TEAMS: DC vs RR

 

VENUE: ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM, NEW DELHI

 

TIME: 7:30 PM

 

TOSS: RR WON THE TOSS AND DECIDED TO BOWL FIRST

 

Before Match RR vs DC

 

In this Match between RR vs DC , strange decisions were taken during the toss because usually teams decide to bat first on that ground but RR chose to bowl first.

 

 

FIRST INNING

 

Powerplay

 

With a strange decision to bowl the toss, RR chose to bowl and asked DC to bat first. DC took full advantage of this strange decision because from the very first over Jake Fraser McGurk had started hitting RR bowlers. He had also completed his half century within the first four overs. A. Porel has played at the non-striking end but is enjoying his batting.
Seeing his fast bowlers going for runs, RR captain Sanju Samson called his experienced spinner R. Ashwin to bowl and he dismissed Jake Fraser McGurk on the first ball. Jake Fraser McGurk scored 50 runs in 20 balls and gave a good start to DC.

 

 

After that A. Porel started hitting after the wicket of Jake Fraser McGurk and in the last over of the powerplay he also hit two fours and gave a good start to DC in the powerplay and his score was 78 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.

After Powerplay

DC had scored a good score due to the good batting of McGurk and Porel in the powerplay. And after the Powerplay, A. Porel continued his hitting and HE kept converting RR bowlers’s overs into bad overs. Axar was also looking set from the other end and he also hit a six on R. Parag’s ball. In next over to R. Ashwin, Axar gave a catch to R. RR bowlers in the over and he scored only 15 runs in 10 balls.

Even after that, A. Porel continued his hitting and he also completed his half century in just 27 balls in the 11th over. But he was caught by the short square fielder on R. Ashwin’s ball in the 13th over. He left the pavilion playing a pair of 65 runs in just 36 balls. After Porel was out, DC captain R. Pant was caught out on the boundary line on Cahal’s ball while trying to maintain the run rate of his pair and play a big shot. He scored only 15 runs in 13 balls. And the pavilion was flooded and at that time DC scored 150 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.

 

Slog Overs

 

After the wicket of R. Pant, DC needed a partnership and it came between Gulbadin and T. Stubbs, they added 45 runs in 29 balls. After that, Gulbadin Naib was out in the circle of making big shots and he scored 19 runs in just 15 balls. After that Impact substitute Rasikh Dar came to bat and started hitting big shots. And after hitting two consecutive sixes on the first two balls of the 20th over, T Stubbs was LBW on an excellent yorker by Sandeep Sharma. He also took a review but it was of no use and he also left the pavilion after scoring 41 runs in 20 balls.

After that, only one four came in my over and Rasikh was also run out after taking the 2nd run on the last ball. But DC got a very good score. After the first inning, DC scored 221 runs and RR was given a target of 222 to chase.

 

Second inning

 

Powerplay

 

In this clash between RR vs DC, As DC chased a big score, RR’s opening batsmen Impact substitute Jos Buttler and Yashashvi Jaiswal needed to give a strong start so that RR could chase the score. But this did not happen because after hitting a four on the first ball, Y. Jaiswal was in the process of playing the second big shot in a row, the ball hit his top edge and went towards the top and he was easily caught by Axar and he Only 2 balls main 4 runs were scored. After the fall of the wicket in the first over, RR needed a partnership and that too came between Buttler and Captain S.Samson.

Coming to the crease, S. Samson started playing his shots and together they scored 52 runs in the next 3.1 overs. His powerplay was still going so well that Axar bowled Buttler on the 5th ball of the last over of the powerplay and the partnership looked dangerous got broken. And Buttler was able to score 19 runs in 16 balls. Despite this wicket, RR got a good start because after Powerplay, RR had scored 67 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.

 

 

After Powerplay

 

At the beginning of the powerplay, RR got hit by hitting both their opening batters out after reaching the pavilion. So after that they needed a partnership in which it was also necessary to maintain the run rate. And the same look was also seen because R. Parag was looking in his foam and was playing bad shots and he would have bowled the ball to Rasikh in the 11th over.

And he scored 27 runs in his pair and got 22 balls. After the wicket of R. Parag it seemed that DC would easily win this match. But in the next over, S. Samson completed his half-century with a six in just 28 balls, indicating that RR’s chances of victory were still at the crease, if he is there.

 

 

After that, S.Samson continued his hitting and tried to hit boundaries on almost every ball of DC bowlers and at that time he was connecting very well with the ball and he was continuously opening shots in the middle. S.Dube was also with him.

 

Slog Overs

 

But in the 16th over, S. Samson off the ball of Mukesh Kumar hit a flat shot at long on in the hands of the long on fielder, and it seemed that the fielder’s leg had touched the boundary line and the umpire took a critical decision. And he cast out S. Samson. At this time RR was 162 runs at loss of 4 wickets.

Due to the loss of wickets they needed 60 runs in 26 balls to win. So after a controversial decision, R.Powell and S.Dube started scoring runs. In the 17th over of the main Dube was also caught out on Khaleel’s ball and he also manage to scored 25 runs in 12 balls.

And on the first ball of the 18th over, Kuldeep gave out LBW to D. Ferreira and he too was out after scoring 1 run. And in the next over, R. Ashwin will also be out to play big shots. Mukesh Kumar also clean bowled R.Powell and he too was out after scoring 13 runs in just 10 balls. After 20 overs, RR scored only 201 runs and DC won this clash between RR vs DC by 20 runs.

 

POTM: Kuldeep Yadav for his 2 wickets.