Jos Buttler scored a century while Prasidh Krishna picked up three wickets to guide RR to 15-run victory over DC in the IPL 2022 contest on Friday.
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India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna displayed disciplined bowling performance for RR to restrict DC to 207/8 and clinch victory by 15 runs in the IPL 2022 clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. By virtue of the victory, RR took the top spot in the IPL 2022 points table.
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Chasing a challenging total, DC openers Prithvi Shaw (37) and David Warner (28), forged a 43-run stand for the opening wicket but failed to convert their starts into a match-winning knock. Shaw hit five boundaries and one six in his 27-ball knock with Warner smashed five fours and one hit over the top in his stay of 14 deliveries.
Later, Sarfaraz Khan (1), failed to add much with the bat with Rishabh Pant (44) and Lalit Yadav (37) chipping in with cameo knocks but failed to show resilience under pressure.
West Indies power-hitter Rovman Powell, then, tried to take Delhi Capitals over the line with his 36-run cameo off 15 deliveries but failed in his attempt as his side needed 36 runs off six deliveries.
Krishna bowled economically to pile on more misery on the DC batters and return figures of 3/22 in his stipulated four overs. His senior spin bowling compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin picked up two wickets.
Earlier, English opener Jos Buttler (116) put up an exhibition of one of the finest T20 knocks on show to guide RR to 222/2.
Asked to bat, Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal (54), made merry of the Delhi Capitals bowlers to forge an opening stand of 155 runs. It was an all guns blazing approach from both the ends with the left-handed batter hitting seven boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball knock.
Buttler, meanwhile, continued the onslaught and was later, helped on, by captain Sanju Samson (46 not out) who made his intentions clear from the word go as he smashed five boundaries and three sixes in his unbeaten 19-ball cameo and batted at an astonishing strike rate of 242.11.
The Englishman, on the other hand, hit nine boundaries and as many sixes in his 65-ball knock.
Delhi Capitals bowlers toiled hard for wickets but leaked runs in abundance.
Fast bowlers Khaleel Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, who picked up a wicket each, also conceded more than 10 runs per over.
