Journalism of Courage
Deepak Hooda led Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday. (Source: PTI)
Delhi Daredevils had to bat first after losing the toss and were off to a flyer thanks to Shreyas Iyer. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
However, spinners put a brake on their run flow after Shreyas Iyer was removed. Tambe was phenomenal as he gave away just 18 in his 3 overs. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
But from here on Duminy played a captain's knock. He promoted himself to number 4 and took some balls to settle down. ( Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Yuvraj hit two towering sixes, both of them coming in the same over of Fulkner as he went for plenty. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Once set, he took his chances against the pacers in the fag end of the innings. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Chasing a stiff total of 184, Rajasthan's chase was guided well by the youngster. He scored 54 runs in 25 balls. (Source: PTI)
Tahir took four wickets and was responsible for removing the danger man Rahane. But unfortunately he couldn't lift his team to a win. (Source: PTI)
In the second match of the day, Mumbai Indians took on Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai. MI won the toss and decided to bowl first. (Source: Express photo by Kevin D'Souza)
Virender Sehwag scored a 19-ball 36 with some classic shots and gave KXIP a fying start. (Source: BCCI)
Harbhajan Singh sent the openers back in the hut to restrict KXIP in the middle overs. Harbhajan finished with 4-0-20-2. (Source: Express photo by Kevin D'Souza)
George Bailey then held onto one end till the end and brought up his half-century. He finished with 61* and lifted his team to 177/5 in 20 overs. (Source: Express photo by Kevin D'Souza)
MI's chase got off to a worst possible start as Sandeep Sharma and Anureet Singh picked up wickets upfront. Sandeep finished with excellent figures of 4-1-12-1. (Source: BCCI)
Mitchell Johnson then took over and rattled the MI middle order and reduced MI to 59/6. (Source: Express photo by Kevin D'Souza)
Coming in at 59/6, Harbhajan Singh departed with the score reading 159/7. He blasted a 24-ball 64 and took MI close to an improbable win. He also scored the fastest fifty for MI - off 19 balls. (Source: BCCI)
Harbhajan was dismissed in the last over and MI managed only 159/7 in 20 overs, handing KXIP their first win of the season by 18 runs. (Source: BCCI)
