New Delhi [India]: After his team lost 20 runs to Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson said the target was to win by 10 more runs and his team could have conceded less .
A Sanju Samson masterclass almost sealed the title for RR but the DC bowlers held on tight in the dying seconds to register their sixth win of the season at home to keep their playoff hopes alive.
After the game, Sanju said: “I think we have the victory in hand, scoring 11-12 points per over, which is achievable, but these things happen in the IPL. Yes, we did both. Good, we hope to stick to the conditions, 220 is an extra 10 points to chase and if we concede less boundaries, we can advance.”
“Washington’s opener did what he has done throughout the tournament and we still performed well. We lost three games but all those games were very tight and we have been playing really well and we have to do more Good – adjust and come back, we need to keep the momentum going and you have to give credit to guys like Stubbs who played well against Sandeep who has been in the last 10-11 games Bowled well and he got 2-3 extra sixes against my best bowlers Yuz Chahal and Sandeep Sharma, we lost the game and we have to find out what we are doing. Reasons for losing the game and we need to move on,” he added.
After the game started, RR won the toss and chose to bowl first. Excellent half-centuries from youngsters Jake Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel and a brilliant cameo from Tristan Stubbs helped DC post a record of 221/8 in 20 games.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the top bowler for RR.
In the run chase, although RR lost the first innings early, captain Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and Shubham Dubey kept RR chasing but Sanju’s dismissal ended up changing the game and denying RR the victory.
Kuldeep, Mukesh Kumar and Khalil Ahmed took two wickets while Axar Patel and Rashid Darsalam took one each .
Kuldeep won the Man of the Match award with his performance of 2/25.
DC moved up to fifth place with 12 points from 6 wins and 6 losses. RR ranks second with 8 wins and 3 losses with 16 points.
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