DC vs RR

Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals have a healthy rivalry in IPL so far. RR won the inaugural edition of the IPL surprising everyone, DC are yet to claim their first title. DC is one of the improved sides while RR have not lived up to the expectations.

DC vs RR Head to Head

Out of the 20 IPL RR vs DC fixtures, Rajasthan Royals have emerged victorious for 11 times while the Capitals have been able to win 9 times. Both sides have dominated at their respective homes. While DC have managed 5 wins and 3 loss at Delhi, RR have managed 4 wins and 2 losses at Jaipur. At neutral venues, RR are leading with 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 games.

Last 5 Meetings

Delhi Capitals have improved record to show in the last couple of seasons. In the previous 5 meetings, DC have managed to win 4 games while RR have only managed 1 win. Also, DC managed to win both of the last 2 games during the 2019 edition.

2019 meetings

In RR vs DC IPL 2019 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field first. Their decision soon proved to be the right one as they accounted the opener, Sanju Samson, in the 2nd over courtesy a runout. However, it was all about Ajinkya Rahane from there as the opener scored a whirlwind hundred and remained unbeaten at 105 runs of 63 deliveries. He built a partnership of 130 runs in just 12 overs alongside Steven Smith (50 off 32 deliveries). DC bowlers managed to pull back things a bit with the late wickets as RR posted 190/6 in 20 overs.

DC batsmen came out with a positive attitude chasing the target. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw added 72 runs in 45 deliveries before Dhawan got out at 54 off 27 deliveries. RR quickly picked up another wicket of Shreyas Iyer, but that proved to be the turning point of the game. Rishabh Pant walked in and created havoc with his batting. The youngster scored 78 runs unbeaten off 36 deliveries and took the game away from the Royals. Delhi chased down the target with 6 wickets in hand to spare at 193/4 in 19.2 overs.

In RR vs DC at Delhi, RR won the toss and elected to bat first. However, their batting could not weave the magic from the last game and collapsed badly. Only the very young under-19 star Riyan Parag played a knock of 50 runs and RR finished at a total of 115/9 in 20 overs during RR vs DC live score. Both Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma accounted for 3 wickets each.

RR spinners did try to spice up the chase by picking up some quick wickets, but another brilliant knock of 53 runs unbeaten by Rishabh Pant meant Delhi overcame the total with 5 wickets in hands and 3.5 overs to spare. While Ish Sodhi picked up 3 wickets for RR, Shreyas Gopal bagged 2 wickets.

Top Batsmen for Delhi Capitals

Rishabh Pant has scored a total of 220 runs in just 4 innings at a strike rate of 188.03 against RR. Shikhar Dhawan follows him at the 2nd position in the highest run-getter with 130 runs in 5 innings. Skipper Shreyas Iyer comes next in the list with 118 runs in 5 innings and Prithvi Shaw with 97 runs in 3 innings at a strike rate of over 134.

Top Bowlers for Delhi Capitals

The leg-spinner Amit Mishra is the best active bowler for DC against RR with 20 wickets in 11 innings against his name. He is followed by the pacer Ishant Sharma at 2nd place with 4 wickets in 2 innings and Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada is 3rd place with 2 wickets in the only game he has played against RR.