Starc makes a triumphant return to the IPL

Mitchell Starc and Kyle Jamieson gave the Delhi Capitals a perfect start by capturing two early wickets to leave the Rajasthan Royals on 56 for two at the close of the powerplay in their Tata Indian Premier League match in Jaipur on Friday.

Riyan Parag, the Royals' captain, won the toss and chose to bat first. Delhi's seamers accepted the challenge and accounted for the Royals' openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, in the first two overs.

Dhruv Jurel (21*) and Parag (25*) swung hard in the final two overs of the powerplay to give the hosts a strong finish.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (capt), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma.

DELHI CAPITALS:  KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (capt), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.