Cricket: Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the first super over of the 18th season of the IPL (2025). Rajasthan scored 11 runs while batting first at Arun Jaitley Stadium. KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs from Delhi achieved the target in 4 balls against Sandeep Sharma.
Rajasthan chose to bowl at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi scored 188 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Rajasthan could also score only 188 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Mitchell Starc tied the match by defending 9 runs against Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel in the 20th over.
Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal both scored fifties for Rajasthan. Captain Sanju Samson retired hurt after scoring 31 runs. Jofra Archer took two wickets. Abhishek Porel scored 49 runs for Delhi. Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Mitchell Starc took 1–1 wickets.
I have seen Rajasthan Royals losing most of the time while chasing the target. I am a big supporter of Rajasthan Royals, but I get very angry because RR make the most mistakes. They made mistakes in this match too. They did not make one or two mistakes, but many mistakes.
The biggest mistake was that when Jaiswal and Nitish Rana batted brilliantly today, Het Meyer and Parag were sent to open in the super over, whereas Jaiswal and Nitish Rana should have been sent to open, who were in good touch and were hitting big shots. Hetmyer had already lost the match by playing slowly. Shubham Dubey should be included in the team in place of Riyan Parag.
Riyan Parag has been made the vice-captain whereas Jaiswal should be the vice-captain. Archer should have bowled the super over instead of Sandeep Sharma. Archer has the same speed as Mitchell Starc and Archer also bowls good yorkers and Rajasthan's field position was also of poor quality in the super over.
Rajasthan chose to bowl at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi scored 188 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Rajasthan could also score only 188 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Mitchell Starc tied the match by defending 9 runs against Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel in the 20th over.
Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal both scored fifties for Rajasthan. Captain Sanju Samson retired hurt after scoring 31 runs. Jofra Archer took two wickets. Abhishek Porel scored 49 runs for Delhi. Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Mitchell Starc took 1–1 wickets.
IPL 2025 Thriller: DC Super Over Victory vs RR
35-year-old Mitchell Starc was the Player of the Match against Rajasthan Royals. While defending the target of 189, Starc took 1 wicket for 36 runs in 4 overs. After giving up 11 runs in the super over, he dismissed both the batsmen of RR.
I have seen Rajasthan Royals losing most of the time while chasing the target. I am a big supporter of Rajasthan Royals, but I get very angry because RR make the most mistakes. They made mistakes in this match too. They did not make one or two mistakes, but many mistakes.
The biggest mistake was that when Jaiswal and Nitish Rana batted brilliantly today, Het Meyer and Parag were sent to open in the super over, whereas Jaiswal and Nitish Rana should have been sent to open, who were in good touch and were hitting big shots. Hetmyer had already lost the match by playing slowly. Shubham Dubey should be included in the team in place of Riyan Parag.
Riyan Parag has been made the vice-captain whereas Jaiswal should be the vice-captain. Archer should have bowled the super over instead of Sandeep Sharma. Archer has the same speed as Mitchell Starc and Archer also bowls good yorkers and Rajasthan's field position was also of poor quality in the super over.