IPL 2025 Live: RR vs DC - Donovan Ferreira fireworks at the death; Riyan Parag falls to Starc

Overs18.5 Score201 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Donovan Ferreira, FOUR! Just wide! From around the wicket, Starc nearly gets the yorker in, on off. Donovan Ferreira gets just enough leverage to get under the ball and opens the bat face to carve it behind point.

1lb Overs18.4 Score197 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Shubham Dubey, Leg bye! A bit of tail back in on the yorker from Starc. Shubham gets the front leg out of the way and has a swipe across the line. Gets beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the pads. A leg bye is taken as the ball rolls in front of point.

0 Overs18.2 Score195 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Donovan Ferreira, Pushes it across the right-hander at 143.2 kph, on a length. Donovan Ferreira reaches out and throws his hands at the ball. It flirts with the tramline but the decision goes in favour of the bowler.

6 Overs17.6 Score193 - 5 Kuldeep Yadav to Donovan Ferreira, SIX! Third biggie of the over. Donovan Ferreira is turning it on for the Royals at the back end of the innings. Kuldeep offers flight, full and on middle. Donovan Ferreira gets down on a knee and nails the slog sweep towards cow corner for a 95-metre hit. 20 runs off Kuldeep's final over.

0 Overs17.5 Score187 - 5 Kuldeep Yadav to Donovan Ferreira, Shorter and a bit of turn, on middle. Donovan rocks back and forces it down the strip. The ball was in the air for a brief moment but dropped short of Kuldeep, who did well to make the stop.

6 Overs17.4 Score187 - 5 Kuldeep Yadav to Donovan Ferreira, SIXI Straighter this time, but the result is the same. Kuldeep gives the ball a bit of air but ends up being a bit too full, on off. Ferreira clears the front leg and collapses his back knee to get under the ball. Pumps it over long off for half a dozen more.

6 Overs17.3 Score181 - 5 Kuldeep Yadav to Donovan Ferreira, SIX! That has gone back a long way. Flighted delivery, googly attempted by Kuldeep. Full and wide on off, Donovan Ferreira extends his hands into the lofted hit and sends it way over cover for a biggie.

4 Overs16.6 Score173 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Shubham Dubey, FOUR! Lovely shot! Starc errs in length as he serves a juicy half-volley, on off. Dubey presses onto the front foot and creams the drive all along the ground, wide of extra cover. He picks up a boundary to get going.

1wd Overs16.6 Score169 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Shubham Dubey, Wide! Starc goes searching for the yorker but drifts down leg and it comes out as a low full toss. Dubey fails to help it away.

W Overs16.4 Score168 - 5 Mitchell Starc to Riyan Parag, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Mitchell Starc strikes gold for DC. From around the wicket, hits the back of a length, on off and middle. Parag just swings through the line, aiming to back over the bowler's head. The ball holds up a bit in the surface and one hand comes off the bat handle. It is skied towards mid off, where Axar Patel takes a few steps forward and does the rest. End of a fine knock from the RR skipper. Two wickets in the over. RR are now 168/5.

W Overs16.2 Score167 - 4 Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Mitchell Starc breaks through. Pace off and bowled into the surface by Starc, over off. Jadeja gets on his toes and gets his hands high. He tries to guide it over backward point but does not have any pace to work with. Spoons it to Ashutosh Sharma there on the edge of the ring, who moves to his right and takes the catch at head height.

4 Overs16.1 Score166 - 3 Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Gets it through! Skidding through at 143.7 kph, on a good length, just outside the off stump. Jadeja plays it late as he glides it to short third. Kyle Jamieson is late to get down to his right there and concedes a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters.

1 Overs15.6 Score162 - 3 Kyle Jamieson to Ravindra Jadeja, Top work! Low full toss, angling away, Jadeja extends his hands and hits it wide of mid off, but Tristan Stubbs is quick across the turf and dives to his right to prevent the ball from going past him. Single taken. 15 runs off the over.

4 Overs15.4 Score160 - 3 Kyle Jamieson to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Make that a hat-trick of fours. A poor ball by Jamieson, a low full toss, sliding onto the pads. Parag helps it wide of short fine leg to his left and it races away.

4 Overs15.3 Score156 - 3 Kyle Jamieson to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Smart batting! Pace off and dug in short, over middle. The off-cutter spins back towards the right-hander, but Parag gets his hands high to play the ramp over the keeper's head for four more.

4 Overs15.2 Score152 - 3 Kyle Jamieson to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Helped away! Jamieson dishes out the yorker but strays on the toes. Parag gets inside the line and glances it to the left of the man at short fine leg for a four.

1 Overs15.1 Score148 - 3 Kyle Jamieson to Ravindra Jadeja, Good stop! Across off, on a good length. Jadeja cuts it late but can't get it through. Mitchell Starc moves to his left at backward point and gets down to make the stop. Just a single.

4 Overs14.6 Score147 - 3 T Natarajan to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Gets it away this time! T Natarajan misses the yorker again and bowls a full toss, on off. Riyan Parag shows the full face of the bat and smacks it to the long off fence for a boundary. No chance for Starc this time around.

6 Overs14.4 Score142 - 3 T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Straight as an arrow! T Natarajan sticks to the fuller length, on middle. Ravindra Jadeja is expecting that length, hits it through the line and with a high elbow, tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie.

2 Overs14.2 Score134 - 3 T Natarajan to Riyan Parag, Fuller one and on middle, Riyan Parag clips it away wide of long on, where Tristan Stubbs works in tandem with the deep mid-wicket fielder to keep it down to two runs.

2 Overs14.1 Score132 - 3 T Natarajan to Riyan Parag, A low full toss, on off, Riyan Parag drills it with a straight bat wide of long off. Mitchell Starc runs to his right and slides to pull the ball back inside. He does well to get rid of the ball before his back foot touches the ropes. Two taken. Starc seems to be experiencing a bit of cramp, but he is staying on.

STRATEGIC BREAK! A decent last couple of overs for the Delhi Capitals, but a challenging task awaits them in the final six. The surface has been a touch on the slower side, and Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing the 200-mark. Ravindra Jadeja has been guilty of chewing up deliveries so far. He will need to shift gears here, or at least keep turning the strike over. RR still have the likes of Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey waiting in the shed. An interesting phase of play awaits us.

2 Overs13.2 Score124 - 3 Kuldeep Yadav to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated, short and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja stays back and nudges it through mid-wicket and calls for two. He hustles back for the second, but a better throw would have made things interesting here.

1lb Overs13.1 Score122 - 3 Kuldeep Yadav to Riyan Parag, Flatter, full and around leg, Riyan Parag swipes at it but he ball goes off his pads towards short fine for a leg bye.

0 Overs12.6 Score121 - 3 T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Run out chance...missed! Good length and on off, Ravindra Jadeja opens the face of his bat and guides it straight to point, but sets off for the run. He is sent back but gets stranded midway on the pitch. Ashutosh Sharma has a lot of time to take aim, but misses his shy at the batter's end. Jadeja had already given up, but got a life here.

2 Overs12.5 Score121 - 3 T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Bangs this into the pitch, outside off, Ravindra Jadeja uses his feet, reaches out and slaps it wide of sweeper cover for a brace.

0 Overs12.4 Score119 - 3 T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, On a back of a length, on off, that is punched off the back foot but straight to cover.