- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 Has Rahane sold Samson down the river? Brilliant from Rabada, though! Pushed back to the bowler's right, who was quick to it despite having to change direction, turned and hurled a throw at the non striker's knocking the stumps down to find a diving Samson short of his ground. Rahane had taken off with the shot but by the time he refused the single, Samson had responded 5/113.1 there's the breakthrough! Length ball from Axar, and Smith looks to go straight down the ground but skews it off towards long off, and Morris takes a well-judged catch just by the boundary skirting. May have miscued the shot because of his elbow issues, but this has been another terrific half-century from Steven Smith 135/215.5 full ball, and he has muscled this towards long on, but not got the distance! Shreyas Iyer gets under it and takes the catch easily in the end. Went off the toe-end of the bat, and Stokes has to go. What a platform for the other batsmen to follow 157/316.4 GONE AGAIN! Slower ball, outside off, and he was looking to get towards covers, but just popped it up towards Rutherford at cover. Third golden duck in a row! Somewhere, you just know Ajit Agarkar is watching and smiling :) 163/419.3 Rabada strikes at last! Gets it full, and uproots Binny's middle stump, as he backs away and looks to go inside out. That was fast, accurate, and perfect. A smile from the bowler, and a little shake of the hand with the vanquished opponent. Good to see 187/519.6 yorker again! Perhaps just missing the perfect yorker this time around, but does enough to rattle the furniture as Parag backed away and tried to go down the ground 191/6Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL191/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sanju Samson, 1.1 ov), 2-135 (Steven Smith, 13.1 ov), 3-157 (Ben Stokes, 15.5 ov), 4-163 (Ashton Turner, 16.4 ov), 5-187 (Stuart Binny, 19.3 ov), 6-191 (Riyan Parag, 19.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.4 tossed up, and he has played this towards long on, and holed out! Bad shot selection from Shaw here. Delhi were cruising, and Pant was the one who was dominating the bowlers, but he went for the glory shot, and only found Riyan. Smart captaincy, in that he was a few yards within the long on boundary. Is there a twist in the tale here? 161/37.3 Shreyas places faith in the googly again and gets his man! Dhawan came down the wicket, Shreyas bowled it fuller and wider and the keeper did the rest 72/18.5 it's the old saying about adding two wickets to a score and the Capitals lose their captain to a horrendous stroke! It was short on middle, perhaps there for the pull shot but the execution was poor as he went too hard and got it off the toe end, offering a simple catch to deep midwicket 77/217.6 short, and he has looked to slice this towards long off, but it goes straight up, and Riyan takes the catch! 175/4Extras1 (nb 1)TOTAL193/4 (19.2 Overs, RR: 9.98)Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Shikhar Dhawan, 7.3 ov), 2-77 (Shreyas Iyer, 8.5 ov), 3-161 (Prithvi Shaw, 16.4 ov), 4-175 (Sherfane Rutherford, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB STR Binny 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 DS Kulkarni 4 0 51 1 12.75 4 6 2 0 0 JD Unadkat 3.2 0 36 0 10.8 4 3 2 0 0 S Gopal 4 0 47 2 11.75 8 6 2 0 1 JC Archer 4 0 31 0 7.75 8 1 2 0 0 R Parag 3 0 25 1 8.33 4 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
22 April 2019 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (AM Rahane 38, SPD Smith 13, Ex 0)
- AM Rahane: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 71/1 in 8.0 overs (AM Rahane 52, SPD Smith 18)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 58 balls (AM Rahane 64, SPD Smith 35, Ex 1)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 31 balls (8 x 4)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 150/2 in 15.0 overs (AM Rahane 88, BA Stokes 8)
- AM Rahane: 100 off 58 balls (11 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 191/6 in 20.0 overs (AM Rahane 105)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (PP Shaw 11, S Dhawan 39, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 59/0 in 6.0 overs (PP Shaw 11, S Dhawan 48)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 25 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (PP Shaw 20, RR Pant 33, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 132/2 in 14.0 overs (PP Shaw 39, RR Pant 35)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 0
- RR Pant: 50 off 26 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
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Ishant Sharma has his eye on the big prize, and this season he has put his heart into getting Delhi Capitals there
Rahane and Pant make statements by playing to strengths
One has been dropped as captain and both have missed out on the World Cup but this was a display of them at their best
Smart stats - Who has been the best fielding side in IPL 2019?
An in-depth look at who are the best and worst fielding teams and who are the key game changers - positively and negatively
Smart Stats: Pant 286.1 trumps Rahane 183.5
Though Ajinkya Rahane scored a century, his slow start and slow finish meant Rishabh Pant's rapid fifty was more valuable
Talking points: Rahane's dream T20 innings
In the last month, he's missed a World Cup spot and lost the Royals captaincy but he went out there a player freed of all burden



