NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals edged out Rajasthan Royals in IPL’s first Super Over of the season after pace bowler Mitchell Starc defended nine off the last over to end the match tied on Wednesday.
Left-arm quick Starc kept Rajasthan down to 188-4 in response to Delhi’s 188-5 and then returned to bowl another disciplined over at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.
Rajasthan managed just 11 runs from their Super Over after Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag hit a boundary each but both got run out on ball four and five and the innings ended with those two wickets.
Needing 12 to win, KL Rahul started with a double and then hit a boundary before Tristan Stubbs finished off with a six on the fourth ball from Sandeep Sharma.
Delhi, led by Axar Patel, got back to winning ways and returned to take top spot in the 10-team table with five victories and just one defeat on six matches.
Rajasthan, who have been chasing the IPL title since their inaugural triumph in 2008 under late Australian hero Shane Warne, slumped to their fifth loss in seven matches.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Rana hit 51 each to set up Rajasthan’s chase of 189, but wickets at regular intervals kept Delhi in the hunt.
Australia’s Starc dismissed Rana in the 18th over before Dhruv Jurel hit back in his 26 and the left-handed Hetmyer made 15 not out.
Starc’s 20th over was on target as it was just singles and twos in the six balls and with two needed to win on the last delivery Jurel was run out while attempting a second run and the teams prepared for one-over eliminator.
Earlier Rajasthan raced to 50 in five overs with Jaiswal on fire and skipper Sanju Samson switched gears but retired hurt after his 19-ball 31 as he felt some pain in his ribs.
Left-handed Jaiswal raised his third fifty of the season before being dismissed by left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav but Rana kept up the batting surge.
Rana survived a reprieve on 20 when Stubbs dropped the batter on the ropes for the ball to go for six and the batter made the most of it but the batting effort was not enough.
Delhi rode on Abhishek Porel’s 49 and 34 each from Patel and Stubbs.
In-form Rahul made 38 and put on 63 runs with the left-handed Porel.
Later Axar put on 41 runs off 19 balls with South African Stubbs as the two hit the ball to all parts of the ground much to the delight of the home crowd as Delhi managed 77 runs from the last five overs.
Starc stars as Delhi beat Rajasthan in IPL’s Super Over thriller
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Starc stars as Delhi beat Rajasthan in IPL’s Super Over thriller
- Left-arm quick Starc kept Rajasthan down to 188-4 in response to Delhi’s 188-5 and then returned to bowl another disciplined over
- Needing 12 to win, KL Rahul started with a double and then hit a boundary before Tristan Stubbs finished off with a six
Al-Hilal win to re-establish 7-point lead at the top the SPL table
- The 2-1 victory over Neom came a day after Al-Nassr had reduced the gap with a home win over Al-Shabab
- Al-Taawoun and Al-Qadsiah recorded comfortable wins over Al-Riyadh and Al-Hazem
DUBAi: Al-Hilal on Sunday night defeated Neon 2-1 to re-establish their seven-point lead at the top of the Saudi Pro League table after nearest rivals A-Nassr had reduced the gap with a win over AL-Shabab on Saturday.
Al-Hilal now have 41 points from 15 matches, with Al-Nassr second on 34 from the same number of matches.
Neom took the lead on 42 through Mohammed Al-Burayk, and managed to hold on to the lead until half-time. Simone Inzaghi’s men stepped up their play in the second period and levelled the score on 49 minutes through Hassan Al-Tambakti, who powered a header home from a Reuben Neves corner.
An identical corner routine ultimately brought about Al-Hilal’s second 15 minutes later. As another Neves corner was played into the Neon penalty area, Al-Tambakti was wrestled down to the ground and the referee had little hesitation pointing to the spot. Neves himself converted the penalty to secure the three points for Hilal.
Earlier on Sunday, Al-Qadsiah thrashed hosts Al-Hazem 5-1 with all six goal coming in the second half. Mateo Retegui opened the scoring for the visitors on 56 mnutes and Al-Qadisah quickly doubled their lead through Musab Al-Juwayr five minutes later.
Brendan Rodgers’ team were coasting, and despite a host of substitutions by Al-Hazem half way through the second half, the result was put beyond any doubt when Julian Quinones scored on 73 minutes before Ahmed Al-Nakhli’s own goal made it 4-0. With four minutes left, Aboubacar Bah scored a consolation for Al-Hazem, but their was still time for Al-Qadsiah to make it 5-1 through another own goal, this time by Mohammed Isaa in stoppage time.
The result leaves Al-Qadisah fifth in the table, while Al-Hazem sit in 11th.
Meanwhile, 10-man Al-Taawoun claimed all three points at after a 3-1 win at Al-Riyadh to climb back to third, having briefly lost the position to reigning AFC Champions League winners Al-Ahli.
