Live Score: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
TOSS | Rajasthan Royals win the toss and choose to bowl towards Delhi Daredevils
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (c), D'Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (w), Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat
Delhi Daredevils: Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (w), Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult
Changes in playing XIs
DD: Shahbaz Nadeem in for Rahul Tewatia
RR: D'Arcy Short in for Ish Sodhi and Shreyas Gopal replaced Mahipal Lomror
PREVIEW
Staring at early exit after their 6th loss in 8 games, bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils, underneath new skipper Shreyas Iyer, should deal with each IPL game as a digital knockout, starting with their conflict towards Rajasthan Royals lately.
After Gautam Gambhir stepped down as captain following a string of losses, Iyer was once left with the duty of guiding the group to the play-offs and the young skipper did score a 40-ball unbeaten 93 to energy his facet to an enormous 55-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders to renew hopes of a turnaround.
But 13-run loss to Chennai Super Kings nearly dashed all hopes of a comeback and Iyer has an uphill task of inspiring his group in the rest suits to salvage any hopes of staying alive in the match.
Iyer and Pant have carried out the bulk of the scoring for Delhi, accumulating 306 and 257 runs respectively so far and the onus could be on the duo to steer the batting unit lately.
Among the bowlers, Trent Boult has been some of the wickets, claiming 11 scalps so far but he did not get give a boost to from the remainder. It has resulted in their failure to protect totals, hanging their batting underneath pressure.
Rajasthan Royals, alternatively, are positioned 6th in the desk with six issues from seven suits. Ajinkya Rahane's group has been inconsistent this season as maximum occasions a win has been adopted via a loss and they're going to also have to give you the option to stem the rot if they have to make it to the play-offs.
Their failure to chase down a target of 151-7 towards Sunrisers Hyderabad noticed Rajasthan Royals lose the fit via 11 runs. It was once despite Rahane scoring a 65 and Samson hitting a 40 as they did not get give a boost to from different batsman.
Rahane and Samson were their best possible batsmen this season but inconsistent run of Ben Stokes and Jos Butler has affected their efficiency this season.
Among the bowlers, young seamer Jofra Archer have carried out neatly to assert six wickets in the two suits that he has performed so far. But RR's spinners Shreyas Gopal and K Gowtham failed to bother the batsmen much, taking 5 wickets each.
TOSS | Rajasthan Royals win the toss and choose to bowl towards Delhi Daredevils
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (c), D'Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (w), Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat
Delhi Daredevils: Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (w), Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult
Changes in playing XIs
DD: Shahbaz Nadeem in for Rahul Tewatia
RR: D'Arcy Short in for Ish Sodhi and Shreyas Gopal replaced Mahipal Lomror
PREVIEW
Staring at early exit after their 6th loss in 8 games, bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils, underneath new skipper Shreyas Iyer, should deal with each IPL game as a digital knockout, starting with their conflict towards Rajasthan Royals lately.
After Gautam Gambhir stepped down as captain following a string of losses, Iyer was once left with the duty of guiding the group to the play-offs and the young skipper did score a 40-ball unbeaten 93 to energy his facet to an enormous 55-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders to renew hopes of a turnaround.
But 13-run loss to Chennai Super Kings nearly dashed all hopes of a comeback and Iyer has an uphill task of inspiring his group in the rest suits to salvage any hopes of staying alive in the match.
Iyer and Pant have carried out the bulk of the scoring for Delhi, accumulating 306 and 257 runs respectively so far and the onus could be on the duo to steer the batting unit lately.
Among the bowlers, Trent Boult has been some of the wickets, claiming 11 scalps so far but he did not get give a boost to from the remainder. It has resulted in their failure to protect totals, hanging their batting underneath pressure.
Rajasthan Royals, alternatively, are positioned 6th in the desk with six issues from seven suits. Ajinkya Rahane's group has been inconsistent this season as maximum occasions a win has been adopted via a loss and they're going to also have to give you the option to stem the rot if they have to make it to the play-offs.
Their failure to chase down a target of 151-7 towards Sunrisers Hyderabad noticed Rajasthan Royals lose the fit via 11 runs. It was once despite Rahane scoring a 65 and Samson hitting a 40 as they did not get give a boost to from different batsman.
Rahane and Samson were their best possible batsmen this season but inconsistent run of Ben Stokes and Jos Butler has affected their efficiency this season.
Among the bowlers, young seamer Jofra Archer have carried out neatly to assert six wickets in the two suits that he has performed so far. But RR's spinners Shreyas Gopal and K Gowtham failed to bother the batsmen much, taking 5 wickets each.
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Reviewed by Kailash
on
May 02, 2018
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