01/05Result
18th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, May 1 2008
RR won by 45 runs
Player of the Match
Swapnil AsnodkarRajasthan Royals
01/05Result
18th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, May 1 2008
RR won by 45 runs
Player of the Match
Swapnil AsnodkarRajasthan Royals
2612dThe Bulletin by Nishi Narayanan

All-round Rajasthan win convincingly

An irrepressible Rajasthan Royals side got their fourth successive win of the tournament and nudged past Delhi to second place in the points table with a win over a listless Kolkata Knight Riders

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

SA Asnodkar
60(34) 10x4 - 1x6
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
18 1 8 5 10 4 6 8
YK Pathan
YK Pathan
55(33) 6x4 - 2x6
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 24 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
4 4 9 0 12 16 3 7

Best performances - Bowlers

Umar Gul
Umar Gul
O4
M0
R31
W3
Eco7.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SR Watson
SR Watson
O3.1
M0
R22
W2
Eco6.94
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Rajasthan got three things right in their defense of this target - discipline, discipline and discipline. Kolkata somehow never looked in control of the chase and their captain Sourav Ganguly looked circumspect for a long time, despite his 50. Kolkata managed only eight fours, as opposed to Rajasthan's 22 and that, I think, made the difference. The boundaries started to dry up and Rajasthan kept things tight.

Here's confirmation that the last over was bowled by Shane Watson. Apologies for the technical glitch.

Thanks for your company and of course, the mails! Part two of the May day double bill gets underway in less than ten minutes, with Deccan Chargers taking on Kings XI Punjab. Jamie Alter's busy at the keyboard to take you through that. For now, this is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers!

19.1
W
Watson to Dinda, OUT, catch of the tournament, surely! Dinda tries to clear the infield on the off side and there are two fielders converging towards it in the region of mid-off - Warne and Taruwar Kohli. They nearly collide but Kohli stretches out his left hand and pulls off a blinder and hangs on to it after Warne eventually collides with him. Several blue shirts crowd the pair and boy is Kohli delighted!

AB Dinda c sub (T Kohli) b Watson 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

The loudspeaker blares out the title track of Rang de Basanti.

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | KKR: 151/9 (46 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 46.00)

  • Ashok Dinda1 (2b)
  • Ishant Sharma1 (1b)
  • Sohail Tanvir4-0-30-2
  • Siddharth Trivedi4-0-31-2
18.6
1
Sohail Tanvir to Dinda, 1 run, the attempted yorker turns into a low full toss, he pushes it down to long-on
18.5
1
Sohail Tanvir to Sharma, 1 run, full and swinging in, he digs it out to the on side
18.4
1b
Sohail Tanvir to Dinda, 1 bye, fires in another yorker and this creeps between his legs, they steal a bye off a fumble
18.3
W
Sohail Tanvir to Umar Gul, 1 run, OUT, only a matter of time... He digs out a yorker to deep square leg and the batsmen risk a second run, they take a chance with Jadeja's arm but the throw was quick and flat, Rawat whips off the bails and the third umpire wasn't required

Umar Gul run out 2 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

18.2
W
Sohail Tanvir to Das, OUT, the slow leg cutter, he stays at the crease and lofts over the infield but fails to get the desired pace or elevation to go for the maximum, Watson comfortably taks it at long-off

DB Das c Watson b Sohail Tanvir 11 (13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 84.61

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KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15SC GangulySalman Butt
2nd29SC GangulyAB Agarkar
3rd7SC GangulyBJ Hodge
4th68SC GangulyDJ Hussey
5th2LR ShuklaDJ Hussey
6th22DJ HusseyDB Das
7th2WP SahaDB Das
8th2Umar GulDB Das
9th1Umar GulI Sharma
10th3AB DindaI Sharma