Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals, 58th Match, Live updates :
Young Indian pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti of Rajasthan Royals came up with a terrific performance on the field and dismissed Padikkal who was just 2 two runs away from his half century.
In the 18th over, Nortje bowled to Padikkal, the ball was full and wide outside off and Padikkal threw the kitchen sink at it. Slices this to deep point where Nagarkoti sprints in from the deep and dives in front of him to take a fine catch. Padikkal departs after playing a useful knock, misses out on his fifty just by two runs.
Delhi capitals won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Rajasthan Royals didn’t get a good start. They lost both the openers very early in the game.
The Capitals were off to a fine start as left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya (2/23), playing the must-win game in place of Khaleel Ahmed, dismissed RR’s top batter Jos Buttler (7) cheaply in the third over.
With Butler gone early, DC were on top and looked to assert their dominance
Looking to play it over the infield, Butler hit a fairly full-length delivery straight to Shardul Thakur.
But Ravichandran Ashwin and Devdutt Padikkal played very well and built a good dominance on RR.
Ashwin scored an excellent 50(38), while Devdutt Padikkal struck 48 in 30 deliveries an scored a fighting total of 160/6.
VIDEO: Kamlesh Nagarkoti comes up as Substitute and takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Devdutt Padikkal
