IPL 2021 Highlights, RR vs DC: Morris, Miller show guides RR to 3-wicket win

"I guess I dropped (MS Dhoni) him three years ago and finally I got his wicket in the last game. I was so happy because it was my dream wicket. I was with this team for the last few years and Ishant and Umesh were very helpful. I want to thank my coaches for having the confidence in me. I was bowling well in the practice games and I'm glad I got the opportunity," said DC bowler Avesh Khan.

• 5/0: Delhi Capitals have won 5 out of their last 5 matches against Rajasthan Royals since 2018 in IPL.

• 50-50: Both Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals have won 4 each against other in 8 encounters at neutral venues in

the IPL.

• 2008: The last and only time DC and RR encountered at Wankhede Stadium in IPL was in 2008 in the semi-final,

which was won by Rajasthan by 105 runs.

• 200: Shikhar Dhawan is 15 sixes away from completing 200 sixes across T20s.

• 250: Ravichandran Ashwin is 1 wicket away from completing 250 wickets across T20s.

• 250: Ravichandran Ashwin is 2 matches away from completing 250 matches across T20s.

• 100: Ajinkya Rahane is 4 sixes away from completing 100 sixes across T20s.

• 4000: Ajinkya Rahane is 67 runs away from completing 4000 runs in IPL.

• 28: Tom Curran is 28 runs away from completing 1,000 runs across T20s.

• 15: Tom Curran is 15 fours away from completing 100 fours across T20s.

• 9: Tom Curran is 9 catches away from completing 50 catches across T20s.

• 4: Rishabh Pant is 4 catches away from completing 50 catches in IPL.

• 7: Rishabh Pant is 7 catches away from completing 50 catches as a wicketkeeper in IPL — he can become the 1st

wicketkeeper to reach this landmark for DC in IPL.

• 102: Prithvi Shaw is 102 runs away from completing 1,000 runs in IPL (All for DC) — he can become the 9th batsman

for DC with 1,000+ runs in IPL.

• 161: Marcus Stoinis is 161 runs away from completing 1,000 runs in IPL.

• 300: Marcus Stoinis is 3 fours away from completing 300 fours across T20s.

• 6: Shimron Hetmyer is 6 catches away from completing 50 catches across T20s.

• 3: Kagiso Rabada is 3 wickets away from completing 150 wickets across T20s.

• 100: David Miller is 13 sixes away from completing 100 sixes in IPL.

• 50: David Miller is 1 catch away from completing 50 catches in IPL.

• 1000: Rahul Tewatia is 33 runs away from completing 1,000 runs across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tewatia is 4 sixes away from completing 50 sixes across T20s.

• 100: Rahul Tewatia is 15 fours away from completing 100 fours across T20s.

• 50: Shivam Dube is 6 sixes away from completing 50 sixes across T20s.

• 100: Manan Vohra is 2 fours away from completing 100 fours in IPL.

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ajinkya Rahane, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan

Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(w/c), David Miller, Jos Buttler, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman

'Toss doesn't matter. The surface looks good. The team that plays well wins. Hetmyer misses out, Rabada comes back. Lalit Yadav makes his debut," said DC skipper Rishabh Pant.

"We would like to bowl first. The conditions demands that. We have to take learning experiences and move on. We have plans for every batsmen. You takes the aerial route and goes over expected to go for runs here. We are ready to score it back. Miller comes in for Stokes. Unadkat replaces Gopal.," said Sanju Samson at the toss.

Rajasthan Royals win toss, opt to bowl against Delhi Capitals

"Any team that loses the quality of Ben Stokes is obviously gonna be a big loss, it's very unfortunate that happened, but at times you gotta put your body on the line and unfortunately did some damage. I have got a role in that team that I've got to perform and my role is to bat lower down the order and finish games and when the opportunity comes I gotta take with both hands, but like I said, If I'm not batting it means we are winning. Think two weeks after the auction there was quite a lot of added pressure and I was trying to figure out how to handle it, but at the end of the day once you cross that line no matter what your price tag is you gotta perform to the best of your ability and try to win the game for your team,"

"Looks like another great surface, really nice grass coverage on it. There's plenty of runs on this pitch again. You've got to get really straight with the new ball try and not to let those runs go sideways. Limit the boundaries, make the ones and twos tough to get, you'll come out on top," reckons Simon Doull on Star Sports.

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Since 2018, Shikhar Dhawan has been more consistent in IPL then before. He has scored 450+ runs in last 3 consecutive IPL season. Moreover, since 2018, Dhawan has scored back to back 50+ scores 6 times, which includes 2 centuries as well. Dhawan has scored 331 runs from 13 matches against Royals, at the average of 27.9 with the SR of 117.

Here's our DC predicted XI against Rajasthan Royals:

Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan

Got your Dream XI team sorted? Well, here's our RR's predicted XI against DC:

Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Liam Livingstone, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Top Order (1-3): 10

Middle Order (4-7): 11

Tail (8-11): 6

• 7: Rishabh Pant is 7 catches away from completing 50 catches as a wicketkeeper in IPL — he can become the 1st wicketkeeper to reach this landmark for DC in IPL.

• 4: Rishabh Pant is 4 catches away from completing 50 catches in IPL.

• 300: Marcus Stoinis is 3 fours away from completing 300 fours across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tewatia is 4 sixes away from completing 50 sixes across T20s.

• 100: Rahul Tewatia is 15 fours away from completing 100 fours across T20s.

• 100: Manan Vohra is 2 fours away from completing 100 fours in IPL.

Opening two innings of a season: 7 innings, 496 runs,82.7 Avg, 4 50+ scores

Other innings of a season: 35 innings, 781 runs, 24.4 Avg, 4 50+ scores

Chris Gayle: 6

Virat Kohli: 5

David Warner: 4

Shane Watson: 4

Sanju Samson: 3

AB de Villiers: 3

RR debutant Chetan Sakariya who bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan against Punjab. He bowled 4 over with 31 runs from it and scalped 3 wickets including both the openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. Sakariya’s figures of 3 for 31 on his debut IPL match is the 8th best figures by an uncapped bowler on

IPL debut.

vs MI: Lost by 4 runs

vs KKR: Lost by 60 runs

vs PBKS: Won by 7 wickets

vs MI: Won by 8 wickets

vs SRH: Lost by 8 wickets

vs CSK: Won by 7 wickets

vs MI: Lost by 5 wickets

vs SRH: Won by 17 runs

vs MI: Lost by 57 runs

vs RCB: Won by 6 wickets

The RR team management going to face the opening conundrum after Ben Stokes is out of the season with a broken finger. In his absence, the pressure would be on the likes of Jos Buttler, Shivam Dube and Riyan Parag to deliver the goods and provide ample support to their captain Samson.

Total matches: 22

RR won: 11

DC won: 11

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tom Curran, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Steven Smith, Sam Billings, Axar Patel, Lukman Meriwala, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel

Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh

Hello and welcome to the live blog of IPL 2021 Match No. 7 – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals in Mumbai. The contest will pit two young keeper captains against each other at Wankhede. Just like the WC 2011 final, isn’t it? But the situation is a bit different. Rishabh Pant’s DC will enter the ring on the back of a terrific win against CSK. The adrenaline rush will surely be high as they look to consolidate their position with another win. RR, on the other hand, have a big task to complete. They lost the last game with one of the smallest margins and will be desperate to bounce back in the tourney.