IPL 2022: DC keep playoff hopes alive, register 8-wicket win against RR

A 144run stand between Mitchell Marsh 89 and David Warner 52 helped Delhi Capitals DC register an eightwicket win against Rajasthan Royals RR at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday It was a memorable day for DC who put on an allround performance to keep their playoff hopes alive With this win DC is currently at fifth position in the table with 12 points RR is at third position with 14 pointsWhile chasing a target of 160 runs Delhi Capitals started off with a poor start losing the opener Srikar Bharat for a duck on the second ball of the innings after a Trent Boult delivery found the edge of his bat and landed in the hands of wicketkeeper Sanju Samson This brought Aussie allrounder Mitchell Marsh to the field alongside his compatriot David Warner Prasidh Krishna delivered a maiden second over and the next Boult over gave away only 4 leaving Delhi struggling at 51 in three oversThings started to pick up after the introduction of spin with Ravichandran Ashwin in the fourth over who gave away 12 runs with a six from Marsh The hit infused some life into the chase as the fourth fifth and sixth over went for 1112 and 10 runs respectively with Marsh and Warner stabilising the innings Marsh took a more aggressive approach while Warner anchored from the end At the end of the powerplay DC stood at a subpar 381 with Marsh 24 and Warner 11After the powerplay Marsh kicked the chase into the next gear smashing pacer Kuldeep Sen for two sixes and a total of 16 in his seventh over This also brought up the fiftyrun stand between Warner and Marsh with the latter being a more dominant batter Both the batters continued to pile up runs further By the time ten overs ended DC had recovered and it stood at a solid 741 with Marsh 47 and Warner 23 Soon Marsh also hit his halfcentury his first of the season in 38 balls with a six off Chahals delivery in the 11th overThe onslaught on the RR bowling attack did not stop in the second half of the innings either with the duo going all out against Yuzvendra Chahal Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna A four by Warner off Sens third delivery in the 14th over brought the 100run stand between him and Marsh in just 79 balls By the end of 15 overs DC was at the commanding position in the match with 1141 and Marsh 70 and Warner 38 stood at the crease with the equation down to 47 runs needed in the final five overs Marsh and Warner continued to make light work of the RR bowling attack with the duo smashing 15 runs in the 16th over bowled by AshwinIn the 18th over of the game Chahal finally got the wicket of Marsh who went back for 89 off 67 balls after being caught by Sen at the short fineleg This brought captain Rishabh Pant to the crease who smashed two sixes in Chahals 18th over to take Delhi three runs closer to a win Warner finally completed the formalities with a three of the first ball of the 19th over It also brought his fifth halfcentury of the season Earlier top knocks by Ravichandran Ashwin and Devdutt Padikkal provided Rajasthan Royals with a total of 1606 at the end of the first innings against Delhi Capitals here at Dr DY Patil Stadium on Wednesday Ashwin smashed 50 runs off 38 balls while Padikkal scored 48 runs off 30 balls and gave Rajasthan a strong hand in the first innings For DC Chetan Sakariya Anrich Nortje and Mitchell Marsh bagged two wickets each Put to bat Rajasthan had a rough start as their opening batter Jos Buttler fell prey to Chetan Sakariya after only scoring 7 runsRavichandran Ashwin was promoted to number three to join hands with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal to keep the scoreboard moving The duo stitched a great partnership and took their teams total beyond the 50run mark in the 8th over of the innings In the 9th over Mitchell Marsh gave a big blow to RR as he dismissed Jaiswal for 19 runs Jaiswals wicket invited Devdutt Padikkal to the crease and the latter smashed Mitchell Marsh for 8 runs Ashwin brought up his maiden halfcentury in just 37 balls while Padikkal gave a strong stand to him from the other end They took Rajasthans score to 1072 in 14 oversMitchell Marsh was brought back into the attack and the pacer gave his team a big breakthrough as dismissed the wellset batter Ashwin for 50 runs RR skipper Sanju Samson then joined Padikkal on the crease to set up a big score and keep their teams scoreboard moving Padikkal smashed the DC bowlers all around the ground RR skipper could not stand longer on the ground and fell prey to Anrich Nortje after only scoring six runs Young batter Riyan Parag came to the crease to steady his teams batting lineup The duo of Parag and Padikkal smashed Nortje for 14 runs in a one over In the 17th over of the innings Chetan Sakariya was brought back into the bowling attack and he delivered an amazing spell of 7 runs with the wicket of Riyan ParagRassie van der Dussen then joined Padikkal on the crease to remove some pressure from the team In the 19th over wellset batter Padikkal fell prey to Nortje after scoring 48 runs leaving the teams total at 1466The 20th over of the innings delivered by Shardul Thakur helped DC restrict Rajasthan to 1606 Brief Scores Delhi Capitals 1612 in 181 overs Mitchell Marsh 89 David Warner 52 Trent Boult 132 and Rajasthan Royals 1606 in 20 overs Ravichandran Ashwin 50 Devdutt Padikkal 48 Chetan Sakariya 223This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever