Shreyas Iyer completes 1000 runs as captain

IPL 2020, Match 30, Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals - Delhi Capitals won by 13 runs

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Despite batting first and posting just 161 on the board, Delhi showed ultimate brilliance with the ball as they went on to win the game by a margin of 13 runs. Rajasthan Royals were in the game until their middle-order batsman Rahul Tewatia came to the crease in the 14th over. He scored just 14 runs off 18 deliveries and his slow innings helped Delhi register a comfortable victory!

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Apart from Tewatia's slow innings, there are many other things to speak about! Here are some of the stats from this match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals.

39 - Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan had hit 57 runs off 33 deliveries which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. This is his 39th half-century in this tournament. Also, Dhawan now have second-most fifties in this tournament. Sun Risers captain David Warner has 46 while Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have 38 half-centuries in IPL each.

1000* - Delhi capitals captain Shreyas Iyer completed 1000 runs as captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL. He scored 53 runs off 43 deliveries with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Overall, Iyer has scored 1979 runs for Delhi in the tournament thus far becoming the second leading run scorer for Delhi. Virender Sehwag with 2174 runs is the leading run scorer for Delhi in this tournament at the moment.

155.6 kmph - Delhi pacer Anrich Nortje delivered the fastest delivery in the history of Indian Premier League. Previous best was 154.4 bowled by Dale Steyn in the IPL 2012 season. Moreover, Nortje also delivered balls with speeds of 155.2 and 154.7 in this game against Rajasthan, which are now the second and third fastest in this list.

18 - Delhi pacer Kagiso Rabada till now bagged 18 wickets in the ongoing IPL 2020 season. He is also the leading wicket-taker of the season thus far. Rajasthan Royals pacer Jofra Archer is now the second leading wicket-taker with 11 scalps against his name.