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

Match 53: Rajasthan Win the Last Ball Thriller! One More Last Ball Loss for Sachin!

What a match! The last ball win is always a good food for eyes and emotions in cricket, especially when the home team wins it!

In a tight game where it is crucial for Mumbai, lost the game in the last ball, one more time! Last time it was against Kings XI where they did not score the run, and this time, they gave 2 runs off the last ball.

Last over requiring 15 runs, with two inexperienced international players in the crease. Fernando, the Sri Lankan fast bowler had the ball in hand.

First ball was a single by Patel on a full toss. The second ball took inside edge of Jadeja and went to fine leg where Nehra did a wonderful diving stop to save the boundary, but the batsmen run three.

11 required off 4 balls; Patel hit a six over long on. It was pitched up and it was lofted over long on.

5 required off 3 balls; Single was scored off next ball; 4 required off 2 balls.

1 run scored off a full toss by sending it to third man; they run the first run faster but couldn't come back for two.

3 runs required of the last ball; Fernando bowled down the leg and it was declared wide. Poor bowling from an experienced bowler.

2 runs required of last ball; Tension everywhere!

Patel tried to pull it, but the mistimed shot went left of Fernando who could have stopped it easily and in fact could have run out one of them and saved the game for Mumbai. He missed it and the ball went to long on. The batsman run for a single and return for second. The ball thrown to Jayasuriya at the bowlers end, where he misses to collect it cleanly and they complete the second run. The ball pops out of Jayasuriya's hand and the run out chance was missed. Nothing was going in favor of Mumbai. If Fernando or Jayasuriya picked the ball neatly, it would have been in favor of Mumbai or at least would have gone for bowl-out.

Now, Mumbai has to win their next game against Bangalore Royal Challengers and have Chennai lose their game against Deccan Chargers.

For once thought to be an easy target of 146, Rajasthan messed it up with poor shot selection. Kamran Akmal got out in a peculiar fashion. The ball was hit to point by Asnodkar and they wnet for the run. Pandey hit the stumps direct at the striker's end where Akmal was trying to ignore the ball, jumped in the air and the bat was also not grouded.

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Patel top scored with 40 not out for Rajasthan and Jadeja scored 23 not out.

Earlier, put into bat, Mumbai started the innings slowly. Jayasuriya was not able to time the ball and lot of shots was mistimed. The ball did not come to the bat and that added to the problem for hte batsman.

Jayasuriya scored 38 and Sachin 30. At the end of 10 overs, Mumbai were 60 for no loss. They lost wickets going for runs in the next 10 overs and were struggling at 120 for 7 in 19 overs. It was the last over which turned the match and gave hope to Mumbai. Takawale, the Mumbai wicket keeper scored 25 runs in the last over bowled by Watson.

The first ball was a top edge of the bouncer and went over keeper's head for a four. The second ball was another bouncer and called no ball and one run scored. Raje scored a single to give strike to Takawale.

Third ball was a six over long off. The slower ball was picked very well. Fourth ball was a boundary at backward point. The fifth took an edge and went over keeper's head for anothe rboundary. Last ball was a full toss and sent over ponit for hat-trick four. 25 runs in the last over and took the total to 145.

Sohail Tanvir once again bowled a superb spell containing Mumbai Indians in the early part of the innings. He has been chosen as the man of the match and will be given the Purple Cap for securing most wickets in the IPL as of this match.

With this win at home, Rajasthan Royals have won 6 out of 7 of their matches at home, which is a record in the IPL.

Match 53
Venue: Jaipur
Date: May 26, 2008
Teams: Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians
Captains: Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar
Toss: Rajasthan Royals and decided to field
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets with 0 ball remaining
Man of the Match: Sohail Tanvir off Rajasthan Royals (Pakistan)
Points: Rajasthan Royals-2; Mumbai Indians-0
Score:

Mumbai Indians 145 for 7 in 20 overs (ST Jayasuriya 38, SR Tendulkar 30, AM Nayar 25, RV Uthappa 3, DR Smith 8, SM Pollock 0, M Pandey 3, YV Takawale 24 not out, RR Raje 1 not out, Extras-13 (lb 6, wide 6, nb 1), Sohail Tanvir 4-0-14-4, SR Watson 3-0-30-0, Pankaj Singh 2-0-25-0, YK Pathan 3-0-9-0, SK Trivedi 4-0-31-2, SK Warne 4-0-30-1) lost to Rajasthan Royals 146 for 5 in 20 overs (Kamran Akmal 18, SA Asnodkar 17, YK Pathan 2, SR Watson 18, M Kaif 12, RA Jadeja 23 not out, NK Patel 40 not out, Extras-16 (b 4, lb 6, wide 5, nb 1), SM Pollock 4-0-26-0, A Nehra 3-0-18-0, CRD Fernando 4-0-27-2, DR Smith 2-0-16-0, AM Nayar 1-0-4-0, RR Raje 4-0-37-1, ST Jayasuriya 2-0-8-0)

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Match 6: Watson helps Rajasthan Royals to register first win!

Splendid innings by Shane Watson helped Rajasthan Royals to register their first win of the IPL tournament. At one stage, what looked like the second defeat for Rajasthan Royals, was turned completely by Shane Watson and RA Jadeja.

Chasing a target of 167, Rajasthan lead by Shane Warne lost the first three wickets of Kaif, Yousuf Pathan and Kamran Akmal for 48 runs in the first 5 overs. With the run rate not picking up, and requiring 102 in the last 12 overs, Watson and Lehman scored 34 runs in 3 overs which actually helped the Rajasthan to start the momentum.

But, in the 12th over, Lehman was trapped leg before off Irfan Pathan. With 4 wickets lost, and requiring 68 in 52 balls, Jadeja joined Watson and they helped Rajsthan to have the last laugh. Jadeja hit quick fire 36 of 25 balls with 5 fours and 1 six. Watson scored 72 off 48 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. It was an elctrifying knock from both Jadeja and Watson.

What said to be a team with no big stars like Smith of South Africa, and Pakisani players, Shane Warne has won the game for Rajasthan Royals.

Earlier, winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Kings XI Punjab had a good start. The fielding lapses by the Rajasthan gave a good chance to Punjab to put a fighting total in the board. It was Lehman's drop catch for Yuvaraj proved costly for Rajasthan.

Skipper Yuvaraj was the top scorer for Punjab with 57 of 34 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. It was the 5th wicket partnership of 63 runs in 47 balls between Yuvaraj and Irfan Pathan helped Kings XI to put a decent total. Shane Warne picked 3 wickets giving away 19 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

Match 6
Venue: Jaipur
Date: April 21, 2008
Teams: Kings XI Punjab v. Rajasthan Royals
Captains: Yuvaraj Singh and Shane Warne
Toss: Kings XI Punjab and decided to bat
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Shane Watson of Rajasthan Royals (Australia)
Points: Rajasthan Royals-2; Kings XI Punjab-0
Score:
Kings XI Punjab 166 for 8 in 20 overs (K Goel, 26, JR Hopes, 16, KC Sangakkara, 20, DPMD Jayawardene, 2, Yuvraj Singh, 57, IK Pathan, 12, S Sohal, 4, B Lee, 0, PP Chawla, 24 not out, WA Mota, 1 not out, Extras 4--lb 1, wide 2, nb 1, MM Patel 4-0-36-1, SR Watson 4-0-39-0, SK Trivedi 4-0-25-2, SK Warne 4-0-19-3, D Salunkhe 2-0-21-1, Pankaj Singh 1-0-12-0, YK Pathan 1-0-13-0) lost to Rajasthan Royals 168 for 4 in 18.1 overs (M Kaif, 5, Kamran Akmal, 15, YK Pathan, 7, SR Watson, 76 not out, DS Lehmann, 17, RA Jadeja, 36 not out, Extras 12--lb 12, wide 6, nb 4, B Lee 4-0-35-1, S Sreesanth 3.1-0-38-1, JR Hopes 4-0-33-1, IK Pathan 4-0-21-1, PP Chawla 2-0-27-0, WA Mota 1-0-12-0)