Pacer Sreesanth provided the visitors an important breakthrough when he clean bowled Chand and reduced Daredevils to 39/1 in 5.4 overs. Chand hit a six and two boundaries in his 19-ball knock.
Electing to bat, Rahul Dravid's 65 and Stuart Binny's 40 propelled Rajasthan Royals to 165/7 .
Delhi Daredevils pacer Umesh Yadav ended Stuart Binny's scintillating knock, who smashed two fours and three sixes in his 20 balls stay at the crease.
Skipper Dravid led from the front as he slammed 40-ball fifty and was involved in two half-century partnerships.
Daredevils made a late comeback as they conceded only six runs in the last two overs and scalped four wickets including the prized wicket of Dravid.
Yadav was the pick of the bowler, finishing with a brilliant spell of four for 24 to help the hosts restrict Royals' charge in the slog overs.
Daredevils' Shahbaz Nadeem broke the crucial second wicket stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Dravid by dismissing the former. Rahane and Dravid set the good platform for the visitors with their 65-run stand.
Rajasthan Royals suffered the first blow as they lost Kushal Perera early after skipper Dravid opted to bat in their first match of the season.
Daredevils pacer Umesh Yadav struck in his first over to dismiss Perera, who smashed back-to-back boundaries before being caught by Irfan Pathan at extra cover.
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardene (Capt.), Andre Russell, Ashish Nehra, David Warner, Irfan Pathan, Johan Botha, Manprit Juneja, Naman Ojha, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav and Unmukt Chand.
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Menaria, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Kushal Janith Perera, Rahul Shukla, S Sreesanth, Samual Badree, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny.
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