IPL 2018: Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals in rain-hit game at home

Young Rishabh Pant cracked a blistering 69 while captain Shreyas Iyer (50) hit his fourth half-century of the season as Delhi Daredevils kept themselves in the race for IPL play-offs with a nervy four-run win over Rajasthan Royals. Needing 15 runs off the last over, Boult conceded just one boundary and lifted Delhi from the bottom of the table to No. 6 with six points. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Pant hammered the Royals bowlers all around the park in his 29-ball knock, studded with seven fours and five sixes. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Young Prithvi Shaw (47) was yet again in sublime touch and raised a 73-run stand with his captain for the second wicket after the side lost Colin Munro (0) in the fourth ball of the innings.

After Shaw's dismissal, Iyer and Rishabh Pant combined to punish the wayward Royals' bowlers, adding 92 runs for the third wicket in just 7.1 overs. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Royals were off to a fiery start with Buttler going berserk. The England batsman smashed Avesh Khan for three sixes and a four and also punished Liam Plunkett as Royals collected 58 from four Power-play overs. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

It was Mishra who finally gave the breakthrough by having the Briton stumped in the seventh over. The Royals needed a big knock from Ben Stokes (1) but he could not do much. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Delhi Daredevils have now moved up to sixth from eighth position i the points table with this win. RR have moved down one spot to seventh. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)