IPL 2018 RR vs DD Live Cricket Score: Rajasthan Royals take on Delhi Daredevils in Jaipur. (PTI Photo)
IPL 2018 RR vs DD Live Cricket Score: Rajasthan Royals are back at their fortress in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals will take on Delhi Daredevils in their first home game of Indian Premier League 2018 on Wednesday. Rajasthan had a horror start to their IPL campaign as they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match. Worse, they did not put up a fight as Kane Williamson and Shikar Dhawan took the match away with ease. Delhi also had a similar start to their IPL campaign. They were beaten comfortably by Kings XI Punjab in Mohali as KL Rahul blasted the fastest ever IPL fifty. Both teams lost their opening games and will now try to get the first win of the tournament. Rajasthan have a good record against Delhi in IPL. In the 16 matches they have played against each other, RR have won ten while Delhi have won only six. Who will increase their won matches number on Wednesday? Catch IPL Live Score RR vs DD Live Updates from Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. (IPL Live RR vs DD Full Scorecard)
IPL Live Score RR vs DD: Rajasthan play Delhi in Jaipur.
Highlights
WICKET! Ajinkya Rahane falls to Nadeem
GONE! Rahane gets a leading edge and is caught at point. Nadeem gets him for 45. Slower through the air and Rahane closes the face of the bat early. The leading edge flies to point fielder. Nadeem has now picked up two wickets, that of Samson and Rahane
Wicket! Nadeem traps Samson! Score 93/3
Nadeem gets his revenge. Samson attempts another big one but misses it and gets bowled. Aftering hitting a six and a four in the previous over of Nadeem's, Samson was looking for another biggie. His attempt to heave it over midwicket ends in disaster.
End of powerplay: RR 51/2
That is the end of the powerplay for Rajasthan. They manage 51 runs in that period and have lost two wickets. Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson are the two batsmen out in the middle for them
Boult gets Stokes! Score 28/2
WICKET! Trent Boult scalps his first wicket of the night. He sends the dangerous Ben Stokes to the pavillion. Stokes was struggling with that delivery after getting off to a good start. He edges the ball to the keeper and departs for 16.
WICKET! Short run out
WICKET! Second time in two games, DcArcy Short is run out. Direct-hit! Confusion in the middle. Rahane hesitates and leaves his partner hanging. Vijay Shankar with a perfect throw to claim Rajasthan Royals first wicket.
TOSS: Delhi win toss, elect to field
Delhi Daredevils win toss and they have decided to bowl first in Jaipur. Gautam Gambhir had no doubt in his mind what he wanted to do here. He says the pitch is not going to change much so chasing is a good option. Rahane wanted to chase as well but called the wrong side of the coin
The players are going off the field with rain in Jaipur. Royals are 153 for 5 in 17.5 overs. It is not heavy but this will take some time to go away. It was raining in the morning as well. North India has received a lot of rain in the last week!
GONE! Shami keeps it dead straight and Buttler is bowled. What a comeback from Shami, using all his experience. Buttler shuffles across and tries to sweep Shami. Misses it completely and loses his stumps. Royals five down
Shami not keeping it wicket to wicket. Buttler will be annoyed with himself to miss out on those loose deliveries. Pressure is telling. One is down the leg side but it brushes Buttler's pads!
Buttler goes after Shami! Six off the first ball over long off. It's a flat shot and Buttler has put a lot of power in this shot. Shami under pressure now after first ball goes for six
Now, Buttler has a swing at Morris and it goes for a six. Morris follows it up with a dot. The next delivery one is wide off the lenght. Buttler takes advantage of it and smashes for a four. With seventeen runs coming of that over, Rajasthan Royals are now at 144/4.
Chris Morris returns for his second spell and Rahul Tripathi welcomes him with a six. Tripathi whacked over the boundary over deep square leg. Trent Boult attempted to catch it but it was too much for even him
Nine runs from the Tewatia over! He has bowled with figures of 4-0-29-0. Royals are 125 for the loss of four wickets. Four overs remaining in the innings. Morris to conitnue
Rahul Tewatia will bowl his final over. He has been brilliant so far. Only 20 runs from his three overs although he not picked up a wicket yet. Buttler on strike for Rajasthan
A full length delivery to Tripathi in the fourth. He wacks it towards mid off. Delhi Daredevils skipper Gautam Gambhir stops that from racing away to the boundary. A good over from Shami after an expensive second over. Just four runs coming of this over.
Shami is back for his third. Tripathi opens the face of his bat to guide it to midwicket for a single in the second delivery. A full toss in third as the ball slips from Shami's fingers. Buttler fails to take advantage.
Strategic timeout! 14 over bowled in the Royals innings and they are 113 for the loss of four wickets. Joss Buttler is at the crease and he will joined by Rahul Tripathi. Can they build a partnership for RR?
GONE! Rahane gets a leading edge and is caught at point. Nadeem gets him for 45. Slower through the air and Rahane closes the face of the bat early. The leading edge flies to point fielder. Nadeem has now picked up two wickets, that of Samson and Rahane
Shami recovers well after that Rahane blitz. He follows it up with three dots on the trot. Rahane takes a single of the last ball. Shami conceeds nine in his second over.
Rahane steps out of the crease and smacks Shami for a four. The ball zips through the offside for a boundary. Shami attempts a bouncer in the second delivery but Rahane sees the gap in deep square leg and pulls it for another boundary. Boult attempts to catch the ball with a spectacular leap forward but misses.
Delhi have stopped the run flow here. The wicket of Samson will be a big hit to Royals confidence and run rate. Buttler and Rahane will look to push it up and get some quick runs in the middle overs
Reverse paddle from Buttler off Tewatia to get a four. He waited for that ball to come to him. It is a short ball and slow one. Buttler puts all he has in that and through third man for four!
Jos Buttler is the new man in for Royals. He is a hard hitting batsman and Royals will require him for the death over. More importantly they would like him to up the ante here
Nadeem gets his revenge. Samson attempts another big one but misses it and gets bowled. Aftering hitting a six and a four in the previous over of Nadeem's, Samson was looking for another biggie. His attempt to heave it over midwicket ends in disaster.
Nadeem is back for his second over. Samson pushes for two and gets it. Next ball is punched towards long off for a single. Rahane races down the track looking to attack the third but quickly adjusts his shot. Another single.
At the halfway mark, Rajasthan are 83 for the loss of two wickets. The run rate in decent for the Royals. With wickets in hand, they can push the score later in the innings.
Pulled from Rahane! He will get four for this. Much needed boundary this for Rajasthan Royals. He gets it a bit short and moves on the backfoot to get a boundary
Back after the strategic time out and Delhi continue with Tewatia. He had a good first over and Gambhir has decided to continue with the leg spinner. RR 77 for 2
Misfield! Rahane punches the ball towards midwicket and comes back for the second after a Delhi Daredevils players fumbles while picking up the ball.
Rahane and Samson are stiching up a decent partnership after Rajasthan Royals lost two wickets cheaply. Short got himself run out after a mix-up and Stokes edged Boult earlier. Samson starts the ninth over with a six and a four.
Just four runs from the eight over. Rajasthan 62 for the loss of two wickets. That was a very good over from Tewatia. Just the four singles from his over. Rajasthan need at a boundary every over
Spin from Delhi! Rahul Tewatia into the attack and he will bowl his leg spin. Tewatia had a good outing against Kings XI as he picked up a couple of wickets. Can he provide one here for Delhi?
Shami ends the over with two dots and three singles. Good comeback by Shami after starting the over with a boundary.
A beatifully timed shot by Rahane. A short, rising delivery from Shami gets pulled for a boundry. Rahane has so far been excellent in finding the gaps with this one going behind square.
That is the end of the powerplay for Rajasthan. They manage 51 runs in that period and have lost two wickets. Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson are the two batsmen out in the middle for them
50 up for Rajasthan Royals in the sixth over with two wickets down. A single off the fifth delivery to reach there for Royals. They are scoring at a rate of over eight runs per over
Samson with a brilliant leg glance an takes three runs off the first ball. It is coming into Samson who gets his foot forward and places it perfectly between mid wicket and mid on. The timing is not perfect and Nadeem pulls it in just inside the boundary
After Samson, it is Rahane's turn to put runs on the scoreboard. He pulls one for a four towards square leg. Boult ends the over with 15 runs and a wicket. Score 47/2.
Sanju Samson opens the face of the bat and finds the gap in the offside. The ball races for a four. The next ball is wacked for a six over deep square leg. Samson enters double figures with that four and a six.
WICKET! Trent Boult scalps his first wicket of the night. He sends the dangerous Ben Stokes to the pavillion. Stokes was struggling with that delivery after getting off to a good start. He edges the ball to the keeper and departs for 16.
First six of the night. Stokes pulls a short delivery over midwicket. Morris bowls it short and Stokes is ready for it. Big six from the England all-rounder
Ben Stokes steps out and creams one through covers for four. That is powerfully hit by Stokes through the covers and no chance for any fielder to stop the shot
A wicket in that over and eight runs. Ben Stokes is the new man in for Rajasthan, who are 14/1 in two overs. Stokes quickly gets off the mark after nudging one to deep midwicket.
WICKET! Second time in two games, DcArcy Short is run out. Direct-hit! Confusion in the middle. Rahane hesitates and leaves his partner hanging. Vijay Shankar with a perfect throw to claim Rajasthan Royals first wicket.
FOUR! Short gets the first four of the innings
Ajinkya Rahane gets a delivery on the leg side and he flicks it to run two. Fourth ball of the over is smacked through mid-wicket and Rajasthan get three runs. In the third ball, Boult swings one in, forcing Rahane to cover his wickets. Two slips in place for Short as Boult gets an inside edge off him and ends the over with a dot.