Delhi Capitals
DC skipper Pant, coach Amre pay a huge price for breaching IPL's Code of Conduct
The match between the Royals and Capitals plunged into controversy over a debatable waist-high no-ball that was ruled legal by the umpires but disputed by team from the National Capital. Royals went on to win the high-scoring game by 15 runs.
IPL 2022, Day 28 Highlights: Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs
In a high-scoring thriller, Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 15 runs. Another day, another century by Jos Buttler. It's the third 100 for Jos Buttler in 7 matches so far. On the other hand, the DC batter's small knocks took the match too close. They needed someone to stay like Jos Buttler did for RR.
Rishabh Pant's decision to call back batters divides netizens
The IPL 2022 match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals plunged into controversy on Friday night over a debatable waist-high no-ball that was ruled legal by the umpires but disputed by team from the National Capital. Television pictures showed Delhi Capitals captain gesturing to Powell and Yadav to walk off the ground in protest, thus forfeiting the match. However better sense prevailed with Capitals' assistant coach Shane Watson and some other players ensuring that Pant calmed down and that the batters stayed inside the ground.
IPL Turning Point: Prasidh Krishna's wicket-maiden over, no-ball controversy seal it for Rajasthan
Powell smashed successive sixes off the first two deliveries bowled by left-arm pacer Obed McCoy, a fellow dweller of the Caribbean islands, the equation looked easy and achievable because the bowler looked in a mess, bowling slow and low full-tosses that had 'hit-me hard' written all over. Powell obliged on the third delivery too and hammered the hip-high full toss over midwicket.
IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals win toss, elect to bowl against Rajasthan Royals
Pant said he decided to field first to give his fast bowlers and spinners to make first use of the wicket. "It will help our fast bowlers and spinners to bowl first. Told the players that we should not focus on the outside noise and focus on our inner selves. Anything near 150-160 will be good," said Pant. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said he was ready to bat first.
IPL 2022: I love to open batting with Prithvi Shaw, says DC's David Warner
"I am absolutely loving it (opening innings with Shaw). Look how fast his hands are and his eyes are incredible. He's taken my quick twos out of the equation because he keeps dealing with boundaries. It's good that I don't have to run too much. Well, he sets the tone for us from ball one. In this format, it is very rare to see two guys go off, so that's something we keep at the back of our minds i.e. to keep playing positive and to the best of our abilities," Warner said on Cricket Live on Star Sports.
Punjab Kings' all-out approach with bat not paying off after Delhi self-implosion
It's extremely clear that Punjab's batting approach, as seen by the batters assembled by them ahead of IPL 2022 has been built on one theory: To go all-out by looking to hit boundaries all the time. The approach makes their batting order look thrilling when every batter in the line-up comes to the boundary-hitting party when they chased down 206 against Royal Challengers Bangalore where no batter reached fifty but everyone contributed enough to secure a win in their opening match of the tournament apart from posting totals of 198, 189 and 180.
IPL 2022: Amid Covid gloom, Ponting's words fired us all up, says DC's Axar after win over PBKS
The spark of motivation for Delhi came from head coach Ricky Ponting's words, which fired the side to thrash Punjab Kings by nine wickets in an all-round show and climb to number six on the points table. In the post-match virtual press conference, left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel revealed how Ponting's speech brought the best out of Delhi.
IPL 2022, Day 26 Highlights: Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 9 wickets
In a one-sided thriller, Delhi Capitals (DC) on Wednesday crushed Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 9 wickets. DC showed an impressive performance with both bat and the bowl. DC's net run rate also improved after this match.
IPL Turning Point: Delhi's spin trio of Axar, Kuldeep, Lalit sink Punjab with slow show
At 33/0 in 3.3 overs, Punjab were well on their way to prove Simon Doull's prediction of a score of 180-190 correct from the pre-match pitch report. But everything changed when Delhi Capitals' skipper Rishabh Pant brought on Lalit Yadav's off-spin, his sixth bowling option, in the fourth over.
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