Young Riyan Parag scored a stunning 84 runs off 45 balls without conceding a single to help Rajasthan Royals win by 12 in the IPL match in Jaipur on Thursday A points win over Delhi Capitals proved why he was considered a precocious talent. RR were batting for 36 in the eighth over but 22-year-old Parag single-handedly took the home team to 185 for 5 with a brilliant unbeaten knock of 7 fours and 6 sixes. point.
Parag, who was promoted to fourth place by the team management this season, scored 43 points in the last game. He scored 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1 in the final from South African veteran Anrich. Notje scored 25 points to reach his highest T20 score.
Chasing 186 for victory, DC managed only 173 for 5 in 20 overs, although South African youngster Tristan Stubbs (44 not out in 23 balls) kept them in the lead. , until the final round when they needed 17 points.
Avesh Khan conceded just four runs to help RR win its second consecutive match.
South African pacers Nandre Burger and Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each and contributed to RR’s win.
“Absolutely disappointed. The best thing to do from here is learn from it. The bowlers were brilliant in the 15-16 overs. But the batsmen were brilliant at the death and hopefully we can do better in the next game,” DC captain Rishabh Pant said.
DC were reduced to 34 for 2 in the fourth over, with Berg showing off his fast bowling by taking two wickets in three balls.
Berg, who came in as a replacement for Shimron Hetmyer, dismissed openers Mitchell Marsh (23 off 12 balls) and Ricky Boo in the fourth over Ricky Bhui (0 goals).
DC captain Rishabh Pant struck out at the fall of Bhui’s wicket and along with senior batsman David Warner completed the innings without taking much risk. Delhi were reduced to 89 for 2 in the middle period.
Warner is more aggressive as he gets the boundaries that keep DC chasing. The senior Australian batsman fell one run short of his fifty in the 12th over when Sandeep Sharma took a brilliant catch off the bowling of Avesh.
Warner and Pant were involved in a crucial 67-run partnership for the third wicket.
Playing his 100th IPL match 14 months after a horrific car accident, Pant tried to set occasional boundaries in the game. But he made 28 off 26 balls in the 14th over, with Chahal bringing a weak lower edge to Sanju Samson, leaving him behind the stumps to do the rest.
The requirement rate surged to over 13 points per over, with DC needing 66 points in the last 5 overs.
Stubbs hit two consecutive sixes off Ravichandran Ashwin in the 17th over to keep DC in the game, but Delhi ended up trailing by 12 runs.
They needed 34 points in the final two rounds, but they couldn’t get them. This was DC’s second straight loss.
Earlier, after a shaky start for RR, Parag was shared with Ravichandran Ashwin (29 runs) and Dhruv Jurel (20 runs) Scored 54 and 52 points.
Royals skipper Samson hit three consecutive boundaries off pacer Mukesh Kumar in the fourth over and then sent Khalil Ahmed to Pant two overs later , get 15 points.
By that time, RR were at 2 for 30 and Mukesh gave DC their first breakthrough through the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (5).
Royals were in bigger trouble as wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav actually forced a review from his skipper Pant which later proved successful, dismissing Englishman Joe LBW decision from Jos Buttler.
Ashwin, batting at number five, helped RR reach 58 in five overs with a six off Kuldeep at the halfway stage. He gave Nortje tougher treatment in the next over, hitting two sixes and scoring 15 runs.
However, Ashwin holed out to Tristan Stubbs near the boundary rope to score 29 off 19 balls.
Parag then made his presence felt by hitting two boundaries and a six off Ahmed to take RR past 100 in the 15th over.
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