Rajasthan Royals’ celebrated their return to the ‘fortress’ with a 10-run win over Delhi Daredevils in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Rain made its first real appearance i🧸n the IPL 2018 and in a way dug a deep hole for DD who were provided☂ with the difficult task of chasing down 71 in 6 overs.
Gautam Gambhir had won the toss and as had been the norm in the tournament so far, he put the opposition into bat. And why wouldn’t he, as all 5 games until this match had been won by the team batting second.
The match was on an even keel when the rain came down at 153-5 in 17.5 overs, however, w💟ith DLS forced to make its presence felt, the matchup got a little tricky for the Daredevils, as they were handed a target of 71 in 6 overs.
With 10 wickets in hand and the kind of ammunition that they had in the dugout, Delhi would have fancied themselves to chase the total down. However, Munro got run-out without playing a ball and Maxwell still looked in ‘wedding mood’.
Pant did hit a few mighty blows but he couldn’t deliver when it really mattered.
The DLS ruined the chase for DD asౠ they were given the herculean task of scoring at 12 runs an over right from ൲the onset.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the match:
April 11, 2017: Sanju Samson was awarded Pꦰlayer of the Match playing for Delhi Daredevils
April 11🍸, 2018: Sanju Samson is awarded Player of the Match playing against ✃Delhi Daredevils
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Scoring @ almost 12 runs an over never easy whatever the pitch and match situation, but Delhi's attempt slipshod despite so many big hitters
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
T🧸he shortened game hurt , but full credit to bowlers, they had a definite plan and executed well tonight
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Back home….watching the match on TV 😎 💪
— Mandakini (@mandakini_)
Raj♋asthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur:
Last 9 IPL matches – W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W
Last 13 T20 matches – W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Duckworth Lewis method is the most insane method of predicting score. Even the legend cricketers can't decipher it. Feels bad for daredevils
— Hemanth Kumar (@chkitis)
So much changes with the change in jersey. Gambhir never took his pads off even after being dismissed for KKR. For DD, he didn't even wear his pads in a stiff chase
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter)
💥 ROYAL WIN 💥
We win by 10 runs!One of many more to come!
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
W – W – W – W – W – W – W – W – W
😎-😎-😎-😎-😎-😎-😎-😎-😎Ninth Consecutive Win at SMS, Jaipur!
We haven't lost a match at home since IPL 2012.
Big shout-out to our fans🥂 for your unwavering support!— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Jaydev Unadkat has just bowled his 1000th delivery in IPL without ever overstepping. He is the only fast bowler in the tournament with 1000plus bal🤡ls without a no-ball. Excellent disc🌃ipline.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
you under estimated yourself, if u have open up the innings maybe there's a slight chance of winning anyhow better luck next for next match
— Gouse Shaik (@urstrulyGouse)
7 consecutive defeats for Delhi Daredevils against Rajasthan Royals.
RR beat DD by 10 runs (D/L) last night.— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Does seem as if Gautam Gambhir ha🅠d no say in Delhi’s batting order
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Fans to Gambhir 😭😂
— Delhi Se Hoon BC (@delhichatter)
Delhi Daredevils should drop Daredevils from there name because there captain didn't dare to bat in his position.
😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥— Kuptaan 🇮🇳 (@Kuptaan)
MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina watching DD's chase.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
Thanks to rain and DLS we have had first win by a side batting🅘 first in
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
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