A brilliant knock from Riyan Parag has set up Rajasthan Royals to post 225 runs against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2026 game played at Jaipur.

His 90 runs off 50 deliveries included 8 fours and 5 sixes, put up a show against Delhi.

After choosing to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack.

Mitchell Starc got the first breakthrough, dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal for 6 runs. He got dismissed on a delivery where the batter hit it back towards Starc, which he took the catch easily.

Dhruv Jurel came to bat at No.3 joined Vaibhav Suryavanshi before the 14 year old got dismissed for 4 runs.

He got dismissed on a full toss delivery where Suryavanshi attempted to dig out, but the under edge got him bowled out as the openers were dismissed cheaply.

Riyan Parag came to bat at No.4 and joined Dhruv Jurel aiming to stabilise the innings as the side scored 56 runs in the powerplay.

The duo made a 50-plus partnership leading the fight back against Delhi Capitals. Riyan Parag smashed fifty off 32 deliveries and leading the side from front.

However, Axar Patel broke the crucial partnership dismissing Dhruv Jurel for 42 runs. He got dismissed on a short and outside off delivery where the wk-batter hits high in the long-off and Stubbs took a easy catch.

Ravindra Jadeja who joined Parag, got dismissed by Mitchell Starc for 20 runs. He got dismissed on a slower short ball as he hit it straight towards Ashutosh.

In the same over, Starc bagged the wicket of Riyan Parag for 90 runs. He got dismissed on a shortened length delivery where Axar Patel took the catch.

Dononvan Ferreira played a crucial cameo setting up the side to cross 200 run mark. Despite Shubham Dubey’s dismissal, Ferreira’s 47* run knock set up Rajasthan Royals to post 225 runs.

Mitchell Starc bagged three wickets while Kyle Jamieson, Axar Patel and T Natrajan bagged a wicket each.