Delhi's capitals and Rajasthan Royals produced a nail but Bing game at Arun Jaitley Stadium, ending in the first super over of IPL 2025, and it was a bowling of Mitchell Starc's brilliant death that rotated the competition in favor of DC.
It was asked to bat first, Capital posted a total of 188 for 5. Abhishek Poral's 37 balls offered him to a surprising start by 49 balls, putting the Royals bowlers in the back leg. KL Rahul then stabilized the ship with 38 of 32 delivery, but it was late heroic by Rahul who hurt RR. Captain Axar Patel scored 34 runs off 14 balls, leasing his innings with four fours and two sixes, before Triston Stabs scored 34 not out of 18 balls to push the previous DC from the 175‑ run mark. In the final over, Sandeep Sharma leaked 19 runs, the most accepted this season, as DC reached a rescue target.
Chasing 189, 51 balls off Yashsavi Jaiswal set the platform, and 28 out of 51 of Nitish Rana put the team in a good position. However, Sanju Samson played just 19 balls for his 31 before hurting a side strain. Ryan Parag thanked the exor quickly, but Shimron Hetmier and Dhruv Jurlel kept the rate of asking in the check. By the time Stark returned to the final over, Royals needed nine to win.
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Australians saw their best, with five unexpected yorkers. He defended nine and run targets and gave a chance to return to the game. After 20 overs, with a score at 188, the game went to the first super of the IPL of the season.
In the super over, the long left -handed pacer again took the bowling duties for DC. He scored just 11 runs with two yorkers, a slow one, and a bouncer, which saw Ryan Parag running out in a mixture. Delhi's chase was small to score a four with Rahul Rahul and one two and a single to score seven runs. With stabs at the other end for support, DC followed with a huge six.
Major moments from DC vs RR, 32 matches of IPL 2025
1. Mitchell Starc plays a big role in DC's exciting super-over win:
Mitchell Starc created a masterclass in death bowling to guide the capitals to win a super over against Royals. With just nine runs in the finals of his chase, Starc gave all his experience and for a long time. He put Yorker under pressure, scored only eight runs and made a run-out opportunity on the final ball to push the game into the super over. In the super over, RR started strong, running up to 10/0 after three balls. But Stark bounced back. The first Ryan Parag was run out after the mix-up and then, the next ball, another run-out-this time Yashsvi Jaiswal caught thanks for the brilliant throw from Jake Fraser-Macgurak and completed Stark's finish in stumps. He was also awarded the Player of the Match Award for his spell.
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2. Sanju Samson retiring hurts, hurts major
RR Captain Sanju Samson A new injury was faced during the chase. Samson, who was batting for 31 off 19 balls, pulled some pain while trying to cut the leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam in the sixth over. After colliding with his left side near the ribs, he called the physio and took a painkillers. Despite starting the batting again, the right -handed batsman looked uncomfortable on the next delivery and a big shot suffered a retired injury after a more painful attempt. Kerala Batter had earlier recalled matches due to a finger fracture during the first England T20 Eye. He also underwent surgery and started IPL 2025 purely as a batsman.
After retiring Sanju Samson, they go back to Hut! 📸: jiohotstar
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3. Abhishek-Rahul works as a crisis managers
The capitals began their innings with disappointment, both Jake Fraser-Makegurk and Karun Nair in four overs. But Abishek Porl and KL Rahul put a stitch together, which kept the team back. Young Poral scored 23 runs from Tushar Deshpande's over, including a flicker for six. Despite being pushed back at the speed of Joffra Archer, Porl kept playing his shots and scored 49 runs off 37 balls before Vanindu Hasranga fell. Rahul slowly started, scored 17 on 18 runs, and adapted well for the pitch, scored 38 runs in 32 balls. Two sixes from Deshpande and Mahesh Thekshana gave DC a very important lift.
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