IPL 2021 / Sanju Samsons attempt failed Delhi Capitals on top by defeating Rajasthan Royals

Delhi Capitals captained by Rishabh Pant has defeated Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals. With this, the Delhi franchise has again reached the top of the points table.

New Delhi: In the 36th match of IPL 2021, Delhi Capitals has won against Rajasthan Royals. In this match, Sanju Samson's performance was seen but he failed to win his team.

Delhi win by 33 runs

Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs. Chasing the target of 155 runs, the Royals team could score only 121 runs in the stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets and lost the match.

Samson's innings wasted

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson made every effort to get his team to victory, but his half-century innings did not work. He scored an unbeaten 70 off 53 balls, but he could not get the support of any other batsman.

Delhi scored 154 runs

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Delhi Capitals scored 154 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 155 runs for Rajasthan Royals to win. Shreyas Iyer scored the most runs for Delhi. He played an important innings of 43 runs in 32 balls.

Delhi reached the top

Delhi Capitals reached the top of the points table, beating Chennai Super Kings by securing their fourth consecutive victory. Rishabh Pant's team has 16 points in 10 matches and this franchise's place in the playoff has almost been confirmed. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals is now at number six in the table.

boss of toss

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and called Delhi Capitals to bat first. This decision of Sanju Samson proved to be wrong and Rishabh Pant won his name.

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrique Nortje.

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakaria and Karthik Tyagi.