DC vs RR: Delhi Capitals benefit from winning the match

• Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first.
  
• Delhi Capitals gave Rajasthan a target of 221 runs to win.
  
• Rajasthan scored 201 runs
  

Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs and with this victory, Delhi Capitals kept their playoff hopes alive. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first. Delhi Capitals gave Rajasthan a target of 221 runs to win, in response to which Rajasthan scored 201 runs. With this victory, Delhi has 12 points from six wins in 12 matches. The team has reached fifth place. Delhi Capitals has gained one place. Rajasthan Royals team is in second place with 16 points in 11 matches.

Rajasthan Royals had a bad start

Chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (04) on the second ball of the innings, who was caught by Axar Patel at midoff off the ball of Khalil Ahmed. Captain Sanju Samson was in good form from the beginning. Butler hit a six on Axar Patel but was bowled on the next ball. He scored 19 runs.

Royals needed 37 runs to win in the last two overs.

In the power play, Royals scored 67 runs for two wickets. Ryan Parag (27 off 22 balls, three sixes, one four) started well with sixes off Axar and Kuldeep Yadav and then completed the team's century with a six off Rasik Salam in the 11th over. However, Rasik bowled him out in the same over.

Sanju Samson missed a century

Sanju Samson completed his half-century in 28 balls by hitting a six on a free hit off Kuldeep. Samson hit two sixes and a four on Rasik while Shubham Dubey also increased the run rate by hitting a four and a six. Royals needed 63 runs to win in the last five overs. After this Kuldeep sent Donovan Ferreira (01) and Ravichandran Ashwin (02) to the pavilion. Royals needed 37 runs to win in the last two overs but the team fell short of the target. Apart from Sanju Samson, no batsman could play a big innings for the team. Sanju Samson definitely played a fighting innings, but he could not lead the team to victory.

Ashwin took three wickets

Rishabh Pant could score only 15 runs. Gulbuddin Naib scored 19 runs. Tristan Stubbs (41 runs on 20 balls, three sixes, three fours) played an important role in taking the team's score beyond 200 by batting brilliantly in the end. Ashwin was the most successful bowler for the Royals, taking three wickets for 24 runs. Trent Boult (one wicket for 48 runs in four overs), Yuzvendra Chahal (one wicket for 48 runs in four overs) and Avesh Khan (42 runs in two overs) proved to be very expensive.