Journalism of Courage
Already through to the play-offs, Delhi Capitals first rode on veterans Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra's superb efforts with the bowl to restrict Rajasthan Royals to 115 for nine. (Source: IPL)
Young Riyan Parag (50 off 49, 4x4s, 2x6s) was the lone bright spot for Rajasthan as he held on to one fort and notched up his maiden IPL fifty to take the visitors close to the 120-run mark. (Source: IPL)
Chasing a modest target, Delhi made a quick start through Shikhar Dhawan (16) and Prithvi Shaw (8) before Ish Sodhi (3/26) removed both the openers in consecutive balls to give himself a hat-trick chance. (Source: IPL)
While Delhi lost two more wickets in the form of Colin Ingram (12) and Sherfane Rutherford (11), Rishabh Pant carried on his bat and finished off the chase by hitting Sodhi for a big six over long-leg off and in the process also notched up his fifty. (Source: IPL)
Washington Sundar weaved his magic with the ball to bring RCB back into the match. He dismissed Martin Guptill for a 23-ball 30 in the 8th over. He also picked up the crucial wicket of Manish in the same over, for nine, leaving the visitors in some trouble at 61 for three in the eighth over. Vijay Shankar became Sundar's third scalp of the evening. He finished with figures of 3/24 in his 3 overs.
Captain Kane Williamson dealt in fours and sixes as Sunrisers Hyderabad plundered 28 runs in the final over to reach a challenging 175 for seven. Williamson remained not out on 70 off 43 balls, hitting four sixes and five fours. (Source: IPL)
Shimron Hetmyer hammered his first half century to script the win for Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets. He scored 75 in 48 balls.
