With nine runs needed in the final over with six wickets in hand, Rajasthan Royals appeared to have the border, only for Mitchell Starc to turn the script around.
Delhi Capitals : 188 for 5(Porel 49, Rahul 38, Stubbs 34*, Archer 2-32) tie up with Rajasthan Royals 188 for 4 (Jaiswal 51, Rana 51, Axar 1-23, Starc 1-36) and Delhi Capitals won the super over.
With six wickets in hand, Nine run needed– it should have been a routine finish for Rajasthan Royals (RR) against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. But in the sensational final over Mitchell Starc reversing the situation, delivering five pinpoint yorkers in a sensational final over. Right-handed batter Dhruv Jurel could not find two runs in the last ball, and Mitchell Starc dragged the match into a dramatic Super Over.
Rajasthan Royals collapsed in the Super Over, lasting just five balls and losing both the players Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag to run outs. Delhi Capitals chased down the 12-run target in just four deliveries.
When Delhi Capitals needing 5 off 3, Tristan Stubbs dragged Sandeep Sharma for six to confirm fifth win of DC in six matches which brings DC to the top in the IPL 2025 points table. Earlier, Stubbs had contributed an essential and victorious 18-ball 34 in regulation time to help Delhi Capitals score 42 in the last three overs.
Also Read : https://sportslila.com/ruturaj-gaikwad-breaks-silence-after-getting-eliminated-of-ipl-2025/
The Stubbs Manifest
At Arun Jaitley Stadium, the 200-run mark had been split on each of the last eight T20s by the side batting first. Delhi Capitals didn’t look like getting anywhere close, until Stubbs comes to play with Axar Patel.
Rajasthan Royals also didn’t complete well. Sandeep Sharma who had figures of 3-0-14-0 given a no-ball and four wides in what proved to be a 11-ball over that completed with Maheesh Theekshana dropping a sitter off the last ball, 19 runs came in the over. Rajasthan Royals chasing a higher total than would have.
While Runs of Stubbs were critical, a gun throw running around from wide long-on to limit the penultimate delivery to a single in regulation time with Rajasthan Royals requiring 3 off 2 – was crucial.
