Rajasthan Royals won the match by 15 runs, reached the top of the points table

In the 34th match of IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Capitals by 15 runs. DC had a target of 223 runs, in response to which the team could only score 207/8 and lost the match. Captain Rishabh Pant scored 44 runs. Krishna famous for RR took 4 wickets.

This was the 5th win for Rajasthan Royals in 7 matches, the team has lost only 2 matches so far. At the same time, the condition of Delhi is looking bad. The team led by Rishabh Pant has lost 4 out of 7 matches. DC have won only 3 matches.

Earlier, batting after losing the toss, RR scored 222 for the loss of 2 wickets. Jos Buttler played the highest innings of 116 runs. This was his third century this season. Khaleel Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman took 1-1 wickets for Delhi.

Chahal and Ashwin pair

For RR, R Ashwin took 2 wickets in this match and Yuzvendra Chahal, who took a hat-trick in the previous match, took 1 wicket. Ashwin conceded 32 runs in 4 overs. He dismissed Prithvi (27) and Sarfaraz Khan (1). At the same time, Chahal took the wicket of Axar Patel (1) for 28 runs in his spell.

Pant missed half century

Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 44 off 24 balls by famous Krishna. The Delhi captain's catch was caught by Devdutt Padikkal at backward point. Yuzvendra Chahal had already dropped a simple catch of backward square leg Pant off two balls before getting out.

• Pant (44) this season is his best score.
• The Delhi captain has so far scored 188 runs in 7 innings.
• Prithvi Shaw was dismissed by Ashwin after scoring 37 runs in 27 balls.

McCoy bowls a 9-ball over

RR fast bowler Obed McCoy spent 26 runs in the 9th over of Delhi's innings. The special thing is that his over was of 9 balls instead of 6. McCoy bowled 2 WIDEs and 1 No Ball in the over. Apart from this, Prithvi Shaw hit a four and a six in the first two balls. At the same time, on the fourth and fifth balls of the over, Pant hit two consecutive fours.

Delhi's first 2 wickets in 5 balls

Chasing the target, Delhi started well. Prithvi Shaw and David Warner added 43 runs in 27 balls for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by the famous Krishna by dismissing Warner. He got out on the third ball of the 5th over. After this, on the first ball of the sixth over, R Ashwin gave the second blow to Delhi by dismissing Sarfaraz Khan (1). RR took both these wickets within 5 balls.

• Warner scored 28 runs at a strike rate of 200.
• Till the power play, Delhi's score was 55/2.
• Shaw and Warner have added 336 runs in 5 innings so far.

Sanju's captaincy innings

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 46 off just 19 balls in the match. His strike rate in the innings was 242.11. For the second wicket, Sanju also added 47 runs in 23 balls with Butler.

• RR (222/2) This is the highest score of this season so far.
• In the last 5 overs, Rajasthan scored 67 runs for the loss of 1 wicket.
• RR scored a score of 200+ in IPL for the first time against 14th and DC.
• This is the third highest score of Rajasthan in overall IPL.
• Royals scored 200+ for the third time this season.
• Kuldeep Yadav spent 40 runs in 3 overs in the match.

Butler hit a stormy century

Jos Buttler, who is running in excellent form, appeared in his full colors in this match as well. He completed the fourth century of his IPL career and third this season in 57 balls. Butler took the class of Delhi bowlers fiercely and scored runs in every corner of the field. He was dismissed for 116 off the last ball of the 19th over off Mustafizur Rahman. His catch was caught by Warner at long on.

• This was Jos Buttler's second consecutive century this season.
• This is Butler's fourth century in IPL and 5th century in T20 cricket.
• Jose scored 100+ for the first time against DC.
• Butler became the first player to score 4 centuries for RR.
• This season Jose has scored 50+ 5 times.
• Jos Buttler has scored 491 runs in 8 innings this season.

jose and padikkal pair

Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal added 155 runs for the first wicket. This deadly partnership was broken by Khaleel Ahmed by dismissing Padikkal (54). However, Delhi had to wait a long time to break the pair. This is the biggest opening partnership for RR in IPL. Previous Record - Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson (2020)

• This was the first century partnership of Butler and Padikkal.
• This is the second largest partnership this season. First: Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dubey 165 runs.

Padikkal's bat is gone

Devdutt Padikkal completed his 7th half-century of his IPL career in 31 balls while batting well. This season Padikkal scored his first fifty after 6 innings. However, he could not extend his innings much further and was dismissed LBW off Khaleel Ahmed for 54 runs.

• This was Padikkal's second against Delhi and his first 50+ score for RR.
• This season he has scored 192 runs in 7 innings at an average of 27.42.

Royals performance in power play

Batting first after losing the toss, Rajasthan got off to a slow start. The team's score was 29/0 in the first 5 overs. However, Jos Buttler scored 15 runs in the last over of the power play to put the team back on track. In the first 6 overs, the team scored 44 runs without losing a wicket. During this, 5 fours and 2 sixes were seen from the side of the team.

Padikkal's hat-trick fours

Devdutt Padikkal hit Mustafizur Rahman for three consecutive fours in the fourth over of RR's innings. On the second ball of the over, he hit a four over wide slip. Padikkal hit a four on short fine leg on the third ball and completed a hat-trick of fours with a cover drive on the fourth ball.

Playing XI of both the teams

DC: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant (C/W), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed.

RR: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c/w), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pranand Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal.