On Wednesday, the host team celebrated their return to the 'fortress' with a 10-run win over Delhi Daredevils in the rain-hit Indian Premier League match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals overcame a shaky start and were on course to post a competitive total before it started pouring down heavily with Royals reaching 153 for five in 17.5 overs. The 17th over bowled by Morris leaked 18 runs, turning out to be the most expensive over of the innings.
Intermittent rain led to a two and a half hour stoppage before umpires gave their go ahead for a shortened game. Royals' innings eventually ended at 153 for five and Delhi were set a revised target of 71 runs in six overs as per Duckworth-Lewis method. The visitors made a disastrous start with Colin Munro run out off the first ball of the innings following a mix-up with Glenn Maxwell (17 off 12). Royals' attack comprising pacers Ben Laughlin and Dhawal Kulkarni bowled well and kept the Daredevils batsmen guessing with their variations. Only two overs of Powerplay also hurt Delhi.
With Rishabh Pant (20 off 14) gone in the penultimate over, Royals needed to defend 25 runs in the final over. Laughlin (2/20) did that comfortably as the hosts recorded their first win of the season. It was a second straight loss for Daredevils.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 153/5 in 17.5 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 45, Sanju Samson 37; Shahbaz Nadeem 2-34, Trent Boult 1-26) beat Delhi Daredevils 60/4 in 6 overs (Rishabh Pant 20; Ben Laughlin 2-20, Jaydev Unadkat 1-24) by 10 runs (DLS Method).
