
Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals in the Super Over after their IPL match ended in a thrilling tie in Delhi on Wednesday.
In the Super Over, Rajasthan Royals scored 11 off Mitchell Starc, losing two wickets, both off run outs.
KL Rahul then hit seven off the first three balls before Tristan Stubbs smashed Sandeep Sharma for a six to win it for Delhi with two balls to spare.
The win, which was Delhi's fifth in six games, took them to the top of the table, while Rajasthan remained in eighth place.
Earlier, needing nine runs to win off the final over, Rajasthan could manage only eight, leading to a Super Over.
Starc landed every delivery in almost the perfect spot as the RR duo of Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel found it impossible to get him away to the boundary, taking 1, 1, 2, 2 and 1 off the first five balls.
With two required from the last ball, Jurel was run out going for the winning run.
Earlier, following the departure of Yashasvi Jaiswal, a fifty off just 26 balls by Nitish Rana kept Rajasthan Royals' hopes alive.
Rana rode his luck after being put down by Tristan Stubbs on the boundary off Axar Patel when on 20, with the ball going through the South African's fingertips for six.
However, with 28 still needed, Starc trapped him leg before for 51, leading to a final twist in the tale.
Chasing 189 for victory, Rajasthan Royals had got off to a brisk start, racing to 50/0 in five overs with openers Yashavi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson looking in good touch.
Samson then hit Vipraj Nigam for a four and a six but was forced to retire hurt on 31 with a rib injury.
Delhi finally got their first wicket in the ninth over when Riyan Parag was castled by Axar Patel for eight after Rajasthan had reached 76.
Jaiswal motored along to his fifty off just 34 balls but fell after adding just one more run.
It was Kuldeep Yadav who made the breakthrough as Jaiswal holed out to Mitchell Starc on the long-on boundary, leaving Rajasthan at 112/2.
In the first half of the game, a late blitz helped Delhi Capitals post 188/5 after being put in to bat.
The last two overs by Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma went for 16 and 19 respectively, with Tristan Stubbs remaining unbeaten on 34 off 18 balls and Ashutosh Sharma on 15 off 11 balls.
Captain Axar Patel had played a blistering knock after coming in to bat when DC were in a spot of bother at 105/4 in the 14th over. Axar smashed 34 in just 14 balls.
After his heroics against Mumbai Indians, all eyes were on DC's Karun Nair when he arrived at the crease in the third over. But, much to the disappointment of the home crowd, he was run out for a duck.
KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel then added 63 for the third wicket before the former was caught by Shimron Hetmyer off Jofra Archer for 38.
Soon afterwards, Porel was dismissed by Wanindu Hasaranga one short of his fifty.
Earlier, Porel had hammered Tushar Desphande for 23 in the second over. But DC's other opener Jake Fraser-McGurk's poor run continued, with the Aussie being caught at mid-off by Yashasvi Jaiswal off Jofra Archer for nine.
Rajasthan Royals had won the toss and opted to bowl at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
After winning four consecutive matches, Delhi Capitals faced a narrow 12-run defeat in their last outing against Mumbai Indians, despite a blistering 89-run knock from Karun Nair.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals suffered a heavy loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, going down by 9 wickets in their previous match.
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.
Impact players
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay.
Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.