Delhi Capitals (DC) are nicely and really alive within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the 56th recreation of the match has saved them within the hunt for the highest 4 spots within the league.
The match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals came about on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday (seventh Could). The Rishabh Pant-led produced an amazing effort with bat and ball and made positive that they gained their sixth recreation of the match.
Delhi Capitals (DC) have been requested to bat first and so they had an excellent begin to their innings. Jake Fraser-McGurk (50) but once more oozed his class with the bat on the high and slammed a brutal half-century. Abishek Porel (65) additionally made a significant contribution with the bat on the high as Rajasthan Royals bowlers got here below strain.
Despite the fact that Delhi Capitals misplaced wickets after that Tristan Stubbs made positive he takes his group to a giant complete. The South African batter scored a quick-fire 20 runs. Primarily based on the highest order blitz and a cameo by Stubbs ultimately powered the group to a complete of 221 runs.
With the ball, Delhi Capitals began fairly nicely as Khaleel Ahmed took the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the second ball of the innings earlier than Axar Patel despatched Jos Buttler packing for 17 runs on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Delhi Capitals bowlers got here below strain when Sanju Samson (86) was going nice weapons. The Rajasthan Royals skipper performed a significant hand for his group and with the way in which he was batting, it appeared that he would win the sport simply for his group.
Nonetheless, the house group pulled again issues extremely nicely. Kuldeep Yadav picked 2 wickets within the 18th over and that nearly sealed the sport for his group. They restricted Rajasthan Royals to a complete of 201 runs and gained the sport by 20 runs to win their sixth recreation of the match.
Delhi Capitals Qualification State of affairs for IPL 2024 PlayoffsÂ
The win in opposition to Rajasthan Royals was the sixth win for Delhi Capitals within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. It pushed them as much as fifth on the factors desk. The Rishabh Pant-led facet has 12 factors from 12 video games and in addition has a NRR of -0.316 together with 6 losses below their belt as nicely.
Delhi Capitals are very a lot in competition for the playoffs. To fancy their probabilities for the highest 4 within the desk, they should win their remaining two video games within the match by massive margins. This may take them to 16 factors and that could be sufficient to seal the spot within the high 4.
Even after getting 16 factors, they may miss out as a result of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), and Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) can get to 16 factors in the event that they win two of their remaining three video games. Due to this fact to qualify, Delhi Capitals can be hoping that two among the many above-mentioned three groups lose their video games in order that path turns into straightforward.
If all of the groups get tied to 16 factors then Delhi Capitals can miss out as SRH (-0.065) and CSK (+0.700) have a greater NRR. Due to this fact Rishabh Pant-led facet must make it possible for they win their final 2 video games by massive margins.
