Live IPL 2017 Score, Delhi Daredevils (DD) vs Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS), IPL 10, match 52: DD beat RPS by 7 runs
Live IPL 2017 Score, DD vs RPS, IPL 10, match 52: DD beat RPS by 7 runs
Hello! We head into match No. 52 of Indian Premier League League (IPL) 2017 with Delhi Daredevils (DD) taking on Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. This is Kaustubh S. Mayekar, and I will bring you live cricket scores and updates from this contest. This is the second-last match for both the teams in league stage of the tournament. For DD, it is a dead rubber but for RPS, this is kind of a must-win match. Despite having won 8 matches and collecting 16 points in the table, RPS still has the chance to get eliminated from qualifying for playoffs because of their low net run-rate. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD, DD vs RPS, Match 52
Victory in this match for RPS will secure their berth in playoffs but defeat will create the do or die situation for them in their last league match against Kings XI Punjab. And in that match, whosoever wins will eventually qualify for the playoffs. Coming back to DD, they cannot qualify but would like to win and spoil RPS’ chances. Since the match is being played at their home venue, the advantage will be on their side. In out of four matches this season at Delhi, DD have won three, which gives them an edge.
Going by head-to-head clashes between DD and RPS, the visiting team have performed better against the home side. Out of three encounters, RPS have won two but both came in previous season and DD’s only win against them came this season by a huge margin of 97 runs, in which Sanju Samson scored a brilliant ton.
DD, by all means, would not tinker with their playing XI they had fielded against Gujarat Lions (GL) in the last-over thriller. Given Chris Morris, Angelo Mathews, and Kagiso Rabada have left for national duties, West Indies’ Marlon Samuels and Carlos Brathwaite are likely to retain their places.
Squads
Delhi Daredevils: Zaheer Khan (c), Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Sam Billings (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Chama Milind, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Ankit Bawne, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Shashank Singh, Corey Anderson, Rishabh Pant (wk)
Rising Pune Supergiant: Steven Smith (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Manoj Tiwary, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Rajat Bhatia, Mayank Agarwal, Ben Stokes, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Adam Zampa, Daniel Christian, Jaydev Unadkat, Usman Khawaja, Ankit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Baba Aparajith, Ishwar Pandey, Shardul Thakur, Rahul Tripathi, Ankush Bains, Saurabh Kumar, Lockie Ferguson, Jaskaran Singh, Milind Tandon, Rahul Chahar