Yuzvendra Chahal Becomes First Indian To Achieve Rare Feat During DC Vs RR IPL 2024 Encounter

New Delhi: Yuzvendra Chahal might be the most expensive bowler for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday night but the leg-spinner became the first Indian bowler to take 350 T20 wickets. Chahal achieved the feat with the dismissal of Rishabh Pant who gave a simple return catch to the bowler. He now has 350 T20 wickets (in 300 games), 40 ahead of second-placed Piyush Chawla. Chahal’s Rajasthan Royals teammate Ravichandran Ashwin is third on the list with 303 scalps to his name.

Meanwhile, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin jolted Delhi Capitals with wickets in his successive overs but pacer Avesh Khan bled runs as the hosts posted 221/8 in their must-win contest. Had it not been some smart bowling by Ashwin and fellow off-spinner Riyan Parag in the middle overs, Delhi Capitals would have put more runs on the board

Young Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk (50 off 20 balls) continued with his splendid form while Abhishek Porel contributed 65 off 36 balls. Tristan Stubbs chipped in with a useful 20-ball 41 but skipper Rishabh Pant’s (15) bat did not talk much. Rajasthan Royals pacer Trent Boult and Sandeep Singh came in with hit-the-deck approach and largely succeeded in not letting home openers swing freely.

Fraser-McGurk grew restless and began to throw his bat around. The Australian gradually got his rhythm and was harsh on Avesh, who he blasted for 28 runs, plundering four fours and two sixes in the fourth over of the innings to complete his half-century in just 19 balls.

As fate would have it, Fraser-McGurk had a soft dismissal when he hit a full-toss from Ashwin straight to cover fielder Donovon Ferreira. Shai Hope too departed soon in a rather unfortunate fashion. Porel hit Sandeep straight, the ball touched the bowler’s hand before crashing into the stumps, and caught the West Indian outside the crease.

Chahal began with a slightly fullish length and was hammered for six by Porel. Parag, though, did a great job with his off-spin as he managed to keep the batters quiet. Ashwin returned and got rid of Axar Patel, who had just hit Parag for a maximum. Porel though kept going strong and completed his fifty while Avesh continued to bleed runs. In his two overs, he conceded 42 runs.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson handed the ball to Ashwin and he delivered yet again, this time sending back Porel with a back of the length ball that the southpaw could not connect well. The home skipper didn’t do much, throwing his wicket away with a sweep shot off Chahal. Delhi Capitals gathered 65 runs from the last five overs.