David Miller’s combative 43-ball 62 and Chris Morris’ timely onslaught (36 not out) powered the Rajasthan Royals to a dramatic three-wicket win over the Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League match, in Mumbai on Thursday.
Opting to bowl, RR pacer Jaydev Unadkat took 3/15 runs to restrict the Capitals to 147/8.
But the Royals’ chase was in big trouble soon. They were 17/3 in the fourth over and 42/5 at the halfway mark. They needed 58 from the last five overs and 12 from the final over.
Miller anchored the Royals’ chase but it was Morris whose blitzkrieg took Royals home with two balls to spare. It is Royals’ first win of the season.
Tom Curran attracted a fair bit of criticism for his last over as did Kagiso Rabada for his penultimate over. Delhi’s decision to not bowl out R Ashwin wasn’t taken too kindly either. But RR showed immense heart to keep going when all seemed lost for them.
Here are some reactions to the game:
Game set for Rajasthan Royals. What a victory for them. The most expensive buy of IPL just showed why he deserves that much money. David Miller and Chris Morris were the only two batsmen who scored more than 15 in the innings for Royals. Outstanding performance by both.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 15, 2021
Most legal deliveries bowled in an IPL match before the first six being hit:-
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) April 15, 2021
212 - DC v RR at Mumbai, today
First six - Avesh Khan to David Miller
183 - RR v CSK at Chennai, 2011
First six - Nayan Doshi to Michael Hussey#IPL2021 #DCvRR
Chris Morris has terrific skillsets for a T20 cricketer. Can bowl in the powerplays, good death bowler & a big hitter. Showed his big hitting prowess v DC: scored 36 off 18 & hit 4 sixes. Should Samson have denied that single v Punjab? DC missed a trick by not bowling out Ashwin
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) April 16, 2021
Top order gone, Miller and Tewatia back in the dugout.
— Pranjal Srivastava (@pringlebellss) April 15, 2021
Chris Morris to Unadkat: #IPL #RRvsDC #ChrisMorris pic.twitter.com/vw3qUToETL
Chris Morris scored 29 off 10 balls in the final two overs.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 15, 2021
The only player to score more runs in the last two overs of a successful IPL chase is MS Dhoni - 30 vs KXIP in 2010. #IPL2021 #RRvDC
Chris Morris proved today that why he has given lots of money in the auction, the guy's a total asset but hero was Unadkat with the ball. He turned the match for #RR.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) April 15, 2021
It was really pleasing to see @rajasthanroyals bowl with such skill and planning tonight. Encouraging for Sanju Samson’s team. Wonderful to see Unadkat, Miller and Morris remind us of what they are capable of.
— Ian bishop (@irbishi) April 15, 2021
MOM Winners in this IPL 2021 So Far:-
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) April 15, 2021
•Harshal Patel
•Shikhar Dhawan
•Nitish Rana
•Sanju Samson
•Rahul Chahar
•Glenn Maxwell
•Jaydev Unadkat
7 matches, 6 Times Indian players Won the Man Of The Match Awards in this IPL so far. And one Foreign player is Maxwell. #IPL2021
Avesh, Prasidh, Harshal, Shahbaz, Sakariya and now Unadkat...great to see Indian bowlers become game changers this IPL. Hope the trend continues.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 15, 2021
Jaydev Unadkat in today's match pic.twitter.com/AgUQzALmcd
— Nitin Sharma... (@NitinShMs) April 15, 2021
"You are bowling well. Sometimes even I am not able to understand what you are bowling."
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) April 15, 2021
Sanju Samson to Jaydev Unadkat ahead of this game. This kind of confidence always helps!
Today he silenced all those people who criticised RR for paying him so much money. He single handedly won the game for the team.
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic) April 15, 2021
Unadkat is a hero. #RRvsDC
Its lord Unadkat day 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BYbO8fea39
— Preshaan Walker🎧♻️ (@aawara_engynar) April 15, 2021
Ricky Ponting said "Ashwin bowled beautifully, three overs, none for 14, without giving a boundary - he worked so hard after game one, it was mistake from our side not completing the overs, this is something we will talk when I get the chance to sit down with the team".
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 16, 2021
Really tough few months for Tom Curran.
— Yas Rana (@Yas_Wisden) April 15, 2021
There are few roles in the game where your flaws are in the spotlight more when you’re out of form than a death overs specialist.
He’s won England games in the past and lit up the BBL; he’s a good cricketer going through a difficult run
Tom Curran bowling the 20th over for the team in IPL -
— Sooraj Ayyappan (@SoorajAyyappan_) April 15, 2021
4 Innings
0 WICKETS
18.92 ECONOMY
One four
Six SIXES#RRvDC #IPL2021
Tom Curran if he was Indian: pic.twitter.com/YaQD75Nczi
— . (@FtblGoatrizio) April 15, 2021