadav over long-off.

Jaiswal’s entertaining knock got here to an finish when he miscued a Mukesh Kumar bouncer proper again to the bowler.

The Capitals nudged their manner again into the sport within the center overs with the bowlers sticking to tight channels. While opposition skipper Sanju Samson needed to take the lengthy stroll again to the hut for nought, Riyan Parag perished on 7, cleaned up by a Rovman Powell yorker.

Shimron Hetmyer (39 n.o., 21b; 1×4, 4×6) shored up the Royals innings with some masterful power-hitting, whereas younger Dhruv Jurel too contributed his bit with a six, because the facet bought to 199.

The Capitals’ chase by no means recovered from Boult’s twin strikes within the first over, a record-extending fourth time he has performed that within the IPL

Boult’s first sufferer was Prithvi Shaw, whose battle with the bat continued as he scored one other duck on the trot. The DC opener edged a supply that held its line for ‘keeper Samson to complete a brilliant catch, while diving to his right. The Kiwi pacer, next, swung one back in, to trap Manish Pandey in front. Pandey departed without bothering the scorers.

(AS IT HAPPENED)

Ashwin, who was introduced to counter the Capitals’ left-handers, was at his miserly finest. The off-spinner churned out dot balls with ease, finally forcing Rilee Rossouw to try an ill-advised reverse sweep to supply Jaiswal a simple catch.

The 36-year-old would return to take away Powell, successfully ending any hopes the Capitals had of claiming two factors from the sport. 

Skipper David Warner’s (65, 55b; 7×4) slow-paced half-century didn’t do the Capitals any favours within the chase because the Royals bowlers restricted their opponents to 142.