KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel power Delhi Capitals to five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals overhauled Rajasthan Royals’ competitive total with a five-wicket victory on Sunday as Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul put up fluent half-centuries.

Porel, playing in only his third IPL match of the season, made a fine 31-ball 51, while KL Rahul bounced back with 56 off 42 balls after a few crushing deliveries, completing the chase of Delhi Capitals’ 194 in 19.2 overs.

The opening duo put together a match-winning 105-run partnership that laid the foundation for DC’s chase before Axar Patel hit an unbeaten 34 off 18 deliveries to complete the chase.

SHORT POINTS RR:

193 for 8 in 20 overs (Jurel 53, Parag 51; Ngidi 2 for 24, Starc 40 for 4) lost to DC: 197 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Porel 51, KL Rahul 56; Archer 2 for 35) by five wickets