On Wednesday night, hosts Delhi Daredevils (DD) claimed a thrilling 4-run victory (DLS method) against the visiting team Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the rain-interrupted game at Feroz Shah Kotla.

Rajasthan captain Ajinkya Rahane decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Coming to bat for 18-overs due to the rain delay, DD managed to score 196/6 in 17.1 overs before another rain-interruption.

Later, RR had a revised target of mammoth 151-run in 12 overs while they scored 146/5 at the end of 12 overs.

Brief Scores: DD (18 overs innings) – 196/6 in 17.1 overs (Rishabh pant 69, Shreyas Iyer 50, Jaydev Unadkat 3/46)

RR (Revised target: 151 runs in 12 overs) – 146/5 in 12 overs (Jos Buttler 67, D’Arcy Short 44, Trent Boult 2/26)

Result – DD won by 4 runs (DLS method)

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) DD cricketer Amit Mishra played his 50^th T20 game at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi).

• First player to play 50 T20 games at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi).

ii) RR skipper Ajinkya Rahane played his 79^th IPL game for RR.

• Most no. of IPL matches played for RR. Rahane surpassed Shane Watson’s record who had played 78 IPL games for RR.

Also read: Match 32 (DD vs RR) – Reasons for loss 

iii) Also, this game was Ajinkya Rahane’s 85^th T20 game for RR.

• Most no. of T20 matches played for RR. Rahane surpassed Shane Watson’s record who had played total 84 T20 games for RR.

iv) DD batsman Rishabh Pant completed his half-century in just 23 balls.

• Third fastest IPL half-century by a DD batsman against RR.

Top fastest IPL half-centuries by the DD batsmen against RR

v) DD scored 196/6 in 17.1 overs.

• Highest IPL total for DD against RR. Their previous record was 188/6 in 20 overs at Delhi on March 31, 2010.

Also read: Match 32 (DD vs RR) – Hits and Flops

vi) DD batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant have completed hitting their 51 and 50 IPL sixes respectively for DD.

• Top four most no. of six hitters for DD in IPL history

vii) RR batsman Jos Buttler completed his half-century in just 18 balls.

• Fastest IPL half-century by a RR batsman. The previous record was completing half-century in just 19 balls by Owais Shah against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on April 15, 2012.