RR vs DC IPL 2024 Highlights: Royals beat Delhi by 12 runs, record 2nd consecutive victory at home

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant will join the ever growing list of players who have made more than 100 appearances in the IPL today. Overall, he is the 62nd player to make a century of IPL appearances and will equal Zaheer Khan's record in that department today.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: DC opened their batting in the last match with David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. Sourav Ganguly said that that they are set to continue with that and this automatically rules Prithvi Shaw out.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Since the start of the previous season, DC have had only 14 half-century partnerships, which is the least among all teams. They would have to step up but today, they face the experience and variety that RR bring to the table with their bowling attack.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: The England captain's form has been concerning for quite some time now. Buttler was out for 11 off nine balls in RR's first match of the season. Last year he scored just 392 runs in 14 matches, which came after he had smashed 863 the year before.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Riyan Parag has scored 75 runs in 7 innings against Delhi Capitals, at a strike rate of 91.46. However, that stat wouldn't have too much relevance today as he hasn't really batted at No.4 against them, which where he will be batting today.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Riyan Parag scoring 43 in 29 balls was just as important for RR as Samson's 82 in 52. Sangakkara said that Parag is set to get an extended run in the No.4 role. Sangakkara said that it is difficult for someone like Parag to be playing in the lower middle order positions where he would not get too many balls to face. The former Sri Lanka captain said that the decision to promote Parag to that position was based on the work the batter has put in leading up to the season and the runs he scored in domestic cricket.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: RR director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara admitted that the team had some challenges in getting adjusted to their home stadium, a place where they haven't played often in the last few years. The pitches have been relaid, the top soil. "It's just a case of adjusting your mindset over what's presented, going with the gameplan and then trust to doing the hard work that's required on this pitch," he said.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Rajasthan Royals faced Lucknow Super Giants in their first match which was at home. Captain Sanju Samson's unbeaten 82 off 52 balls helped them to a score of 193/4. LSG were limited to a score of 173/6 and so RR start their season with a 20-run victory.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: DC's first game of the season was away from home to the Punjab Kings. They batted first scored 174/9. Sam Curran led Punjab Kings' chase with a 47-ball 63 and DC lost the match by four wickets.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Ishant Sharma has recovered from the injury he sustained during DC's first game of the season and is available for selection. Mukesh Kumar is back in the squad as well. With Nortje also returning, we could see DC fielding their strongest possible bowling lineup today.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: The South African pace spearhead had missed the first two games due to personal reasons. He has now returned and is available for selection for the Delhi Capitals in this match.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Sanju Samson has been particularly belligerent against spinners in the last three seasons. The exceptions to this case are Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, both of whom he will be facing today. He has struggled to score at a high strike rate against these two spinners and so DC will be deploying them in the middle overs to put pressure on Samson if he survives till then.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey, Jhye Richardson, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Lalit Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Kumar Kushagra, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Prasidh Krishna, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Rajasthan Royals dished out a complete performance against Lucknow Super Giants, getting their campaign off with a clinical 20-run win. Samson played a captain's knock of 82 not out powering RR to 193/4. In reply, KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran scored fifties each but it wasn't enough to get them over the line. Capitals on the other hand, began their season with a 4-wicket-defeat against Punjab Kings. DC posted 174/, a target which was chased down with 4 balls to spare.

RR vs DC IPL Live Score 2024, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: A very good afternoon, all your wonderful folks. After three star-studded days of the IPL featuring Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, we're on to two teams that promise so much but haven't somehow captivated the attention of the fans much. The Royal Challengers Bangalore host Delhi Capitals on their home turf of Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium. More importantly, today's game promises to be a battle between two wicketkeepers who are have always been strong contenders for a place in India's Playing XI. Historically, Pant has won the odds against Samson but in the last one year tables have turned. While Pant has been away, Samson has been making a few noises. He scored his maiden century for India in an ODI against South Africa and heads into the IPL big on form.