DC rise to the top
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant guided his side through a frustrating game to hammer Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs and take the lead in the Indian Premier League on Saturday. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Pant powers DC
Pant hit 24 and Shreyas Iyer 43 as Delhi made 154/6 in their 20 overs. Pant then claimed two catches and a stumping to leave Rajasthan struggling on 17/3 in their chase. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Waging a lone battle
Despite a stubborn unbeaten 70 from captain Sanju Samson, Rajasthan could only reach 121/6 in their innings. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Iyer, Pant to the rescue
Openers Prithvi Shaw (10) and Shikhar Dhawan (8) went cheaply, leaving Iyer and Pant to put on Delhi's best partnership of 62 for the third wicket. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Iyer stumped
Iyer (43) was stumped by Samson having lasted 32 balls and hit two sixes. Afterwards only Shimron Hetmyer with his 28 off 16 balls made an impact. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Royals' pace
Mustafizur Rahman and Chetan Sakariya each took two wickets from four overs on an encouraging day for the Rajasthan bowlers on the slow Abu Dhabi pitch. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Livingstone falls early
Liam Livingstone went on the sixth ball of the Rajasthan innings giving an underneath edge off Avesh Khan that Pant dived forward to catch. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Nortje scalps Jaiswal
With the first ball of the next over, Anrich Nortje forced Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) to edge another ball to Pant. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Ace Ashwin
David Miller lasted 10 balls before he was stumped by Pant off Ravichandran Ashwin having made seven. (BCCI/PTI Photo)
Superb Samson
Samson hit eight fours and a big six in the final over but never found a partner to keep Rajasthan in contention. (BCCI/IPL Photo)