Rajasthan's first win in the season: First win after 5 defeats against Delhi, IPL's most expensive player Chris Morris reversed the match by hitting 4 sixes

Posted on 16th Apr 2021 by rohit kumar

Rajasthan Royals (RR) have registered their first win of the season. In the 7th match of IPL, they defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 3 wickets. This is Rajasthan's first win after 5 consecutive defeats against Delhi. Rajasthan last defeated Delhi on 11 April 2018. Chris Morris overturned the entire match, scoring an unbeaten 36 off 18 balls.

 

Morris is the most expensive player in IPL history. The Rajasthan team bought Morris for Rs 16.50 crore in the 14th season auction. Morris hit 4 sixes in the match against Delhi. His strike rate was 200. At the same time, Jaydev Unadkat, who took 3 wickets in the match, was adjudged Man of the Match. He also scored 11 runs off 7 balls.

 

Batting first after losing the toss, Delhi Capitals scored 147 runs losing 8 wickets. In response, the Rajasthan team lost the match by 7 wickets and scored 150 runs. David Miller scored 62 runs off 43 balls. David Miller made his 10th FIFTY in IPL. Avesh Khan took 3 wickets for 32 runs for Delhi.

 

Delhi team's first defeat in the season

This is Delhi's first defeat in the season. In the first match, he defeated Chennai Super Kings and defeated him. At the same time, this is Rajasthan's first win in the season. The team had to face defeat in their first match against Punjab Kings.

 

Rajasthan team needed 34 runs in the last 3 overs.

 

Rajasthan Royals also had a very bad start like DC. The team lost two wickets for 13 runs in the third over itself. Chris Woakes got Manan Vohra out for 9 and Jos Buttler caught for 2 runs.

 

Kagiso Rabada, who was playing the first match of the season with the fourth over of the innings, gave the team a third blow. Royals captain Sanju Samson was caught by Dhawan after scoring 4 runs.

 

The team was able to add 19 runs that fast bowler Avesh Khan gave the fourth blow. He made his first victim Shivam Dubey. After this, Avesh sent Ryan Parag to the pavilion in the next over.

 

Half of Rajasthan's team had returned to the pavilion for 42 runs. Shivam could score only 2–2 by playing 7 and Parag 5 balls.

 

David Miller held one end. He shared a 48-run 33-ball partnership for the sixth wicket with Rahul Tewatia advancing the innings.

 

Rabada gave the sixth blow at the score of 90. He sent Tewatia, who had settled at the crease, to the pavilion for 19 runs.

 

In the last 3 overs, Rajasthan needed 34 runs to win. There were 3 wickets left. Chris Morris and Jaydev Unadkat were present at the crease. Both matches returned unbeaten.

 

Pant's Fifty, Unadkat took 3 wickets

 

Delhi Capitals scored 147 runs losing 8 wickets. Captain Rishabh Pant scored the highest 51 runs off 32 balls. Tom Karan scored 21 and Lalit Yadav, playing a debut match, scored 20 runs. The great thing is that there was not a single six in the innings. Unadkat took 3 big wickets for just 15 runs in 4 overs for the Royals team.

 

Delhi lost top-3 wickets within 50 runs, not a single six in the innings

 

The Delhi team had a very poor start. The team lost the first wicket for 5 runs. Prithvi Shaw scored 2 runs and was caught out by Jaydev Unadkat.

 

On the score of 16, Unadkat gave the team a second blow. He got the in-form Shikhar Dhawan caught by wicketkeeper Samson for 9 runs.

 

Unadkat did not let Ajinkya Rahane, who came to bat at number three, catch up and caught out on his ball. Rahane was able to score 8 runs. The team lost the top-3 batsmen for 36 runs.

 

From here, Captain Pant handled the innings with Lalit and scored 57 runs in 10 overs. Pant started playing fast from the 11th over. He scored 20 runs in 4 overs in an over by Rahul Tewatia.

 

Pant and Lalit shared a 51-run partnership for 36 balls for the 5th wicket. On a score of 88, the team received the 5th blow. Captain Pant was runout as soon as he completed Fifty.

 

Delhi had lost 6 wickets for 100 runs. Lalit Yadav, who was playing a debut match, scored 20 runs and was caught out by Chris Morris.

 

Tom Karan and Chris Woakes added 28 runs, but Mustafizur Rahman broke the pair. He bowled Karan.

 

The Capitals scored 45 runs after losing 2 wickets in the last 5 overs of the team. In the innings, 6 batsmen could not even touch the figure often. Despite Pant's fifty, there was not a single six in the innings.

 

2-2 changes in both teams

 

In Rajasthan's playing-11, Jaydev Unadkat and David Miller got a chance to replace injured Ben Stokes and Shreyas Gopal. At the same time, Shimron Hetmyer and Amit Mishra were dropped in Delhi's playing XI. He was replaced by Kagiso Rabada and Lalit Yadav. This is Lalit's debut match.

 

Foreign players in both teams

Captain Pant included foreign players Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Kagiso Rabada, and Tom Karan in Delhi's playing-11. At the same time, Sanju gave a chance in the Rajasthan team to David Miller, Jose Butler, Chris Morris, and Mustafizur Rahman.

 

Both teams

 

Delhi: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Karan, and Avesh Khan.

 

Rajasthan: Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (captain), David Miller, Jose Butler, Shivam Dubey, Ryan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakaria, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman.

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