length ball angling in, thick outside edge past the keeper for four, Rajasthan don't care, they have won by 45 runs and move to 14 points to stay in the race
RR vs Warriors, 60th match at Jaipur, IPL, May 13 2012 - Match Result
Pune equal the record for most consecutive defeats in IPL, their eighth in a row, and today's defeat was their worst margin in IPL.
Here's the latest points table.
Shane Watson: "Everybody performed today. We've got a well-balanced unit, we've got some firepower, Tait with his pace, Botha is a high-class spinner, Rahane is batting beautifully. We need to put another complete game against Deccan."
D Ramapriya: "Angelo Mathews at # 7? LOL"
Ben has some sympathy for Pune: "Poor PWI... they not being in the auction has affected their strength just too much..."
Raghavendra: "Poor mathews! Whatever the type of cricket he struck with the tailenders."
Matt: "RR has the best combination of 4 overseas player - Watson (Best all-rounder alongside Kallis), Hodge (Best T20 batsman atleast on domestic 20-20 circuit), Botha (One of the most cunning/smart T20 spinner) and Tait (One of the few genuine fast bowler)...I really hope they qualify for the knock outs !!!"
Jeff: "So with this defeat, PWI lose 8 in a row, matched only with KKR's 8 defeats in row back in South Africa in 2009. No need to point out the common factor or need I??" Murali Kartik? :)
Sumantrasarathi Datta notes: "The spinners made all the difference: PWI: 7-0-70-0
RR: 8-0-38-6."
Presentation ceremony:
Botha: Rahane has a great cricketing brain, and he was moving closer to me, that was probably the maximum I could have thrown.
Rahane: I was thinking about the possibility of the catch.
Ganguly: "It's hard to go down like this. I hope it is a learning experience for us. We've got some injuries, this is what is available, we have tried to pick the best possible team. I've never seen Chandila bowling before, he's a bit slower in the air. Wonderful result for him."
Dravid: "We are playing some good cricket and we are keeping our hopes alive. It is fantastic for me to see what the youngsters in the team have done." He says Chandila's nickname is 'doorknob'.
Chandila is the Man of the Match. "I was waiting for a chance for a long time. It was a crucial match for us, the pressure was on me. I called Narendra Hirwani for advice once I learnt I am going to play today, he gave me plenty of confidence, as did Dravid. This is just the start, there is still a way to go to complete my dream."
That's that from the first game of the day, Rajasthan stay alive, can Punjab also keep pace? Join our comms for Deccan v Punjab here.
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Nehra shuffles across and looks to pull that towards square leg but misses, struck on the pad outside off
whips a full ball towards midwicket, lands short of the fielder there, Nehra rushes back for the second, not often I will get to type that phrase
scythed towards sweeper cover for a single
length ball on middle and leg, batsman backs away and drives to long-off
short of length ball on leg stump, worked towards the cover
Binny to bowl the easiest of final overs
again it is full, again it is between the batsman and leg stump, again the batsman misses, through to the keeper
Tait aiming for the blockhole, 142 kph, squeezed out towards point
full ball from Tait, whipped towards midwicket
a yorker from Tait, between the batsman and leg stump
a short ball is helped towards third man
full ball, worked towards midwicket
out of the world fielding here! another slower on from Watson, pitched up and that is slammed towards Botha at long-off, Botha jumps towards the rope to collect that one, as Botha lands he realises he is going to go over the boundary, Botha looks to see that Rahane is there at long-off and he lobs the ball towards him, Rahane is at least 20 yards away but he has a simple catch to take, ridiculously good that, Rahan was grinning even before he took that catch
short of length and outside off, slashed towards cover
slower one outside off, Kartik steers it to sweeper cover for one
short of length ball and angling down leg, off the pads towards square leg
another one gone, Watson slips in the back of the hand slower one, pitched up, Mathews wanted to hammer that over long-on, can only find Rahane at long-on, Pune lose their eighth, this game will be quite handy for Rajasthan's net run-rate
Priyashrav jokes: "Why isn't Rahul Dravid bowling Ajinkya Rahane? He has the best T20 bowling average and economy rate in the Team!" Facts are right though
drives this towards long-on for a single
a full toss outside off and that is slashed towards deep point for a single
Mathews didn't have much of a clue about that, 143kph from Tait, full and following Mathews, somehow Mathews gets his bat on it, bit of an edge towards third man
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |
Toss | Rajasthan Royals, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2012 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00 |
Match days | 13 May 2012 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Rajasthan Royals 2, Pune Warriors 0 |
Over 20 • PWI 125/9
RR won by 45 runs