Delhi’s team triumphs over Rajasthan in super over, RR batsmen crushed by Mitchell Starc

Delhi: The 32nd league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided the first bowling and invited Delhi Capitals to bat first. Batting first, Delhi scored 188 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Rajasthan Royals team also scored 188 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In the super over, the Delhi team scored 13 runs and won their fifth win this season.

Rajasthan’s innings

Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Sanju Samson got a good start to chase the target of 189 runs. Sanju scored 31 runs in 19 balls while batting fast, but due to injury he had to return to the pavilion after retiring. Ryan Parag could not do much and was dismissed by scoring just 8 runs in 11 balls. At the same time, Yashasvi scored 51 runs in 37 balls while playing a responsible innings.

Nitish Rana also performed excellent batting and played a fast -paced innings of 51 runs in just 28 balls, but Kuldeep Yadav showed the path of the pavilion. After Rana’s dismissal, Rajasthan’s innings appeared to be faltering. Dhruv Jurael scored 26 runs in 17 balls, while Shimran Hetmyer added 15 runs off 9 balls, but both could not reach the team.

Super over game

Bowling from Delhi was also fantastic. Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc got 1-1 wickets. Stark defended only 9 runs in the last over and brought the match to the super over, which led to Delhi’s hopes alive.

The responsibility of the super over was also given to Mitchell Starc. He conceded 5 runs in the first three balls, but despite a free hit off the fourth ball, he dismissed Ryan Parag and run out Yashasvi Jaiswal on the fifth ball. In this way, Rajasthan’s team was completely all out in the super over and could only score 11 runs.

Delhi’s victory

KL Rahul and Stabs came to bat in the super over from Delhi’s team and Sandeep Sharma took the bowling front for Rajasthan. The Delhi team achieved this target in just 4 balls, KL Rahul scored 7 runs on the first 3 balls and also hit 1 four. At the same time, on the fourth ball of the over, Stabs hit a six and gave the Delhi team the fifth win of the season.

First innings game

Delhi had a fast start, where Jake Fraser-Macagark scored 9 runs in 6 balls. However, as soon as his wicket fell in the third over, Karun Nair was also run out without opening an account.

After this, KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel tried to handle the innings. Rahul scored 38 runs, while Porel played an important innings of 49 runs. In the end, Stabs and Akshar Patel batted well in the final over, speeding up the run speed. Stabs scored an unbeaten 34 in 18 balls, while captain Akshar Patel hit 34 runs in just 14 balls. Delhi scored 50 runs in the last four overs and scored a strong score.

For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer was the most effective bowler, who took only 32 runs with 2 wickets in 4 overs. Hasranga and Tishta also took one wicket each.

Now Rajasthan will have to achieve the target of 188 runs, which will not be easy, but a exciting second innings can be expected in view of their batting line-up.

Playing XI of both teams

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