RR vs DC IPL 2024 Highlights: Riyan Parag's career-best T20 knock boosts Rajasthan Royals to big win

Emotions are settled, mum's here as well. She's seen the struggles, this feels special. I know what my ability is and I never let that change - irrespective of whether I perform or not.

Definitely disappointed. The best thing to do from here to learn from it. The bowlers did well through the 15-16 overs. But the batters did well at the death, hopefully we do better in the next game. The platform that Warner-Marsh gave was very nice. We had to save wickets. We had to consolidate but at the end we had a lot to cover up. [On not bowling Nortje to Parag earlier] There is always one or the other option, but we wanted to finish Nortje in the death overs. Sometimes you are going to go for runs. Didn't go well for us today.

Impressive greedy spells from Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan to defend 32 runs in the last two overs.

Tristan Stubbs' late cameo almost pulled a win for the Capitals but Rajasthan bowlers won the death overs battle again to earn a 12 runs win.

Yuzvendra Chahal takes his second wicket of the game as he removes impact player Abishek Porel to put Rajasthan Royals in the driving seat for the first time.

Abishek Porel scored 9 runs off 10 balls. Axar Patel joins Tristan Stubbs in the middle.

Delhi Capitals - 126/5 in 16 overs and need 60 runs in 24 balls to win the game.

Yuzvendra Chahal ends Rishabh Pant's struggling innings with Sanju Samson taking an excellent catch behind.

Rishabh Pant scored 28 runs off 26 balls. Impact sub Abishek Porel joins Tristan Stubbs in the middle.

Delhi Capitals - 105/4 IN 13.1 overs. DC need 81 runs in 41 balls to win the game.

Avesh Khan with a big big breakthrough for Rajasthan Royals as he dismisses settled David Warner with Sandeep Sharma taking a stunning catch at the short third area.

Warner scored 49 runs off 34  balls. Tristan Stubbs joins Rishabh Pant in the middle.

Delhi Capitals - 97/3 in 11.2 overs.

Rishabh Pant records his first six of the season as he smashes Yuzvendra Chahal over mid-off to accelerate Delhi's innings.

Delhi Capitals - 89/2 in 10 overs (Rishabh Pant - 22* off 18 balls, David Warner - 43* off 28 balls).

Delhi Capitals recover well after losing Marsh and Bhui in the fourth over. David Warner smashed two back-to-back boundaries off Nadre Burger in the sixth over to take Delhi past 50.

Delhi Capitals - 59/2 in 6 overs (Rishabh Pant - 5* off 6 balls, David Warner - 30* off 16 balls).

What a spell from Nandre Burger as he removes Ricky Bhui in the same over with another unplayable delivery.

Ricky Bhui scored 0 off 2 balls. Captain Rishabh Panr joins David Warner in the middle. It's the 100th IPL game for Pant today.

Delhi Capitals - 30/2 in 3.4 overs.

Nandre Burger proves his imapct-sub selection by bowling out dangerous Mitchell Marsh and giving the Royals an opening they needed.

Marsh scored 23 runs off just 12 balls. Ricky Bhui joins David Warner in the middle.

Delhi Capitals - 30/1 in 3.2 overs.

Trent Boult concedes only 2 runs in the opening over but Mitchell Marsh goes big against Nandre Burger in the second over to give Delhi Capitals an impressive start.

Delhi Capitals - 15/0 in 2 overs.

David Warner and Mitchell Marsh open the innings for Delhi Capitals as they chase 186 runs in 120 balls.

Trent Boult is set to bowl the first over for Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan brings in pacer Nadred Burger as an impact sub in the place of Shimron Hetmyer. 

It's a result of a lot of practice behind the scenes. It's not the bowler but the ball he's bowling and I practised against a lot of those balls and could execute the shots tonight. I have my options ready both sides of the wicket, that's what I've been working on lately. I back myself, I know I have the power to dig out yorkers and hit sixes off short balls. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.  Sanga and Sanju bhaiyya came in and told me to do it deep, knew I'd go big at the end if I did. For someone coming in, it's not easy but not as much for someone set. It's been tough, I am a bit emotional right now. But it's been a lot of work. Backed myself, practiced a lot, seeing the fruits of it now.

Riyan Parag continues his excellent form by smashing five consecutive boundaries off Anrich Nortje in the last over.

It's 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1 in the 20th over.

Rajasthan Royals - 185/5 in 20 overs.

Riyan Parag top-scored with 84* off 45 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes.

Ravichandran Ashwin goes for his fourth six of the game but finds Tristan Stubbs at the boundary line on Axar Patel's delivery.

Ashwin scored 29 off just 19 balls. Shimron Hetmyer joins Riyan Parag in the middle.

Rajasthan Royals - 90/4 in 13.3 overs.

Riyan Parag finally finds his first six of the game by smashing Kuldeep Yadav over midwicket for a 94-metre six.

Rajasthan Royals - 88/3 in 13 overs.

Ravichandran Ashwin (25* runs off 12 balls) welcomes returning Anrich Noirtje by smashing two big sixes in the 11th over to accelerate Rajasthan Royals' innings

Rajasthan Royals - 73/3 in 11 overs. 

Delhi Capitals take the first half of the innings with three big wickets and greedy bowling spells from Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.

Rajasthan Royals - 58/3 in 10 overs (Ravichandran Ashwin - 13* off 8 balls, Riyan Parag - 12* off 15 balls).

A brilliant review from Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant for lbw against Jos Buttler. 

Jos Buttler scored 11 runs off 16 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin comes to bat at no.5 and joins Riyan Parag in the middle.

Rajasthan Royals - 38/3 in 8 overs.

An excellent delivery form from Khaleel Ahmed to dismiss the Royals skipper on a good length delivery with Rishabh Pant taking an easy catch behind. 

Sanju Samson scored 15 off 14 balls. Riyan Parag joins Jos Buttler in the middle.

Rajasthan Royals - 30/2 in 5.2 overs. 

The Royals have scored 26/1 after four overs as they are struggling at the moment. Can Buttler and Samson stitch partnership?

Yashasvi Jaiswal is OUT!!! Mukesh Kumar castles him in the second over of the innings

The veteran South African spinner Keshav Maharaj has replaced injured Prasidh Krishna at Rajasthan Royals for the IPL 2024 but will not be part of the today's squad.

Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal are out in the middle to kick off Rajasthan Royals' innings.

Khaleel Ahmed to bowl the first over for Delhi Capitals.

We would have bowled first, dew could come in the second innings. Both pitches have an even covering of grass, but the last match was an afternoon game. All the 10 teams are geared up and prepared well, we just need to follow the process and not think too much, then we will be fine. Same team for us.

We'll bowl first. The wicket looks fine and we want to use it, there might be some dew in the 2nd innings. Feels good to play 100 matches for the same franchise, but every game is important for me. Most of the concerns are regarding injury, but these are things you can't control. Two changes for us - Ishant hasn't recovered, Shai Hope has a back spasm. Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar come in.

Rajasthan Royals impact players: RR Impact Subs list: Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen.

Delhi Capitals impact players: Abhishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Pravin Dubey, Kumar Kushgara, Rasikh Dar.

DC Playing XI:  David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.

RR Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan.

Rishabh Pant won the crucial toss and elected to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals.

Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar return to Delhi's playing XIs while Rajasthan Royals remain unchanged.

Rishabh Pant is all set to play his 100th IPL game for Delhi Capitals. He will become the most-capped DC player in IPL history.

Both Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals faced each other last in Guwahati in the league stages fixture of IPL 2023. 

Rajasthan posted 199 runs while batting first with Jos Buttler top-scoring with 79 off 51 and Yashasvi Jaiswal smashing 60 off just 31 balls. Then Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal picked three wickets each to restrict Delhi to 142/9 to win the game by 47 runs.

The head to head record between RR and DC is very close. RR have won 14 out of 27 matches while DC have won 13 of them so far.

Ishant Sharma is reportedly given a green line to make a swift return from the ankle injury he suffered while fielding against Punjab Kings in the last match. Prithvi Shaw is likely to miss the game again as Dlehi management prefers to continue with David Warner and Mitchell Marsh at the top.

Delhi Capitals predicted playing XI: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Abhishek Porel, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel,  Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma

Riyan Parag, who scored crucial 43 runs against LSG in the last match, is reportedly having flu and is likely to miss today's game. New signing Shubham Dubey is likely to replace him in the playing XI in an only change today.

Rajasthan Royals predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey, Jhye Richardson, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Lalit Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Kumar Kushagra, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Prasidh Krishna, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore.

Welcome to our live coverage of the ninth game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. It's a home game for Rajasthan Royals (RR) who are hosting Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates from the fixture.