Rajasthan Royals (RR) were off to a terrible start as Sanju Samson was run out in the second over even without facing a ball. The confusion between him and Ajinkya Rahane and a direct hit from Kagiso Rabada sent the RR wicketkeeper-batsman packing for a duck and gave Delhi Capitals (DC) an early breakthrough. @BCCI
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Steve Smith-Ajinkya Rahane partnership
However, Rahane, who was stripped off from captaincy a few days ago and struggling with the bat, and Steve Smith counterattacked in some style, denying DC any immediate success. The Indo-Australian pair dominated the spin and the pace in equal measures and put a 130-run stand for the second wicket in 72 balls. @BCCI
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Steve Smith fifty
Smith, who made a return to the captaincy in the previous game, notched up his second successive fifty. The RR skipper hit eight fours in his 32-ball stay in the middle before being dismissed by Axar Patel in the 14th over. @BCCI
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Ajinkya Rahane's hundred
Rahane, meanwhile, continued in same vein. The ex-RR skipper made a statement of sorts as he made a sensational return to form hitting a hundred. The right-hander, who notched up his second IPL hundred, scored an unbeaten 105 off 63 balls, hitting 11 fours and 3 sixes. @PTI
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DC fight back in the last five overs
DC though managed to pull back things in the last few overs as RR, who were cruising at 150/2 after 15 overs and looked set to go past 200, lost four wickets – Ben Stokes, Ashton Turner, Stuart Binny and Riyan Parag – and could only score 41 runs in the last five overs, to end up with the score of 191/6. @BCCI
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Shikhar Dhawan scores 54
DC were off to a flying start in the chase as Shikhar Dhawan cut loose and targeted the RR bowling attack. The left-hander did not allow any of the RR bowlers to settle in and notched up his second fifty in a row. @PTI
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Riyan Parag celebrates Iyer's wicket
However, RR fought back as Shreyas Gopal and Riyan Parag struck in quick succession to dismiss Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer respectively. While Dhawan got out for 54, Iyer, who had taken DC to a win against Kings XI Punjab in the previous game, perished for four. @BCCI
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Pant Shaw 84-run stand
Prithvi Shaw, who was playing a second fiddle in his opening partnership with Dhawan, and Rishabh Pant, who had failed to score big following his opening game 78 against Mumbai Indians, then kept DC alive as the young duo, scoring at brisk pace, put up an 84-run stand before Shaw was dismissed for 42. @BCCI
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Rishabh Pant hammers unbeaten 78
Pant though led DC’s charge. The young wicketkeeper-batsman took the RR attack to the cleaners and went on to score an unbeaten 78 off 36 balls, hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes. While there was a typical falling-down-the-ground four, there were also trademark big hits from Pant as he powered DC to a six-wicket win over RR. @PTI
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Rishabh Pant celebrates DC's win
This was DC’s seventh win from eleven games and with it, the Shreyas Iyer-led and Ricky Ponting-coached unit dislodged the MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings from the numero uno position in points table and now occupy the top spot. @PTI
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