DC vs RR: Watch - Rasikh Salam outfoxes Riyan Parag, castles him with a slower delivery
Updated - 08 May 2024, 12:32 PM
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Rasikh Salam, on Tuesday (May 7) castled Riyan Parag with a beauty to give Delhi Capitals a much-needed breakthrough in their ongoing game against Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Chasing 222 runs, the Royals were cruising at 103 for 2 in the 11th over with captain Sanju Samson and Parag well set. Parag joined Samson in the middle in the sixth over when Axar Patel dismissed Jos Buttler to reduce RR to 67 for 2.
Samson and Parag then took the score past the 100-run mark. Parag started positively and had raced away to 27 runs with the help of one four and three sixes before Rasikh Dar Salam sent him back in the 11th over. On the final ball of the over, the right-arm bowler outfoxed the Royals star with a slower delivery.
It was a back-of-the-hand slower delivery that managed to beat Parag's bat swing before going on to hit the top of the off stump. Parag went for a pull shot but played a bit early as the slower ball went past his bat and hit the top of the off stump.
Watch as Rasikh Salam castles Riyan Parag:
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Talking about the game, the Royals were on 130 for 3 in the 13th over at the time of writing this report. Samson was batting on 74 off just 35 balls with the help of six fours and as many sixes, while giving him company was Shubham Dubey.
The Royals will be hoping that their captain stays till the end and takes them over the line. A win against DC will make the Royals the first team to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2024. At present, the Royals are in the second spot with eight wins from 10 games.
Earlier in the game, DC finished their innings on 221 for 8 thanks to fifties from their openers Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel. Fraser-McGurk smashed a 19-ball fifty while Porel scored 65 off 36. Towards the end, Tristan Stubbs played a crucial 41-run knock to take his team to a 220-plus total.
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