In an exciting encounter at Arun Jaitley Stadium on 16 April 2025, Delhi’s capitals dropped out Rajasthan Royals in a super over in a super over after scoring 188 runs in their innings. In the super over, Rajasthan scored 11 runs but lost two wickets. Delhi chased the target in only four balls, alleging KL Rahul and Triston Stabs, which led to a memorable victory for the capitals.

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RESULT
32nd Match (N), Delhi, April 16, 2025, Indian Premier League	Player Of The Match Mitchell Starc, DC 1/36
Delhi Capitals	188/5
Rajasthan Royals	(20 ov, T:189) 188/4
Match tied (DC won the Super Over)

1st innings of Delhi Capitals Batting

Batting	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jake Fraser-McGurk	9	6	11	2	0	150
Abishek Porel	49	37	61	5	1	132.43
Karun Nair	0	3	4	0	0	0
KL Rahul	38	32	39	2	2	118.75
Tristan Stubbs	34	18	40	2	2	188.88
Axar Patel (c)	34	14	14	4	2	242.85
Ashutosh Sharma	15	11	20	2	0	136.36
Extras						(lb 1, nb 1, w 7) = 9
Total (20 Ov)						188/5 (RR: 9.40)

Did not bat: Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2.3 ov), 2-34 (Karun Nair, 3.1 ov), 3-97 (KL Rahul, 12.4 ov), 4-105 (Abishek Porel, 13.5 ov), 5-146 (Axar Patel, 16.6 ov)

Rajasthan Royals Bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jofra Archer	4	0	32	2	8	10	5	0	2
Tushar Deshpande	3	0	38	0	12.66	2	4	2	0
Sandeep Sharma	4	0	33	0	8.25	7	1	1	5
Maheesh Theekshana	4	0	40	1	10	7	4	2	0
Wanindu Hasaranga	4	0	38	1	9.5	7	3	2	0
Riyan Parag	1	0	6	0	6	1	0	0	0

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2nd innings of Rajasthan Royals Batting

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Starc b Kuldeep Yadav	51	37	62	3	4	137.83
Sanju Samson (c)	retired hurt	31	19	30	2	3	163.15
Riyan Parag	b Patel	8	11	8	1	0	72.72
Nitish Rana	lbw b Starc	51	28	44	6	2	182.14
Dhruv Jurel	run out (Patel/†Rahul)	26	17	58	0	2	152.94
Shimron Hetmyer	not out	15	9	16	1	0	166.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	6
Total	20 Ov (RR: 9.40)	188/4

Did not bat: Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande
Fall of wickets: 0-61* (Sanju Samson, retired not out), 1-76 (Riyan Parag, 8.1 ov), 2-112 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 13.2 ov), 3-161 (Nitish Rana, 17.4 ov), 4-188 (Dhruv Jurel, 19.6 ov)

Delhi Capitals Bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Mitchell Starc	4	0	36	1	9	7	3	1	2
Mukesh Kumar	3	0	31	0	10.33	5	1	3	0
Mohit Sharma	4	0	38	0	9.5	5	2	2	1
Vipraj Nigam	1	0	13	0	13	3	1	1	0
Axar Patel	3	0	23	1	7.66	9	3	1	0
Kuldeep Yadav	4	0	33	1	8.25	7	2	2	0
Tristan Stubbs	1	0	12	0	12	2	1	1	0

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Match Flow

Delhi Capitals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 46 runs, 2 wickets)
Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira and Tripurana Vijay
Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal and Kunal Singh Rathore
Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 0
Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals – 60/2 in 8.0 overs (Abishek Porel 34, KL Rahul 17)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (Abishek Porel 16, KL Rahul 34, Ex 0)
Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals – 98/3 in 13.0 overs (Abishek Porel 49, T Stubbs 1)
Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
Over 17.4: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – A Totre, Batter – AR Sharma (Struck down)
Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
Over 19.1: Review by Delhi Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wide, Umpire – A Totre, Batter – AR Sharma (Upheld)
Innings Break: Delhi Capitals – 188/5 in 20.0 overs (T Stubbs 34, AR Sharma 15)

Rajasthan Royals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 63 runs, 0 wicket)
Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: Mukesh Kumar in for Abishek Porel (Delhi Capitals innings, 19.6 ov)
Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (YBK Jaiswal 26, SV Samson 21, Ex 3)
SV Samson retired hurt at 61/0 (31, 5.3 overs)
Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals – 63/0 in 6.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 26, R Parag 2)
Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 4
YBK Jaiswal: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
Over 12.2: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – K Kelkar, Batter – N Rana (Struck down)
Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals – 116/2 in 14.0 overs (N Rana 20, DC Jurel 2)
Over 15.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – A Totre, Batter – DC Jurel (Upheld)
Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (100 balls), Extras 5
N Rana: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)

Super over:
Rajasthan Royals 11/2 in 0.5 over
Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Shubham Dubey in for Maheesh Theekshana (Rajasthan Royals Super Over innings, 0.5 ov)
Delhi Capitals 13/0 in 0.4 over

Match Details

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Toss	Rajasthan Royals, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2025
Player Of The Match	Mitchell Starc
Hours of play (local time)	19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days	16 April 2025 – night (20-over match)
DC Player Replacement	Impact player: Mukesh Kumar in, Abishek Porel out (1st innings, 19.6 ov)
RR Player Replacement	Impact player: Shubham Dubey in, Maheesh Theekshana out (2nd innings, 0.5 ov)
Umpires	Akshay Totre Keyur Kelkar
TV Umpire	Rohan Pandit
Reserve Umpire	Anish Sahasrabudhe
Match Referee	Shakti Singh
Points	Delhi Capitals 2, Rajasthan Royals 0