Journalism of Courage
Zaheer Khan sat out Delhi's home fixture against RPS with an injury. In his place, JP Duminy took reign of the team. In all, there were four changes for Delhi. A downtrodden RPS made two changes. The change in captain for DD meant the crowd was robbed of an interesting battle of the skippers. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Delhi's stand-in skipper JP Duminy was brought in to bat after the Powerplay overs finished. He top scored for the side with 34 in an average showing by the home side. (Source: PTI)
Karun Nair finished as the second highest scorer for DD with 32 runs. In his brisk knock, the right hander hit five boundaries. His run at the crease was stopped by a well taken Thesara Perera catch. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Carlos Brathwaite did what Carlos Brathwaite does best - smack some big ones. He stood in the middle for a brief 8 balls but not before tarnishing RPS attack for 20 runs including three sixes. He was eventually done in by a slow bouncer by Scott Boland. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Ajinkya Rahane stood tall from the beginning till the end in RPS' successful chase of 163. His fifth fifty of the IPL ensured RPS broke their losing streak with ease in the end. Rahane brought up the winning runs for his side to stay 63 run unbeaten from 48 balls with seven boundaries. (Source: PTI)
Usman Khawaja playing his first IPL game - even with a typo on his back - rode on numerous lives to put up a strong start with Ajinkya Rahane. The Aussie scored 30 runs from 27 balls but not before the score read 59 after 8 overs. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
While all Delhi bowlers were fairly economical, Mohammed Shami bore the brunt of RPS batsmen to be smacked all around the park. In his three overs, the Delhi bowler conceded 50 runs to be the difference in the end between a win and a loss for DD. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
