IPL8 – Rajasthan Royals back to winning ways – defeat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs

#IPL8 #RRvsDD #AjinkyaRahane #orangecap #IPL500 It was an Ajinkya Rahane and Karun Nair show at Brabourne Stadium when they helped beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs and regain the top spot in the points table by displacing Chennai Super Kings as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 3rd May 2015.

Rahane remained not out with 91 runs (9 fours, 3 sixes) while Karun Nair contributed 61 runs (6 fours, 2 sixes) to put up an imposing total of 189 for 2 and, the DD boys could score only 175 for 7 in the stipulated 20 overs. Thereby, RR won by 14 runs and moved up with 14 points in 11 matches.
Of course, CSK has played 9 matches so far and have 12 points – the situation in the points table could change. For Delhi Daredevils, captain J P Duminy top scored with 56 runs (3 fours, 3 sixes) but, Yuvraj Singh could contribute only 22 runs ( 4 fours and no sixes). Obviously, he has yet to get back his form.
Man of the Match was Ajinkya Rahane – he also got back his Orange Cap being top scorer in IPL8 till now.
Incidentally, it was the 500th match of IPL.

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#IPL8 #DDvsRR #YuvrajSingh #TimSouthee It was yet another last ball loss in IPL8 for the Delhi Daredevils in Fezoz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi when Rajasthan Royals beat them even after they had put up an impressive total of 184 on the board. This has been reported in sports.ndtv.com dated 12 April 2015.
RR chose to field after winning the toss and DD got off to a good start with Mayank Agarwal (37) and Shreyas Iyer (40) setting the tone. A cameo innings from Yuvraj Singh (27) and Angelo Mathews (27*) coupled with JP Duminy’s 44 saw a score of 184 on the board.

It was a good score but they had not reckoned with the likes of Ajinkya Rahane who played a solid hand of 45 and 19-year-old Deepak Hooda, the right-hander from Baroda, who slammed 54 from just 25 balls. He got a life when Yuvraj Singh fumbled with the ball and missed a run-out chance when Hooda was on 23.
Finally, it was Tim Southee who hit a last ball boundary to take Rajasthan home in a nail biting finish.
Previously, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Delhi Daredevils got off to a flying start as Mayank Agarwal (37) and Shreyas Iyer (40) flayed the Royals bowling to all over the park. However, the Royals pegged back the Daredevils with some disciplined middle over bowling. In the end, it was cameos from Yuvraj Singh (27) and Angelo Mathews (27*) that helped the Daredevils step on to the gas and go past 180. Captain JP Duminy remained unbeaten on 44.

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