Ajinkya Rahane’s century was overshadowed by Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 78 as the explosive batsman led Delhi Capitals to a 6-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday. The win also comes special for Delhi as they now go on top of the IPL table, overtaking Chennai Super Kings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaw had luck on his side as \nAshton Turner dropped him on 10, and the young batsman capitalised on \nthat by hitting a few boundaries. After pulling Gopal for a four, Dhawan\n was stumped while going down the wicket, and DC skipper Shreyas Iyer \nfell to a horrendous shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Shaw and Pant added runs in double\n quick time to help Delhi Capitals cross the line. While Shaw was \ncontend to play second fiddle when Dhawan attacked, he opened up in the \ncompany of Pant, who found the fence regularly.It was a mature knock by \nPant, who reached his half century in 26 balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, blending\n panache with power, Ajinkya Rahane roared back to form with a \nscintillating century and propelled Rajasthan Royals to 191 for \nsix.Rahane remained not out on 105 off 63 balls, decorating his knock \nwith three sixes and 11 fours, while Steve Smith contributed 50 off 32 \ndeliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked to bat after Iyer called correctly at the toss,\n Rahane spearheaded Rajasthan Royals’ innings after getting a life on \n16, the culprit being Ishant Sharma, who dropped a sitter at sort \nfine-leg. The drop hurt the visitors, but Delhi did well to prevent RR \nfrom going past 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entering the game with over 650 runs against\n Delhi in the league, Rahane chose his favourite opponents to find form,\n and when he walked back to the dressing room, he had over 750 to his \nname. Seeing the flight early, Rahane danced down the crowd to hoist’s \nAxar ball over him and into the sightscreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfazed by the sight\n of pacer Kagiso Rabada steaming in, he smoked the South African’s short\n of a length delivery down the ground for another maximum. Rahane soon \nbrought up his second IPL hundred, the first coming seven years ago.He \nraised his bat to acknowledge the applause from the crowd and his dugout\n that was as relieved as the batsman himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Smith, \nwho replaced Rahane as captain hours before the start of their last \nmatch against Mumbai Indians, struck medium pacer Sherfane Rutherford \nfor three consecutive boundaries to score his second successive half \ncentury of the season.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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