Delhi Capitals team has defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs. In this match, Lucknow captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved wrong. Delhi Capitals gave Lucknow a target of 209 runs to win, in response to which Lucknow team could score only 189 runs. With the defeat of Lucknow team, Rajasthan Royals team has qualified for the playoffs.
Rajasthan Royals qualified
Rajasthan Royals team has qualified for the playoffs of IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals have 16 points from 12 matches. He is at second position. Now only Sunrisers Hyderabad can score more than 16 points. The remaining teams can only reach a maximum of 16 points. For this reason Rajasthan has qualified for the playoffs. Rajasthan still has two matches left in IPL 2024, which it has to play against Punjab Kings and KKR, but now without playing these matches, Rajasthan has qualified for the playoffs. There is competition between Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, RCB and Lucknow Giants for the last two places. Out of these five teams, only two teams will go for the last two places of the playoff.
Ishant Sharma did wonders
KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock could not play big innings for the Lucknow team which was chasing the target of more than 200 runs. Rahul was out in the very first over off the bowling of Ishant Sharma. He scored five runs. After this, De Kock returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs. Ishant Sharma also took his wicket. Ishant bowled amazingly in the powerplay. He was wreaking havoc. After this Ishant did not even allow Deepak Hooda to open an account. Marcus Stennis became the victim of star spinner Axar Patel. Amidst the fall of wickets, Nicholas Pooran held one end and scored a half-century. He was out after scoring 61 runs. Ishant Sharma bowled amazingly for Delhi Capitals. He took three wickets for 34 runs in four overs. Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket for 33 runs in four overs.
Abhishek Porel scored a half century
Delhi Capitals did not have a good start. When Jack Fraser, who is in excellent form, returned to the pavilion without opening his account. His wicket was taken by Arshad Khan. After this, Abhishek Porel and Shai Hope batted brilliantly and rescued the team from the initial crisis. Abhishek scored 58 runs in 33 balls, hitting five fours and four sixes. Then Shai Hope was dismissed by Ravi Bishwoi. Hope’s KL Rahul took an excellent catch. He scored 38 runs.
Tristan Stubbs batted well in the last overs
Then Rishabh Pant, who came to the crease, batted well. He hit some good strokes. Pant scored 33 runs. In the end, Tristan Stubbs batted explosively and hit strokes all over the field. He scored 57 runs in just 25 balls. Stubbs hit four sixes in his innings. Naveen Ul Haq took the maximum of two wickets for Lucknow Super Giants.
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