Match – 23rd IPL 2014 – Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Sat May 3
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field.
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Man of the match – Karun Nair

Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Daredevils comfortably by 7 wickets to remain in the top 4 teams in points table today.

Chasing 153 to win, Rajasthan Royals lost Ajinkya Rahane in the third over but Sanju Samson and Karun Nair showed brilliant batting skills to make sure that the team does not falter in the run chase. Sanju Samson scored 34 before getting out but he has done his job and took the team score to 71 in 10 overs. Karun and R Bhatia then took the team score past 100 run mark and placed their team in a comfortable zone. After the fall of Bhatia, captain Shane Watson made sure no more loss is incured by Royals and thus they won the match comfortably thanks to the superb innings of 73 off 50 balls by Karun Nair.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi got off to a good start as openers added 33 runs in 4 overs before Vijay got out. Captain Pietersen and Quinton de Kock then took the team score past the 50 run mark. But a twin blow in the 10th over with both set batsmen getting out, reduced the scoring rate. Later some good hitting by JP Duminy and Kedar Jadhav helped Delhi post a total of 152/5 in 20 overs.

Match – 23rd IPL 2014 – Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard