Yousuf Pathan was the man for Rajasthan Royals who completely changed the match for Rajasthan Royals. He hit the Sehwag's best spinner Vettori for a four and 2 continuous sixes in the 13th over of the innings which changed the pace of the game.
Struggling at 67 for 5, requiring 77 from 48 balls, the equation changed to 58 from 42 balls. His knock of unbeaten 62 came in just 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes.
When he came in, RR needed 80 from 53 balls. He scored 62 runs in 30 balls and took the game away from DD. Though he had luck twice--first when tried to sweep Vettori, mistimed the shot and went high in the air to fine leg, but the fielder was not able to reach on time; second, Sangwan dropped the straight catch at long off Mishra. He was on 31 and RR needed 29 from 22 balls. If that catch had been taken, DD could have tried their hand.
Sehwag did not do anything, in fact, he was not able to do anything as his key bowlers were hammered for sixes. Pathan also hit two sixes of short balls over square leg and mid wicket respectively. If he gets going, it will be difficult to stop him!
Earlier, Warne promoting himself to steady the scoring, got out stumped beautifully by Dinesh Karthik of Mishra.
Gambhir and Sehwag once again failed and did not bother the scorers much. It was surprising to see McGrath did not make his debut in this edition yet.
Mascarenhas picked both the openers in the same over to put DD undre pressure. The man in form Dilshan also fell for 7 to Munaf Patel. Karthik gave a return catch to Warne. DeVilliers and Vettori added 56 for the 5th wicket and that gave DD a chance to fight back. Manhas scored a quick unbeaten 23 off 16 balls with 2 fours and a six.
Scoreboard:
Match # 18
Date: Tuesday April 28, 2009
Teams: Rajasthan Royals v. Delhi Daredevils
Captains: Warne and Sehwag
Toss: DD, decided to bat
Venue: SuperSports Park, Centurion
Result: RR won by 5 wickets with 9 balls remaining
Points: RR 2; DD 0
Man of the Match: Yousuf Pathan off RR
Delhi Daredevils Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gambhir | c Warne b Mascarenhas | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Sehwag | C K Khan b Mascarenhas | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| De Villiers | lbw b Warne | 50 | 40 | 5 | 1 |
| Dilshan | c Asnodkar b M Patel | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| D Karthik | c & b Warne | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vettori | b M Patel | 29 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| Manhas | Not Out | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| A Mishra | b Kamaran Khan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangwan | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 1) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 143 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-20 (Gambhir, 2.3 ov), 2-25 (Sehwag, 2.6 ov), 3-38 (Dilshan, 5.5 ov), 4-49 (Karthik, 7.2 ov), 5-105 (de Villiers, 15.2 ov), 6-135 (Vettori, 18.3 ov), 7-142 (Mishra, 19.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Mascarenhas | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Kamaran Khan | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| M Patel | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Warne | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| RA Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| McCullum | lbw b Nehra | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Gayle | Not Out | 44 | 46 | 5 | 0 |
| Hodge | run out (Mishra) | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Ganguly | c Vettori b Mishra | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yashpal Singh | c Sangwan b Mishra | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Ghosh | st D Karthik b Mishra | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shukla | Not Out | 62 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 5, nb 1) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 18.3 overs | 147 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-20 (Quiney, 3.3 ov), 2-31 (Asnodkar, 4.5 ov), 3-34 (Valthaty, 6.4 ov), 4-63 (Jadeja, 10.3 ov), 5-64 (Warne, 10.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Nannes | 3.3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| A Nehra | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Sangwan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| A Mishra | 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vettori | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
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