Miller, Morris take RR home after early scare

Mumbai, April 15 : South African flavour stood out in Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) batting line-up as Chris Morris 18-ball 36 and a 43-ball 62 by David Miller helped the Jaipur franchise script a thrilling three-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday. RR won the match with two balls to spare.
Things had looked difficult for RR as they lost three early wickets, including that of skipper Sanju Samson, and ended the powerplay period at an abysmal 26/3 while chasing DC’s 147/8.
The third over of the innings saw DC strike bowler Chris Woakes (2/22) take two wickets — Manan Vohra and Jos Buttler.
In the next over, Kagiso Rabada (2/30) got rid of the centurion from the first match, Samson (4), leaving RR at 17/3. Samson played leaden-footed and gave a catch to Shikhar Dhawan at slips.
Pacer Avesh Khan (3/32) then got rid of Shivam Dube and Riyag Parag in successive overs to leave RR tottering at 425 after 9.2 overs.
However, Miller stitched a 48-run partnership (off 33 balls) with Rahul Tewatia to bring RR back into the match.