IPL 2021: Miller and Morris hand Rajasthan Royals improbable three-wicket win over Delhi Capitals

Back against the ball lefthanded batsman David Miller produced a 62run knock and it was followed by Chris Morrisrsquo cameo of 36 runs off just 18 balls as Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Capitals by three wickets in the Indian Premier League IPL on Thursday here at the Wankhede StadiumMiller played a knock of 62 runs The lefthanded batter came out to bat with the score at 173 and he guided Rajasthanrsquos innings And with 27 needed off the final two overs Morris stepped up to the occasion to take his side over the line with two balls to spare With this win Rajasthan has registered their first victory in this edition of the IPLChasing 148 Rajasthan did not get off to an ideal start as the side lost its opening batters Manan Vohra 9 and Jos Buttler 2 in the third over of the innings Chris Woakes provided the first two breakthroughs to Delhi In the very next over Kagiso Rabada dismissed Sanju Samson 4 leaving Rajasthan in a spot of bother at 173Shivam Dube and David Miller put on a 19run stand for the fourth wicket but Avesh Khan cut short the partnership in the eighth over as he dismissed the lefthanded Dube 2 Avesh caused further trouble as he sent Riyan Parag 2 back to the pavilion reducing Rajasthan to 425 in the 10th over Rahul Tewatia then joined Miller in the middle and the partnership between these two batters saw Miller taking the mantle and accelerating the inningsMiller and Tewatia put on 48 runs for the sixth wicket but as soon as Rajasthan started getting on course for a win Delhi stormed right back as Rabada sent Tewatia 19 back to the pavilion Miller went on to register his halfcentury and he even dispatch Avesh for two consecutive sixes but in looking for a third he ended up losing his wicket in the 16th over after playing a knock of 62 runsWith 27 needed off the final two overs Morris first smashed Rabada for 15 runs in the penultimate over and with 12 needed off the final over Morris and Jaydev Unadkat managed to guide Rajasthan over the line by three wicketsEarlier an inspired bowling performance by Jaydev Unadkat Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman helped Rajasthan Royals restrict Delhi Capitals to 1478 Delhi kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and although skipper Rishabh Pant played a knock of 51 Rajasthan managed to maintain a stranglehold over the oppositionAsked to bat first Delhi Capitals got off to a bad start as the side lost its first three wickets mdash Prithvi Shaw 2 Shikhar Dhawan 9 and Ajinkya Rahane 8 with just 36 runs on the board All three batters were sent back to the pavilion by Jaydev Unadkat Delhi would have been hoping for a big partnership from skipper Rishabh Pant and Marcus Stoinis but this was not to be the case as Mustafizur Rahman had Stoinis 0 fooled by a slower delivery in the seventh over and as a result Delhi was reduced to 374Lalit Yadav and Rishabh Pant then got together at the crease and the duo revived the innings for Delhi by stitching a partnership of 51 runs for the fifth wicket and this saw skipper Pant going past his 50run markHowever as soon as Delhirsquos innings started to come on track Pant 51 was sent back to the pavilion via a runout Soon after Lalit Yadav 20 was dismissed by Chris Morris reducing Delhi to 1006 in the 15th over In the final overs Tom Curran 21 Ravichandran Ashwin 7 and Chris Woakes 15 added some crucial runs to the total and as a result Delhi Capitals posted a total of more than the 140run markBrief Score Delhi Capitals 1478 Rishabh Pant 51 Tom Curran 21 Jaydev Unadkat 315 Rajasthan Royals 1507 David Miller 62 Chris Morris 36 Avesh Khan 332This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever