Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a brilliant half-century against DC on Saturday.© BCCI/IPL
The Rajasthan Royals showed their full force on Saturday as they defeated the David Warner-led Delhi Capitals by 57 runs. The loss meant Delhi Capitals terrible start to the IPL 2023 continued as they lost their third match on the trot. While Yashasvi Jaiswal reaffirmed his status as the brightest talent among India’s gen-next batters with an outstanding 60, Jos Buttler showed no sign of finger pain en route a chiseled 79 in Rajasthan Royals’ challenging 199 for 4 after David Warner made a tactical’ hara-kiri’ had committed. by choosing to play on a batting shirt front.
Jaiswal hammered an unlucky Khaleel Ahmed (0/31 in 2 overs) into submission by cracking five boundaries in the opening over. The over was the most expensive in IPL 2023 so far!
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His 31-ball innings laid the groundwork before Buttler finished with a swing. The English swashbuckler faced 51 balls.
The fate of DC bowlers could have been sealed in the first six overs, giving 68 runs along with 14 boundaries, but Kuldeep Yadav (1/31 in 4 overs), Mukesh Kumar (2/36 in 4 overs) and Rovman Powell (1/18 in 2 overs) did a good job of controlling rear damage to some degree.
Anrich Nortje (0/44 in 4 overs), DC’s big bowling hope, seemed to have had too much on his plate as the attack at the other end did affect him as he also went for a flurry of bounds including a over the balls of the head.
The 50 came in the fourth over and 100 in the 10th, even as Jaiswal completed a 25-ball half-century, his fifth over three editions of the tournament. It was Mukesh Kumar, who eventually caused a mistimed pull from Jaiswal, which shot up and resulted in an easy catch.
In reply, DC finally managed to score just 142 for 9 after being beaten by the two Royals openers, with Shimron Hetmyer adding a little icing on the cake.
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