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Patna : Delhi Capitals (DC beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 13 runs in the 30th match of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, on October 14, 2020, late night, with its fast bowlers Anrich Nortje taking 2/33, Kagiso Rabada 1/28, and Tushar Deshpande 2/37. Spinner Ravichandra Ashwin and Axar patel took one wicket each. Nortje was declared Player Of The Match. It was DC’s 6th win in 8 matches and they have now 12 points. For RR, it was their 5th defeat in 8 matches and they now 6 points.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, DC scored 161/7 in 20 overs and then restricted RR to 148/8 in 20 overs with opener Ben Stokes scoring 41 in 35 balls with 6 fours while his opening partner Jos Buttler scored 22 in 9 balls with 3 fours and a six. Chasing a target of 162 runs, RR lost their first wicket that of Buttler at 37. Buttler fell to Nortje. Captain Steven Smith fell to Ashwin for 1 and it was 40/2.
Stokes and Sanju Samson added 46 runs for the 3rd wicket. Stokes fell to Tushar Deshpande and it was 86/3. Sanju Samson fell to Axar Patel for 25 hitting 2 sixes and it was 94/4. Riyan Parag was run out for 1 making it 110/5. Robin Uthappa fell to Nortje for 32 in 27 balls hitting 3 fours and a six and it was 135/6. Jofra Archer fell to Rabada for 1 making it 138/7. Shreyas Gopal fell to Deshpande for 6 on the last ball of 20th over. Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten on 14 in 18 balls with just 1 four.
Earlier batting first, DC lost their first wicket that of opener Prithvi Shaw for a duck with no run on board. Shaw fell to fast bowler Jofra Archer. Ajinkya Rahane also fell to Archer for 2 and it was 10/2. Opener Shikhar Dhawan and captain Shreyas Iyer added 85 runs for 3rd wicket. Dhawan fell to pacer spinner Shreyas Gopal for 57 in 33 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes and it was 95/3. Iyer fell to pacer Kartik Tyagi for 53 in 43 balls hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes and it was 132/4. Marcus Stoinis fell to Archer for 18 and it was 153/5. Alex Carey (wk) fell to fast bowler Jaidev Unadkat for 14 making it 157/6. Axar patel also fell to Unadkat for 7 on the last ball of 19th over and it was 161/7.