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Triston Stabs and KL Rahul won Delhi on 4 balls in the super over.
Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals in the first super over of the 18th season of IPL. In the super over, Rajasthan scored 11 runs against Mitchell Starc while batting first. KL Rahul and Triston Stabs from Delhi achieved a target against Sandeep Sharma on 4 balls.
Rajasthan chose bowling on Wednesday at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi scored 188 runs losing 5 wickets. Rajasthan could also score 188 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Mitchell Starc tied the match against Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurlel in the 20th over, defending 9 runs.
Both Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal from Rajasthan put fifty. Captain Sanju Samson scored 31 runs and retired. Jofra Archer took 2 wickets. Abhishek Porel scored 49 runs from Delhi. Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Mitchell Starc took 1–1 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Delhi fast bowler Mitchell Starc won the team. He defended 9 runs in the first 20th over and tied the match. Stark also sent Nitish Rana to the pavilion, which has imposed a fifty from Rajasthan. Stark again spent just 11 runs in the super over and did not allow the team to get a big target.
Mitchell Starc won the match to Delhi.
2. Hero of victory
- KL Rahul: Rahul, who came out to bat on number-4, scored 38 runs. It was he who scored 7 runs off the first 3 balls in the super over and put a match in Delhi’s bag.
- Triston Stabs: Stabs, who came out to bat on number-6, scored 34 runs off just 18 balls and took the team to 188. He also put winning six in the super over.
- Akshar Patel: Delhi captain Akshar scored 34 runs off just 14 balls while batting. He then took the wicket of Ryan Parag for 23 runs in 3 overs in bowling.
Akshar Patel bowled Ryan Parag.
3. Fighter of the Match
Rajasthan lost the second wicket in the 9th over. Nitish Rana came here to bat. He batting fast and put a fifty off just 26 balls. Rana scored 51 runs by hitting 6 fours and 2 sixes off 28 balls. It was he who brought the team close to victory, but Finishers could not win the match.
4. Turning point
Delhi’s Mitchell Starc was supposed to defend 9 runs in the 20th over. He spent only 8 runs in front of proper batters like Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurlel. Stark’s finest over tied the match and the match reached the super over, from where Delhi won.
Mitchell Starc defended 9 runs in the 20th over and tied the match.
5. Delhi reached the top
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow is the top run scorer of the tournament by scoring 357 runs. Noor Ahmed of Chennai is a top wicket with 12 wickets. After 5 wins in 6 matches, Delhi Capitals reached the top of the points table. On the other hand, after the 5th defeat in 7 matches, Rajasthan remains at number 8.
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