Jaipur, May 1: Delhi Capitals (DC) secured a convincing victory against Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets in the 43rd match of IPL 2026, held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday. With this win, DC climbed to sixth place in the standings, having won 4 out of 9 matches, while RR remained in fourth place after losing 4 out of 10 matches.
Winning the toss and opting to bat, Rajasthan Royals managed to score 225 runs after losing 6 wickets. The team had a shaky start, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (6) and Vaibhav Suryaanshi (4) within the first 1.5 overs, prompting captain Riyan Parag to stabilize the innings alongside Dhruv Jurel.
The duo formed a solid partnership, scoring 102 runs for the second wicket off 59 balls. Jurel contributed 42 runs from 30 balls, hitting 1 six and 4 fours before getting out. Following this, Parag teamed up with Ravindra Jadeja for the fourth wicket, adding 53 runs in just 28 balls.
Jadeja scored 20 runs off 14 balls with 2 boundaries, while Parag narrowly missed his century, scoring 90 runs off 50 balls, including 5 sixes and 8 fours. Donovan Ferreira, along with Shivam Dube (not out on 6), added 40 runs for the sixth wicket in just 15 balls, pushing the team to a formidable total. Ferreira remained unbeaten at 47 runs from 14 balls, hitting 6 sixes and 2 fours. For the opposition, Mitchell Starc took the most wickets, claiming 3, while Kyle Jamieson, Axar Patel, and T Natarajan each took 1 wicket.
In response, the opening pair of Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul provided a strong start for DC, putting together a partnership of 110 runs in 9.3 overs. Nissanka scored 62 runs off 33 balls, hitting 3 sixes and 6 fours before getting out.
KL Rahul then partnered with Nitish Rana for the second wicket, adding 61 runs in 30 balls. Nitish scored 33 runs off 17 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours before returning to the pavilion. Shortly after, DC lost Rahul, who scored 75 runs off 40 balls, including 5 sixes and 6 fours.
At this point, DC had lost 3 wickets for 177 runs in 15.2 overs. Ashutosh Sharma then formed an unbeaten partnership of 49 runs with Tristan Stubbs, securing the win for the team. Stubbs remained not out on 18 runs, while Ashutosh scored 25 runs not out. For RR, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, and Ravindra Jadeja each took 1 wicket.
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