By Admin 
Delhi Capitals has defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. With this victory, Delhi has kept its playoff hopes intact. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Rajasthan, batting first, scored 193 runs. In reply, Delhi team registered victory in the last over.
Rajasthan Royals reached 193 runs thanks to half-centuries of Dhruv Jurel and captain Riyan Parag and an inning of 46 runs by Vaibhav Suryavanshi. On the other hand, for Delhi, Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul scored half-centuries and made a huge contribution to Delhi’s victory by making a match-winning partnership of 105 runs.
Big game in the playoff race
With this victory of Delhi Capitals, it has become a big game in the race for playoffs. Delhi can go up to a maximum of 14 points and its qualification is completely dependent on other teams. He has also spoiled the equation of Rajasthan. Both Rajasthan and Delhi have 12 points each, but Rajasthan has 2 matches left and Delhi has only one.
Rahul-Porel-Starc showed their strength
KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel gave a great start to Delhi Capitals, who came to chase the target of 194 runs. There was an opening partnership of 105 runs between the two. Rahul scored 56 runs in 42 balls, while Porel scored 51 runs in 31 balls. Dreaded batsmen like Tristan Stubbs and David Miller flopped, but captain Akshar Patel kept Delhi’s playoff hopes alive by scoring 34 runs in 18 balls.
The winning shot came from the bat of Ashutosh Sharma, who played a cameo inning of 18 runs in 5 balls. Mitchell Starc also had an invaluable contribution in this victory of Delhi, who dismissed 4 batsmen of Rajasthan. Lungi Ngidi and Madhav Tiwari also bowled lethal spells, who not only stopped the runs but also took 2 wickets each.
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