Match 40: DC v. RR: DC crushed RR comfortably!

In an important match for Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers, the latter beat the former by a huge margin of 53 runs. Yes, Gilly's men have taken revenge for their earlier defeat in the last over.

Deciding to bat first, Suman, in place of Gibbs, opened the innings with Gilchrist. They added 21 for the first wicket before Gilly was unlukcy to be given out off Yusuf Pathan. The ball pitched outside the leg stump, but umpire thought otherwise.

Suman fell for 29 when board had 42, while Rohit last wicket for 9 at 70. Symonds who scored unbeaten half century in the previous match, was bowled by Jadeja for 30. DC touched 100 with a six from Vaas in 14.2 overs.

Dwayne Smith played an important innings and contributed valuable 47 off 32 balls with 4 sixes. DC scored 46 off the last 22 balls to set 167 as the target for RR.

Rajasthan lost Smith for 1 in the second over. Though Asnodkar stood at one end, wickets were lost in the other end. Chasing at 8 plus an over is always difficult. The team needs good start and partnerships.

The highest partnership 31 runs for the 4th wicket between Asnodkar and Yusuf Pathan. Asnodkar was run out while Pathan's magic did not work out in this match. Steeping down for a big hit, Ojha saw him coming down and piched the ball short on the off. Yusuf expected a ball to come faster, but it turned and stopped a little but forcing Yusuf to check his shot towards mid off where Smith took an easy catch.

Only three players reached double figure for RR--Asnodkar (44), N Ojha (16), and Jadeja (19*)

Rohit Sharma is becoming a good part-time bowler! He picked hat-trick earlier and now he picked 3 wickets including Warne bowled off the first ball he faced. He finished with 3 for 12 in his 3 overs. Dwyne Smith, who played a crucial part in DC's innings was declared man of the match.

Match # 40
Date: Monday May 11, 2009
Teams: Deccan Chargers v. Rajasthan Royals
Captains: Gilchrist and Warne
Toss: DC, decided to bat
Venue: De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Result: DC won by 53 runs
Points: DC 2; RR 0
Man of the Match: D Smith off DC

Deccan Chargers Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Suman	c Carseldine b Trivedi	29	19	3	1
Gilchrist	lbw b Y Pathan	10	11	0	1
R Sharma	st N Ojha b RA Jadeja	9	14	0	0
Symonds	b RA Jadeja	30	19	2	1
D Smith	c Raut b Y Pathan	47	32	0	4
Vaas	c Carseldine b Y Pathan	20	15	0	1
Venugopal	c RA Jadeja b Warne	12	7	2	0
Teja	Not Out	7	3	1	0
RP Singh	Not Out	0	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 20 overs	166	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-21 (Adam Gilchrist, 3.3 ov.), 2-42 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 5.5 ov.), 3-70 (Rohit Sharma, 9.3 ov.), 4-83 (Andrew Symonds, 11.3 ov.), 5-120 (Chaminda Vaas, 16.2 ov.), 6-155 (Venugopal Rao, 18.4 ov.), 7-164 (Dwayne Smith, 19.5 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
M Morkel	3	0	20	0
M Patel	1	0	3	0
Y Pathan	4	0	34	3
Trivedi	3	0	33	1
Warne	4	0	36	1
RA Jadeja	4	0	26	2
Raut	1	0	13	0

Rajasthan Royals Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
G Smith	lbw b Vaas	1	3	0	0
Asnodkar	Run Out (Venugopal)	44	39	6	1
Carseldine	st Gilchrist b Vaas	8	11	1	0
N Ojha	Run Out (Teja)	16	14	2	0
Y Pathan	c D Smith b Ojha	6	7	0	0
RA Jadeja	Not Out	19	20	0	0
Raut	b R Sharma	1	2	0	0
M Morkel	c Teja b R Sharma	8	8	1	0
Warne	b R Sharma	0	1	0	0
Trivedi	b R Sharma	1	5	0	0
M Patel	Run Out (T Suman)	5	7	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4	-	-	-
Total	all out in 19.3 overs	113	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Graeme Smith, 1.1 ov.), 2-19 (Lee Carseldine, 3.5 ov.), 3-43 (Naman Ojha, 7.5 ov.), 4-74 (Yusuf Pathan, 11.2 ov.), 5-83 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 13.1 ov.), 6-85 (Abhishek Raut, 13.4 ov.), 7-96 (Morne Morkel, 15.2 ov.), 8-97 (Shane Warne, 15.4 ov.), 9-98 (Siddharth Trivedi, 16.3 ov.), 10-113 (Munaf Patel, 19.3 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
RP Singh	4	0	22	1
Vaas	4	0	19	2
Symonds	4	0	30	0
P Ojha	3.3	0	25	1
D Smith	1	0	4	0
R Sharma	3	0	12	3