Recent Match Report – Capitals vs Royals Game 36 2021

Iyer hits 43 before Royals crumble around Samson

Delhi capitals 154 for 6 (Iyer 43, Hetmyer 28, Mustafizur 2-22) beat Royals of Rajasthan 121 for 6 (Samson 70 *, Nortje 2-18, Ashwin 1-20) by 33 races

What appeared at the break of the innings as a small mountain to climb soon looked like Everest to a struggling Rajasthan Royals batting team as the Delhi Capitals turned in a disciplined team bowling effort led by Anrich Nortje to comfortably defend 154, winning by 33 points in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon.

The Royals were still late in the pursuit after losing three power-play wickets as foreign pair Liam Livingstone and David Miller fell low to reduce the Royals’ chances. Sanju Samson could have been the fourth to fall in the streak but was pardoned by the DRS. He fought a lone battle for the remainder of the innings, finishing undefeated on 70 of 53 balls but receiving little support on the opposite end. Mahipal Lomror’s 19 was the only other score to hit double digits as the Capitals strangled the scoring rate from start to finish to seal a victory that puts them two points behind the Chennai Super Kings in sole possession of the first place in the table IPL points.

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