DC vs RR | Player Ratings: Rishabh Pant, Amit Mishra help Delhi Capitals overhaul Rajasthan Royals challenge
Rishabh Pant anchored the run-chase with unmatched confidence after Amit Mishra weaved magic with the ball to account for three wickets and help beat RR by five wickets. Ishant Sharma inflicted early damage and a collective effort from Delhi bowlers help them secure the second spot on the table.
Shikhar Dhawan (3.5/10): After watching the whole Royals batting collapse, it was pretty evident that the pitch had something to offer for the bowlers. The target might have looked like a cakewalk, but still needed to be chased. Dhawan has set a beautiful example for the young guns in Delhi side and had another chance to show them how to bat on tricky surfaces, but a reckless shot straight away against a leg-spinner resulted in a much-needed wicket for Royals.
Prithvi Shaw (2.5/10): Touted as the next big thing in Indian cricket, Shaw has done anything of substance this season to justify the tag. His futile dismissals has only hampered Delhi’s run at the top. Right after Dhawan’s dismissal, Shaw should have slowed things down and get his side back into the game, which wasn’t to be. If he continues to fare in this manner, the trust is only bound to lose.
Shreyas Iyer (5/10): With Ish Sodhi making things difficult for Delhi Capitals, Iyer did the right thing by counter-attacking the leg-spinner. Delhi needed to break the shackles and Iyer decided to go for the kill as he is also a good player of spin. But there is a fine line between being confident and reckless. After smashing two consecutive sixes, Iyer needed to rotate the strike and take things deep for Delhi Capitals, but perished in an attempt to milk another six of Shreyas Gopal’s bowling.
Rishabh Pant (8.5/10): When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. The target wasn’t a challenging one, but Delhi batsmen made it into one by losing wickets at regular intervals. They needed someone to stick to his guns and anchor the run-chase, which was rightly done by Pant. Whenever, the Royals tried to crawl back, Pant would take his team a step ahead with a big stroke. He finished off the game in style and ensured Delhi Capitals secure the second spot on the points table for now.
Colin Ingram (2.5/10): The South African never looked comfortable on this testing wicket and eventually fell prey to Ish Sodhi’s persistence. Things were pretty much in Delhi’s control but Ingram’s inability to rotate the strike against the spinners only added the pressure and eventually perished him.
Sherfane Rutherford (4/10): It’s true that fortune favours the brave, but that doesn’t happen again and again. Rutherford was brave enough to go for the big heave off Gopal’s bowling and just managed to clear the boundary while the Parag thought he had a chance to cup that one. With just 10 runs needed after that, Rutherford went for a needless big stroke and ended up gifting his wicket away.
Trent Boult (6.5/10): After Kagiso Rabada’s mistimed injury, Boult was trusted with the burden of leading Delhi Capitals’ bowling attack. And Delhi Capitals would be more than satisfied by the way Boult bowled in this game. He was not only economical but also picked two wickets, including Parag, in the final over. His figures would have looked compelling had Parag not scored two sixes in his final over.
Axar Patel (6/10): This is exactly what Axar Patel is good at - bowling that unplayable length at an impeccable consistency. Just like building partnerships, bowlers do hunt in pairs and Patel rendered a good hand in ensuring the noose was tightened around Royals batsmen and there were no easy runs.
Keemo Paul (6/10): On a surface where bowlers were making the ball talk, Keemo Paul maintained pressure from his end. Although he remained wicketless, he did create opportunities for other bowlers by drying up the runs from his end. He pulled out in the last over after some struggle and was taken care of by the physio.
Ishant Sharma (6.5/10): It was a magical spell by Ishant, where he not only varied his pace beautifully but also bagged three wickets. This was a different Ishant in action, who didn’t shy away from experimenting and reaped fruitful results for the hard work. Though he leaked a few runs, the damage he inflicted with the new ball swung the momentum in Delhi’s favour at the outset.
Amit Mishra (8.5/10): The leggie exploited the conditions well and was on the verge of scripting history by bagging his third hat-trick in the IPL, but a dropped catch by Boult shattered his hopes. On such a slow surface, it was important for a wrist-spinner to flight the ball, which was rightly done by Mishra. This was the kind of surface that would assist his style of bowling and Mishra did well to bag three wickets for 17 in four overs.
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