Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals, 32nd Match

DD 196/6 (17.1 Ovs)

RR 146/5 (12.0 Ovs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 4 runs (DLS method)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Rishabh Pant

We witnessed an absolute humdinger today. In the end, the Royals from Rajasthan fell short by a hit. Pant and Buttler almost matched each other shot by shot but RR missed the innings which Iyer and Shaw played for DD. I am sure you all would have enjoyed this thrilling Northern Derby, join us again tomorrow for KKR vs CSK. Until then, this isVarun Dixit signing off on behalf of Pratyush Sinha, Abhinand, Kumar Abhisekh Dasand Hariprasad along with our scorer Harish. Goodnight and take good care!

Rishabh Pant - It is going great for me. Win is more important for me. No added responsibility for being the retained player. I am using some different tricks to counter the bowlers. We are being positive because we know if we lose one more match we are out of the tournament. Intent is the same in every match we play.

Shreyas Iyer - It was a very important victory for us. This wicket is very good and even 200 is very less. Bowlers kept their nerve and we came back strong. I dropped the catch but we won the match, we should look forward. Start that Shaw is giving is amazing and Pant's role in the middle is pivotal. It is important for us to win all the matches. Ponting is a positive guy and no one is thinking negative in the dressing room. It is difficult to bowl with the ground being small, it is really tough to control when the batsmen start hitting.

Trent Boult, Purple Cap holder - To get few games and test my skill set is good fun. It is a learning curve. Obviously, trying to back myself and trying to pick brains of some people. We are off to Hyderabad tomorrow. We will see how it goes there. We are taking it game by game. Pant is a quality and fearless cricketer. He goes out there and plays his shots.

Ajinkya Rahane - Disappointing to lose this game. We batted incredibly well. Jos upfront was magnificent. The wicket was pretty good. We were trying to bowl hard lengths but we did not execute well. It is a learning phase for our bowlers. We are still in the tournament. Upfront he (Buttler) is a very dangerous player and good for us that he is in form. We all believe that we can win all our games and make it to the play-offs. We have always taken one game at a time. It is all in the mind now and we will have to show character.

Most consecutive wins vs an opponent in IPL (includes Super Over wins):
8 RCB v DD (2011-15)
8 KKR v KXIP (2014-17)
7 CSK v DD (2012-15)
7 RR v DD (2013-2018) - streak ended today

Narrowest margin of wins for DD in IPL (by runs):
1 v RR, Delhi, 2012
4 v SRH, Vizag, 2015
4 v RR, Delhi, 2018 **
7 v RPS, Delhi, 2017

00:41 Local Time, 19:11 GMT, 00:41 IST: The 22 yards at the Kotla was a belter and we have been greeted with a cracker of a match here. We finally got to see Buttler (67 off 26 balls) in full flow this season and his innings put RR in a commanding position. But Short failed to strike the ball cleanly from the other end in the middle overs and played a miserable knock, albeit making up with a 25-ball 44 later. That killed the flow of the chase. After the departure of Buttler, RR's innings came apart, there was a valiant effort from Gowtham in the end but he failed to replicate his heroics in the last over today.