Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals, 30th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Archer, Nortje, Rabada - it was an exhibition of some sensational fast bowling today. And then Delhi had Ashwin as well who bowled beautifully while Tushar Deshpande held his nerve on debut. But there's a definite sense that the Royals blew this at the end. Their lack of batting depth continues to hurt with Smith, Buttler, and Samson misfiring. Tewatia can't do it by himself everytime. Anyway, that's it from us. It's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Vineet Anantharaman, Akshay Maanay, Raju Peethala, Rishi Roy and Siva.

Anrich Nortje, Player of the Match: Been feeling it the last few days. Nice to see some results. Buttler played them really well. Maybe I was a touch too full. Didn't expect him to go for a six first ball. Maybe he was expecting something else off that delivery. Stuck to my strength and paid off. Didn't expect the second ramp. Luckily I stuck to it. We've got a good coach in Ryan. Lovely working with KG. Tushar has been working in the nets. Enjoying my experience with them. Doesn't look like it but it's nerve-wracking. Better to be on the field than on the other side.

Shikhar Dhawan, acting captain for DC: He's (Iyer) in pain but his shoulder is moving. We'll get proper report tomorrow. One moment it was quite even and to pick it back from there was a team effort. Was important we stayed positive as a team. Knew their batting isn't deep. Knew if we got their top-order we can get them. Everytime we want them to deliver they're delivering. Courage he showed, line and length he bowled was amazing (Deshpande). Have to keep the momentum. Long tournament. Will keep the process going.

Harsha Bhogle: Outstanding defence by Delhi Capitals. Used quality spin, extreme pace and a very impressive young pacer. Deserved.

Kagiso Rabada: Just glad that we won. Stokes and Buttler got off to a great start but we knew it would get tough to bat if we used our line and length smartly along with the field settings. (On bowling with Nortje) We learn a lot from each other. He is a real fast bowler and I can learn some technical stuff from him. I have some experience which I can tell him about. It is good to chat. (On Nortje's 156kph delivery) It looks like that every game. Really happy for him but not happy for the batter. Maybe when we have a drink tonight he might slip a comment through. When we play we only think about the delivery and not about the speed gun. Deshpande is a youngster who has a lot of passion for the game. He has talent and hunger and it didn't look as if it was his first game. He has a lot of work to do and could be a real talent for India in the future.

Steven Smith | Losing captain: Disappointing. The wicket slowed up a bit as the game went on. We got off to a good start with Jos and Stokesy, then we lost a couple wickets and got another partnership between Stokesy and Sanju, then again lost wickets in clumps and on slow wickets it is hard to make up too many runs at the backend. We needed to take it a bit deeper from some of our batters and we were not able to do that. We thought we bowled well at the backend and restricted them to 160-odd, that was probably around par on this wicket. And the opening partnership got us ahead in the game but we couldn't extend those partnerships, boys were getting in and getting out, not going on to make 50 or 60. It has been the trend in the tournament, the boys that have the air speed have had the most success, Jofra has been great for us and same with Nortje and Rabada for Delhi. They changed things around tonight by bowling with pace, taking pace off and varying it nicely, we weren't able to deal with that. We are not in the greatest position at the moment, so need to move on from this and hopefully come back with a big game in three days time.

21:40 Local Time, 17:40 GMT, 23:10 IST: You thought Nortje's over to Buttler at the top was one of the highlights of the IPL. But he was just getting started. How good was that turnaround at the death! Consistently at 150-plus, his blistering pace did it for Delhi tonight. He even had someone like Rabada in his shadow as the two of them combined to nick this away from the Royals. The chase was going comfortably around the halfway mark, but some questionable shots, some poor running and some sensational fast bowling ensured Delhi didn't lose two on the bounce. It's another blow for Royals' top-heavy batting. Even after a flying start, even with the rate under control, the lower half couldn't keep up as no one batted through. And that's where Stokes's dismissal really hurt them today as he threw it away when he didn't need to.

Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, out Caught by (sub)Lalit Yadav!! Short of length outside off, sliced in the air behind point. Lalit Yadav runs back and takes the sitter. Delhi have turned it around to win this at the end. Shreyas Gopal c (sub)Lalit Yadav b Tushar Deshpande 6(4) [4s-1]

Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR, full outside off, outside edge flies over short third man. Doesn't matter

Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, leading edge goes right up! But there's a slight collision between Deshpande and Gopal. In the end, no one goes for it. Gopal puts his hands up pleading no guilt

Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, no run, holds his nerve and gets somewhere in the range of the blockhole, Tewatia can't get under it. Squeezes it into the on-side

Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, 1 run, quite full, jammed to long-on

Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, Rahane has probably sealed the match with this save. Superb effort at the boundary. Slower ball outside off, not the cleanest of hits from Tewatia but it's sailing away. Rahane backtracks at long-off, catches it while falling back but realises he's going over the ropes and chucks it back in. What's more, they've just got a single. Poor cricket from the Royals

Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, wide, given wide. Oh this is close. Slower ball outside off, Tewatia lets it go. Maybe just cuts the wide line

Tushar Deshpande [3.0-0-29-1] is back into the attack

It is Deshpande and not Stoinis. Right into the pressure cooker for the youngster on debut. He has plenty to defend though

Rabada to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, he gets the single, swatting a slower short ball down to long-on. Has it all to do in the 20th with 22 needed. Only thing going for him is that he's up against some inexperience

Rabada to Shreyas Gopal, 1 run, pitched up at the stumps, driven to mid-off. What will Tewatia do now? Pick a single to retain strike?

Shreyas Gopal, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Bijit: Probably the TEWATIA TIME! -- Looks like even that time has passed.

Rabada to Jofra Archer, out Caught by Rahane!! World Class. First Nortje, now Rabada. It's not a perfect yorker this. Just a few inches shy of it. But there's no way Archer's getting under it. He throws his hands looking to go through the off-side but slices it up to point. Jofra Archer c Rahane b Rabada 1(4)