IPL 2018: 3 masterstrokes - RR vs DD

#3 Saving Ben Laughlin for the death overs

It is always tough for the bowlers to defend a target when the overs are very less since all the opposition batsmen will look to get going from ball one.

In such a crunch situation, Rahane proved his captaincy credentials by saving the Australian speedster Ben Laughlin for the last two overs.

It was a brilliant move as Laughlin never let Pant predict the deliveries by mixing the slower balls with some fast yorkers. He got the huge wicket of Maxwell with a slow cross seam delivery denting DDs hopes of winning the match.

With 25 needed off the last over, Laughlin showed calmness and composure under immense pressure by bowling as full as possible and not giving any extras and RR won by 10 runs.