IPL 2023: Thunder'Boult' strikes early against DC, bowls second double wicket maiden in the league

Trent Boult dismissed Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey back-to-back in his double-wicket maiden over against DC.

Thunder’Boult’ has kept his rhythm intact in the IPL 2023. Rajasthan Royals pacer Trent Boult has been bowling with great control in this season’s Indian Premier League. Boult has bowled two double wicket maiden overs in three games for the Royals. The First was against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he picked up two wickets in his first over. Now against Delhi Capitals Boult has bowled a scary first over with the new ball. He sent DC’s opener Prithvi Shaw, who came in as Impact Player and Number 3 Manish Pandey back in the dugout in consecutive deliveries. Delhi Capitals are chasing 200 runs against Rajasthan Royals to register their opening win of this season.

Trent Boult strikes twice in first over

Bowling Royals' first over, Boult was full and on the money against Delhi’s batters. Prithvi Shaw, beaten by Boult’s pace, nicked his full delivery and was caught magnificently by Royals skipper Sanju Samson with the gloves. In the next ball, Boult trapped DC’s Manish Pandey in front of the stump. Manish completely missed Boult’s in-swinger which was full and troubled Pandey. Chasing a mammoth score, DC lost their first two wickets in the first over. Boult was on a hat trick and was on the spot once again against left-hander Rilley Rossow. Rossow almost touched Boult’s full ball that was shaping away from him.

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Second double wicket maiden over for Trent Boult in this season

Kiwi pacer also did the same thing against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Boult picked up two wickets in the third ball and fifth ball of his first over. Boult as always was full and troubled opposition batters. He cleaned up Abhishek Sharma to start and then made Rahul Tripathi edge one to slip where Jason Holder was alert to take a wonderful catch. Against Hyderabad, He picked up 2 wickets in his quota of 4 overs and gave away only 21 runs. Boult was given the charge to defend 203 runs against SRH in Hyderabad.

After winning the toss Delhi Capitals invited Rajasthan Royals for the batting. Opener Yashaswi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler loved the welcome given by Delhi bowlers. The Wayward Capitals attack conceded 199 runs in 20 overs. Yashaswi Jaiswal (60) and Jos Buttler (79) started the innings in their usual style. They both scored half-centuries and added 98 runs in 8.3 overs. Shimron Hetmyer with his 39 runs finished the innings on high.