Tristan Stubbs in the winning runs as Dehli Capitals chased down 225 for a seven-wicket win against the Rajasthan Royals on Friday.
Tristan Stubbs hit the winning runs as Dehli Capitals chased down 225 for a seven-wicket win against the Rajasthan Royals on Friday.
Riyan Parag’s 90* and a 14 ball 47-run blitz from Donovan Ferreira helped Rajasthan to 225 runs.
𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 yet again! 💥
🎥 Some glorious shot-making from him to power #RR 🤌
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An opening partnership of 110 from 57 balls by Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul paved the way for Delhi Capitals to record their highest successful chase in the IPL as Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma closed out the win.
Sealing a superb chase 👏
🎥 Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma applying the finishing touches 👌
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Delhi’s previous highest successful run-chase was 210 against Lucknow Super Giants in 2025.
Sri Lankan Nissanka hit his maiden IPL half-century, scoring 62 off 33 balls. Rahul’s 75 was his third half-century of the season, along with 152 not out against Punjab Kings.
Nitish Rana chipped in with 33 but the hosts fumbled the finish, holding back Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger.
Impact sub Tushar Deshpande went for 16 runs in the penultimate over as Stubbs (18 not out) and Sharma (25 not out) steered Delhi over the line with five balls to spare.
The Capitals moved to sixth in the table with four wins in nine games while Rajasthan missed out on a chance to go top.
They remain fourth with 12 points from 10 games and trail Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad who are also on 10, on net run-rate.
Earlier, the experienced pair of Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Starc hit Rajasthan hard as both openers fell cheaply.
Wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was bowled by Jamieson for four while Yashasvi Jaiswal was caught and bowled by Starc for six.
Parag, with five sixes in his 90, and Dhruv Jurel (42) turned the innings around before Starc struck twice more to reduce the hosts to 168-5.
The Australian quick sent down 12 dot balls in his four overs and finished with 3-40.
South African slugger Donovan Ferreira then hit six sixes and scored 20 off Kuldeep Yadav’s 18th over.
– AFP
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