• RR vs DC IPL 2020 Match Report: The 23rd match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals at the ground in Sharjah. In this match, Delhi team defeated Rajasthan badly. Delhi Capitals, captained by Shreyas Iyer, won their fifth match in IPL 2020 by 46 runs and regained the number one position in the table.
In this match, Rajasthan team captain Steve Smith decided to bowl after winning the toss. In such a situation, Delhi team batting first scored 184 runs, losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this way, Rajasthan had a target of 185 runs to win, but Rajasthan team collapsed by scoring 138 runs in 19.4 overs and lost the match by 46 runs. This is Rajasthan’s fourth defeat in IPL 2020.
Rajasthan innings, all batsmen failed
Rajasthan did not have a great start and Delhi spinner R Ashwin got them caught at the hands of Dhawan for a score of 13 runs. Captain Steve Smith scored 24 off 17 balls and was dismissed by Enrique Norkhia. Smith was caught by Hetmyer. Sanju Samson’s poor form continues and he surrendered with just 5 runs. On the ball of Stoinis he catches his catch to Hetmyer.
Mahipal Lommor became the victim of Ashwin by scoring one run and his catch Akshar Patel caught Akshar Patel on the short cover. Yashaswi Jaiswal played a good innings of 34, but he was bowled clean by Stoynis. Andrew Tye scored 6 runs and caught Rabada off Akshar Patel. Jofra Archer scored 2 runs and was dismissed by Rabada. Shreyas Gopal returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. Rahul Tewatiya became the victim of Rabada by scoring 38 runs. Varun Aaron scored one run.
Delhi batting, Hetmyer played innings
After losing the toss and batting first, the Delhi Capitals team got the first blow in the second over when opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 5 runs and became the victim of Joffra Archer. The second shock came in the form of Prithvi Shaw, who scored 19 runs in 10 balls and became the victim of Archer. Delhi suffered the third blow as captain Shreyas Iyer, who was dismissed for 22 runs in 18 balls.