RR vs DC – IPL 2022 Report: Marsh and Warner’s clinical chase!

RR vs DC, Match 58 – IPL 2022 Report: Delhi Capitals moved to 12 points after a satisfying win against Rajasthan Royals at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy.

Being put to bat, Royals lost Jos Buttler (7) in the third over to Chetan Sakariya. Sakariya replaced Khaleel Ahmed this match. Ravichandran Ashwin who walked in put on a 43-run partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal for the 3^rd wicket. Ashwin scored his first ever half century in his T20 career while Devdutt Padikkal fell two runs short of his half century. The duo put of 53-run stand for the 3^rd wicket in 6 overs. Rajasthan Royals clearly missed Shimron Hetmyer in the end overs as there was inadequate acceleration which took Royals to 160 for 6 in 20 overs. 160 still looked like a par total on this dry wicket.

Chasing 162 to win, Delhi Capitals were off to a bad start as they lost KS Bharat in just the second ball of the innings to Trent Boult. The Aussie duo of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh took the game away from Royals with an outstanding 144-run stand for the second wicket. Marsh survived a LBW appeal as RR decided not to take the DRS.

Marsh smacked 89 in 62 balls while Warner remained unbeaten on 52 runs. Captain Rishabh Pant joined Warner at the exit of Mitchell Marsh and scored 2 sixes off Yuzvendra Chahal to finish of the match early. DC clinched the match with 11 balls to go!

Toss: Rishabh Pant (DC) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Rajasthan Royals:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Rassie van der Dussen, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen

Delhi Capitals:

David Warner, Srikar Bharat, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje

Venue: Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

RR vs DC – IPL 2022 – Match Summary

RR 160-6 in 20 overs

Yashasvi Jaiswal 19 (19) – 1 four & 1 six

Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (38) – 4 fours & 2 sixes

Devdutt Padikkal 48 (30) – 6 fours & 2 sixes

Rassie van der Dussen 12*(10) – 1 four

Chetan Sakariya 4-0-23-2

Anrich Nortje 4-0-39-2

Mitchell Marsh 3-0-25-2

DC 161-2 in 18.1 overs

David Warner 52*(41) – 5 fours & 1 six

Mitchell Marsh 89 (62) – 5 fours & 7 sixes

Rishabh Pant 13*(4) – 2 sixes

Trent Boult 4-0-32-1

Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-43-1

Result: DC won by 8 wickets

Player of the Match: Mitchell Marsh