Cricket and pranks go hand in hand.
The Rajasthan Royals captained by Steve Smith kicked off the IPL 2020 edition with a bang. First, the Royals defeated the mighty Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs in their opener at Sharjah Cricket Stadium played on September 22.
The team then chased after the gigantic goal of 224 set by Kings XI Punjab in the same spot thanks to heroic batting exhibited by Rahul Tewatia and Sanju Samson.
The extremely happy franchise with its two of two IPL victories expressed its excitement in a tweet on September 29.
“Good evening to all the fans whose team has a 100% record on # IPL2020 #HallaBol,” Rajasthan tweeted.
Things have gone downhill for the Royals ever since.
On Friday Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis shone with bat and ball as the Delhi Capitals regained first place in the IPL standings with a sweeping 46-run victory over Rajasthan Royals here. Delhi posted 184 of eight, the lowest total of the first inning on the ground this season, riding on 24 balls 45 from Shimron Hetmyer and 39 of 30 balls from Stoinis.
Kagiso Rabada (3/35) then chose three wickets while Stoinis (2/17), Ravichandran Ashwin (2/22) caught two wickets apiece as Delhi sacked the Rajasthan Royals for 138 in 19.4 overs to secure their fifth win. in six games. The Royals were never convincing in the chase.
This was the Royals’ fourth consecutive loss at the tournament and the Delhi Capitals official Twitter user reminded the team of the same in a blatant probe on the microblogging site.
“This aging weLLLL”, DC cited the old Royals tweet as the “weLLLL” in their post highlighting the results of the Royals last four outings.
IPL fans laughed a lot about it.
Admin regrets tweeting this for sure! The decline since then 😂
– Shrutika Gaekwad (@ Shrutika_05_) October 9, 2020
With this victory, Delhi Capitals gained two points, bringing their score to 10 and the # 1 spot on the points table. DC is followed by Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad with 8 and 6 points respectively.
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