Delhi Royals clinch dominant 41-run victory over Rajasthan Kings

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 8 (ANI): Delhi Royals registered their first victory of the Legend 90 League with a dominant 41-run win over Rajasthan Kings in Match 4 on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

After placing up a formidable whole of 195/3 in 90 balls, Delhi Royals successfully defended their rating, limiting Rajasthan Kings to 154/4, as said in a launch from Legend 90 League.

Rajasthan Kings skipper Ankit Rajpoot opted to bowl first, however Delhi Royals capitalized on the choice. Shikhar Dhawan gave his staff a blazing begin, putting three consecutive fours within the first over in opposition to Rajpoot. He, together with Lendl Simmons, constructed a strong 60-run partnership earlier than falling to Sudeep Tyagi.

Simmons, taking part in his first match of the season, continued to dominate, stitching an 82-run stand with Angelo Perera for the third wicket. The previous West Indies opener smashed 87 off simply 39 balls, hitting 12 fours and 4 sixes, earlier than lacking out on a century.

Perera offered the of entirety, remaining unbeaten on 54 off 24 balls with six fours and three sixes, serving to Delhi Royals set a frightening goal of 195/3 in 15 overs.

Chasing 196, Rajasthan Kings suffered an early blow as opener Phil Mustard was dismissed for a duck within the first over by Parvinder Awana, who bowled a wicket-maiden.

Regardless of some resistance from Gaurav Tomar (34 off 18) and Rajesh Bishnoi (31 off 12), Rajasthan struggled to construct momentum. Bipul Sharma was the game-changer with the ball, taking three wickets to cut back Rajasthan to 78/4.

Rajat Singh, the Kings’ prime scorer from their earlier recreation, performed a valiant knock, remaining unbeaten on 48 off 32 balls. He, together with Manpreet Gony, tried to revive the innings, however the goal proved too steep.

Bipul completed with match-winning figures of three/18, whereas Awana contributed with 1/15, together with a maiden over to seal the deal for the Delhi Royals. (ANI)