Prasidh Krishna, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Fastest to 8000 runs in T20s (by innings) 213 - Chris Gayle 218 - Babar Azam 224 - KL Rahul* 243 - Virat kohli 244 - Mohammad Rizwan
They've taken the strategic break at the end of the batting PP. A slow start, Faf du Plessis struggled to get going, KL took his time and finally the last over of the batting PP saw them press on the accelerator. Looks like a good pitch and they'll need a minimum of 180 to stay competitive
1-6 Over Summary -KL Rahul gets going with a couple of boundaries in the first over - Arshad Khan bowls a tight first over - Du Plessis struggles for timing, miscues one to mid-on - KL Rahul takes on Rabada with two sixes and a four - Delhi Capitals end the powerplay at 45/1
5.6
Rabada to Rahul, 1 run, to deep backward point
5.5
Rabada to Rahul, SIX, to long-off
5.4
Rabada to Rahul, FOUR, short, wide and four, width on offer and Rahul doesn't miss out, reaches out and then carves it over cover-point, the man in the deep is very square and has no chance
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5.3
Rabada to Rahul, no run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander, Rahul is early into the pull and cops a blow on his body
5.2
Rabada to Rahul, SIX, to deep square leg
5.1
Rabada to Rahul, no run
Kagiso Rabada, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
A slow start from the Capitals and GT will be happy with the way it's going at the moment, here's KG
4.6
Siraj to Rahul, 1 run, on a length and around off, pushed in front of mid-on for a quick single
4.5
Siraj to Rahul, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Rahul opens the face of the bat and then runs it straight to short third
4.4
Siraj to Rahul, no run
4.3
Siraj to Rahul, FOUR, thumped, short of a good length and just outside off - Rahul hangs back and then muscles the pull over mid-on, bounces away to the ropes in a hurry
4.2
Siraj to Rahul, no run, on a good length and shaping back into the right-hander, Rahul closed the face of the bat on the clip and gets an inside edge onto the thigh-pad
4.1
Siraj to Rahul, FOUR, nicely played, that's the release Rahul wanted, backed away to a short ball and then chops it late, finds the gap behind backward point and the ball races away to the ropes
3.6
Arshad Khan to Abishek Porel, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Porel plays an open-faced drive, to the left of cover-point where Rutherford dives and saves a certain boundary
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