Rajasthan Royals give Delhi Capitals a life line:

Rajasthan Royals scored 160 runs in their allotted 20 overs which still didn't prove enough for Delhi Capitals to overrun it. For Delhi Capitals too it helped them temporarily forget their humiliating defeat in their previous match. However, RR are still ahead with 7 wins and need only one more win to secure a place in the last 4. We feel Jos Buttler getting out within the first few overs affected their innings pretty badly as it didn't give them the required start they might have wanted. Ashwin did play well but could have scored more runs in the balls that he faced and would have been disappointed to be on the losing side despite scoring a fifty. However, buttler getting out pretty cheaply mostly contributed to RR defeat. This match was going to be tough as all teams seem to have a chance to enter the last 4. However, we feel the lineup is mostly complete with GT, LSG, RR and RCB emerging as the teams to be in the last 4. Delhi Capitals can make a last minute splash but unless RCB play really bad in their next few matches, other teams don't have much of a chance. Let's wait and watch.

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For complete details:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2022-1298423/rajasthan-royals-vs-delhi-capitals-58th-match-1304104/match-report

 How Rajasthan Royals contrived to lose to Gujarat Titans:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2022-1298423/rajasthan-royals-vs-gujarat-titans-24th-match-1304070/full-scorecard

Rajasthan Royals were expected to win the match when Buttler got going but soon disintegrated to lose by a huge margin of 37 runs. This in turn helped Gujarat Titans in their net run rate. The match started with Gujarat Titans going great guns. They were always over 9 runs an over and were expected to finish over 200 runs. However they could muster slightly over 190 runs. We felt their score was low by at least 15-20 runs but that was still enough to defeat Rajasthan Royals. The Royals were really hitting the ball all over the park and within power play were 65 runs in 6 overs. This was by means a no mean achievement. Somehow Buttler managed to get out leaving an opening and their Captain Sanju made it worse by getting run out. Once he was run out, it was only a matter of time before the Royals folded up and that's what ultimately happened. The Gujarat Titans as we had observed earlier are the team to beat in this tournament. They now top the table and may even enter the last 4 as both CSK and Mumbai Indians have only a feeble hope of making the cut. 

Full details here:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2022-1298423/rajasthan-royals-vs-gujarat-titans-24th-match-1304070/full-scorecard

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