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IPL 2021 | RR vs DC - What Experts said as Chris Morris' charge robs Delhi of a sure shot victory

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Rajasthan Royals changed course to storm into the Indian Premier League after winning their second game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, 15 April. The Sanju Samson-led outfit were once again in a spot of bother after deciding to chase second time on a row, but a tremendous fightback by South African duo - Chris Morris and David Miller meant that the Royals were not on the wrong side of things once again. Playing against the Delhi Capitals, RR looked down and out by the halfway stage of the game, but a second half counter attack initially led by David Miller and then carried on by Morris made sure that they got over the line with two balls to spare.

In a game that weirdly favoured the bowlers in Wankhede, the Rajasthan pacers asserted their dominance, courtesy, a fantastic spell from Jaydev Unadkat put Delhi under the cosh very early in the game. Man of the match Unadkat used his entire arsenal of angles and variations and picked up the wickets of Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane, and reduced last year’s finalists to 36 for 3 inside the powerplay.

Some fantastic fielding on the night from Royals meant that DC were majorly restricted in their approach barring a fantastic display by Rishabh Pant who took the attack to the opposition team, punishing anything bowled short to him at will.

Speaking after the game, Pant rued the lack of runs and stated that it was the dew that got better of Delhi Capitals on the night.

“I think the bowlers did a really good job in the start, but we let them get over us in the end. We could have bowled better. Dew got the better of us. I think we were 15-20 runs short. But there is something to gain from this match, the bowlers did well at the start. Hopefully in the future we can pull things off. I think in the second innings there was more dew than the first innings so we had to be doing our part, because the slower ball wasn't stopping.” Pant reflected after the game.

The winning captain - Sanju Samson on the other hand looked relieved with the fact that they managed to win a tight chase tonight.

Speaking in the post match show, Samson stated how he felt nervous after his side were down by 40/5 at a stage in the game and how things looked very tough from there.

“To be very honest, I thought that it was tough from 40 for 5. We had Miller and Morris, but I thought it was tough. It's about reading the conditions. It was a little sticky at the start. Taking pace off is the strength of our fast bowlers and that worked out. We had a chat with Chetan and he was confident and clear and I thought he could take the responsibility. I was praying inside, Morris can you please get one six.”

Experts talk

There were a lot of takeaways from the game tonight. Say for example, the Rajasthan camp went with a three-pronged left-arm pace attack, something that has not been seen much in recent memory. 


Talking about pace bowling attack, the Mumbai pitch was not kind to pacers for both teams. While Royals' pacers reaped rewards for taking pace off the ball, Delhi got brutally punished off the same strategy in the second innings. And at the brunt of it was Tom Curran. He got smacked for 35 off his 3.4 overs failing to execute on pace works at a time when he got smacked out of the park while trying to bowl his trademark slower bouncers.


Micheal Vaughan thanked the IPL for oen more thriller, something that is turning out to be a norm in the 14th edition of the league.


An unlikely hero in Jaydev Unadkat emerged from the game and this brought in heaps of praises for the Saurashtra cricketer who hadn't quite had the best time in the IPL in years. Harsha Bhogle and Sanjay Manjrekar were smitten by the Indian pacers on the night and stressed on the quality of the Indian pace bowling line-up that has come through in the early phases of this tournament.



Manjrekar further noted how Rishabh Pant rallied his troops in the defence of a below par total that was always going to be tough in a small ground like Wankhede. 

For the last experts' tweet of the day, we have got a Sehwag special. Rebuked for his inability to hit the other night, Chris Morris turned up the tempo on Thursday, taking Rajasthan home from a precarious position when they required around 12 runs per over. Morris' clean hitting was the highlight of the night considering there wasn't a single six hit in the first innings.

He took on the Delhi bowlers and deposited them across the park to scored 36 off 18 balls that included four huge sixes in them.

 

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