DELHI — Rajasthan Royals (RR) downed Delhi Daredevils (DD) by three wickets in the IPL 2015 here Sunday. The match had all the ingredients of a nail-biting encounter and it went down to the very last ball. Deepak Hooda was the star performer for the Royals, scoring a quickfire fifty at a crucial time. Hooda was the bright spark for the Royals. He got out in the penultimate over to become Tahir's third victim, at that point RR still needed 13 off 11 balls but Chris Morris came and whacked the very next ball for six. However, Tahir dismissed Faulkner. The match went down to the very last ball, with RR requiring three off the final ball but Tim Southee became hero as he smashed a yorker through covers for four. Earlier DD scored 184 for three on the back of a team effort. Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils 184 for three in 20 overs (JP Duminy 44 not out, Shreyas Iyer 40; Chris Morris 2 for 35). Rajasthan Royals 186 for seven in 20 overs (Deepak Hooda 54, Ajinkya Rahane 47; Imran Tahir 4 for 28). In another match in Mumbai, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) went past a spirited Mumbai Indians (MI) by 18 runs. After George Bailey led KXIP to 177 for five, the bowlers came to the party in comprehensive fashion. Harbhajan Singh nearly took the game away, but fell in the final over as MI went down by 18 runs. Brief scores: Kings XI Punjab 177 for 5 in 20 overs (George Bailey 61 not out; Harbhajan Singh 2 for 20) beat Mumbai Indians (Harbhajan Singh 64; Anureet Singh 2 for 41, Mitchell Johnson 2 for 23, Akshar Patel 2 for 30). — SG
