Brilliant death over bowling by Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje script Delhi Capitals' emphatic win in Dubai. Highlights of DC vs RR here
Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals by 13 runs in an Indian Premier League game on Wednesday. Batting first, Shikhar Dhawan (57 off 33 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (53 off 43 balls) scored half-centuries but Delhi only managed 32 off the last five overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals scored 148 for 8 in 20 overs with debutant Tushar Deshpande taking 2 for 37.
Brief Scores
DC: 161/7 (Shikhar Dhawan 57 off 33 balls, Shreyas Iyer 53 off 43 balls, Jofra Archer 3/19, Jaydev Unadkat 2/19).
RR: 148/8 in 20 overs (Ben Stokes 41 off 35 balls, Anrich Nortje 2/33, Tushar Deshpande 2/37, Kagiso Rabada 1/28). DC win by 13 runs.
7:03 PM IST: Shreyas Iyer wins the toss and Delhi will bat first.
7:14 PM IST: One changed for Delhi as Tushar Deshpande makes debut. He comes in place of Harshal Patel. Rajasthan are unchanged.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
Rajasthan Royals: Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi.