IPL 2020, DC vs RR Live Score: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan RoyalsIPL 2020, DC vs RR Live Cricket Score Online Updates: Delhi Capitals (DC), batting first against Rajasthan Royals (RR), put up 161/7 in 20 overs. They were given some early jolts by Jofra Archer (3/19), as they were reduced to 10/2 in the third over. Shikhar Dhawan (57) counter-attacked against RR’s other bowlers, as DC reached the end of the Powerplay with 47/2. Shreyas Iyer (53) took charge after Dhawan’s wicket.
RR will hope for a stronger show from its slightly off-colour top order when the side tries to settle scores against second-placed DC in their return leg IPL match.
IPL 2020
Match 30, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 14 Oct, 2020
DC 161 / 6 (19.5)
vs
RR
BatsmenRB
Axar Patel7 3
Ravichandran Ashwin0 0
BowlersORWKT
Jofra Archer4.0 19 3
Jaydev Unadkat2.5 32 1
Unadkat bowls the 20th. Carey is caught in the deep now. Archer the catcher. Carey is gone for 14. Axar Patel crashes a four through the covers off the penultimate ball. Wicket off the last ball. Axar is caught too. DC put up 161/7 in 20 overs.
Carey and Stoinis try bringing out the long handle but they dont's find the gaps as often enough as they would have liked. Stoinis gets caught out at deep midwicket. Archer picks up his third wicket. Archer finishes with 3/19. DC 153/5 after 19
Ale Carey is the Number 6 for DC. Archer brought back in the 17th. Carey cuts a flat six past backward point. 11 runs off the over. Tyagi continues in the 18th. Another excellent over from the young man. 5 runs from the 18th over. RR have a death overs bowler par excellence in Tyagi. He finishes with 1/30 in his 4. DC 148/4 after 18
Iyer, having brought up his 50 with that boundary catch that wasn't, continues leading Delhi's charge. Tyagi back to bowl the 16th. And he gets the big wicket. Iyer skies one and Archer takes the catch. Iyer is out for 53 off 43. DC 132/4 after 16
Stoinis pulls for four against Gopal in the 14th over. Unadkat bowls the 15th. Iyer crashes a six to cow corner. There's a boundary catch off the last ball. Or is it? Stokes takes a boundary catch - lobbing it back in and then taking it again inside the ropes - but it seems he had not released the ball in time. Iyer survives. DC 129/3 after 15
Dhawan is gone for 57 off 33. What an anti climactic end to his innings. Tries going for a reverse scoop - the only unconventional shot he tried today - and is caught out at short fine leg. Stoinis joins the skipper. Tewatia bowls the 13th over. Iyer takes charge now, lofts a four over covers. DC 104/3 after 13
Tewatia bowls the 11th. Dhawan continues on the offensive against him. A four lofted over covers. Gets to his 50 with a single. And continues dictating terms in the 12th over, pulling for six against Gopal. DC 94/2 after 11.3
Gopal's second over keeps things tight. 7 runs from it. Stokes back to bowl the 10th. He bowls a no ball for height and Shreyas Iyer deposits a boundary off a short ball offered on the Free Hit. Stokes ends with another full toss but gets away with it this time. DC 79/2 after 10
RR go to their spinners. 27 runs came off the 5th and 6th overs, with Dhawan laying into Stokes and Tyagi. Gopal bowls the 7th. Tewatia bowls the 8th. The batsmen revert to singles. Dhawan pulls off the last ball of the Tewatia over. Sanju Samson rushes in and puts in a dive, but the ball lands just short of him and goes for four. The 50 partnership comes up between Iyer and Dhawan. DC 61/2 after 8
Ben Stokes takes the ball for the 5th over. Dhawan cracks a shot through the covers for another four. Iyer strokes one back past Stokes to get four at long on. 13 runs off Stokes's over. Tyagi continues in the 6th. Dhawan pounces upon width offered to him and cuts for another four. The left hander is on roll today! He gets four more with a pull. DC 47/2 after 6, Dhawan on 30 off 14
Iyer comes in the 3rd over to counter this Archer attack. Gets a single off the last ball of the over, but the opening passages have been dominated by Archer. He has 2/5 in his 2 overs now. The slowest ball of his second over was clocked at 145kmh. Tyagi brought in to bowl the 4th. Dhawan pulls him for six over fine leg. 8 runs off the over. DC 20/2 after 4
Unadkat takes the new ball with Archer. KP and Doull say they would have liked to see the express pace of Kartik Tyagi used with the new ball. Dhawan fires the first boundary of the match. Archer gets Rahane in his 2nd over! Rahane, who was on 2 off 8 balls before his dismissal, offers a simple catch to Uthappa. DC 10/2 after 2.3
First ball wicket! Archer crashes through Prithvi Shaw's defence. Bowled! DC 0/1 after 0.1 Rahane joins Dhawan. 3 runs in the first over.
Tushar Deshpande, who was a ball boy in IPL 2008, makes his debut today for Delhi. The pacer from Mumbai is known to bowl at express pace. The debutant's performance will be something to look out for in the second innings. For now, the Delhi openers walk out. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhwan open. Archer will bowl the first over.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Tushar Deshpande is making his debut for DC. He comes in for Harshal Patel.
Delhi Capitals win toss, opt to bat first against Rajasthan Royals.
"The pitch is a lot drier than what we have seen in the last three weeks of the tournament. Little patches of grass, but don't think they are gonna play too much of a role. The batsmen need to be a little bit careful. We saw a delivery from Sandeep Sharma last night which extracted a puff of dust and looks like this is a new ball wicket. 1.7 degree is the average turn in the tournament and yesterday's match had a 2.5 degree turn. Expect more from the spinners. You win toss and bat, it's that simple," say Kevin Pietersen and Pommie Mbangwa in their pitch report. 10 minutes to team news and toss
Narratives abound in this game. A top-of-the-table team led by young Shreyas Iyer taking on a bottom-placed team led by a veteran Australian. Ben Stokes has a stage set to mark a triumphant return. Then there are the wild cards. Stoinis for Delhi, Tewatia for Rajasthan. Which wild card will be flashed out at the last moment by which team tonight?
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Players from either side have been spotted making their way to the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE. Delhi Capitals are the favourites for this tie, having won the reverse fixture comfortably just five days ago. They are also much better placed in the points table, at 2nd. Rajasthan Royals have been falling short of the finish line regularly this season. Ben Stokes's injection might turn things around for them. Toss and team news at 7 pm IST.