RR vs DC Emotional Rollercoaster: Fraser-McGurk cops a blow, then strikes many blows, Yuzi goes off the boil and Axar snares another big hitter in Buttler | Ipl News

Samson’s shy at hope
There was plenty of drama in the end when Sanju Samson was caught Shai Hope at long-on. As the umpires sent it to the third umpire to check if Hope’s foot touched the boundary ropes or not. And in one of the camera angles, shown briefly, it appeared as if his foot just brushed the boundary cushions. But the third umpire soon got another camera angle, which suggested otherwise and eventually Samson was given out. But having seen the previous angle, Samson came back to have a word with the on-field umpires. The RR captain even checked if he could use DRS. But there was no way back.
Pain and the revenge
Jake Fraser-McGurk has inflicted a lot of pain on bowlers in his yet-short IPL stint, but the young Australian felt some himself in the opening over against Rajasthan Royals. Trent Boult is often deadly in his opening spell from over the wicket, but had done his homework before the game against Delhi Capitals. The Kiwi left-arm pacer came round the wicket, denying Jake room to have a free swing of the arms. And the fourth ball beat an attempted pull to hit him in the groin, as the batsman hit the turf for the count. It was a long time before he returned to his feet, not before being attended to for a long time the team physio. All this while, Boult was waiting impatiently at the top of his run-up. But when he took strike next, Fraser smashed the Kiwi veteran over mid-off for a four to show that he was up for the fight. He then went on to give another turbo-charged start to Delhi Capitals, smashing Avesh Khan in particular, to reach 50 in just 19 balls inside four overs.

The home side emerge victorious in tonight’s run-fest here in Delhi 💥
And with that win, Delhi Capitals move to number 5⃣ on the Points Table 🔥🔥
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Contrasting fortunes
The spinner going to the T20 World Cup had a forgettable outing, while the one considered surplus to requirement proved that he always makes a difference, regardless of the format. Yuzvendra Chahal is one among the four tweakers selected in the Indian squad, but figures of 1/48 in four overs don’t make for good reading, regardless of the flat wicket, small ground and the devil-may-care attitude of batsmen this IPL. His spell began and ended with sixes, but despite the flurry of boundaries, there was a period when he kept the batsmen’s intentions in check. Chahal got the key wicket of Rishabh Pant and it was only in his final over, the 18th of the innings, that Gulbadin Naib and Tran Stubbs combined to hit him for 21 runs, the South African hitting him for two fours and a six in four balls. Ravichandran Ashwin, on the other hand, was one bowler who kept the batsmen honest while the others went on a leather hunt. He got the unstoppable Jake Fraser-McGurk as well as left-handers Abishek Porel and Axar Patel, going for only 24 in four overs and conceding only one boundary in his spell.

Let off the hook
The most relieved man at the Kotla when the ball made contact with Jos Buttler’s leg-stump, via an inside edge, would have been Tran Stubbs. The South African had dropped a skier offered the England captain off Mukesh Kumar’s first delivery on the night and Buttler has a habit of punishing such errors. He had already hit two centuries this season, and Delhi Capitals would have been desperate to see his back. Buttler had only hit one four till then but after the reprieve, hit a boundary and a six in Axar Patel’s first over, still inside the Powerplay. But the fifth ball of the sixth over brought great joy for the hosts, who were playing to keep their inconsent campaign relevant. Axar continued to be reliable and hold his own against the biggest hitters in the game.
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