Rajasthan Royals got their first points in the Indian Premier League when they defeated Delhi Daredevils by ten runs on the Duckworth/Lewis Method in a rain-reduced match.
Delhi, chasing a revised target of 71 runs in six overs on Wednesday, were restricted to 4-60 by some quality seam bowling by the Rajasthan bowlers with Ben Laughlin (2-20) picking up the key wicket of fellow Australian Glenn Maxwell (17) in the fourth over.
Earlier, after being put into bat, Rajasthan were 5-153 in 17.5 overs when rain stopped play for more than two hours before Delhi's target was revised on the D/L Method.
Rajasthan's multi-million dollar signings, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, again failed with the bat and their third overseas player D'Arcy Short of Australia was run out for the second successive game.
Stokes (16) was undone by Kiwi Trent Boult's sharp delivery that shaped away enough to get the outside edge of the England allrounder and Buttler (29) was clean bowled by Mohammad Shami just before the rain came.
Captain Ajinkya Rahane top scored with 45 off 40 deliveries while Sanju Samson made 37 before both fell to left-arm spin of Shahbaz Nadeem (2-34).
Delhi lost their first match against Kings XI Punjab and will take on Mumbai Indians in their next game on Saturday.
Rajasthan, coming back into the IPL after two years of suspension due to betting, lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their comeback match and will now meet Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday.
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