Mohali: Rajasthan Royals moved closer to sealing a place in the IPL 6 play-offs after emphatically brushing aside Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets at the PCA Stadium on Thursday. The visitors came to Mohali chasing two points to move nearer to 20 and did just that, keeping Punjab to 145 and then having Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson to thank for a breezy chase. Crucial to Rajasthan's win was restricting Punjab to 38 runs in their last five overs, for the loss of three wickets, including not allowing a single boundary in the final 25 balls.
Punjab's problem was that at either end of a century stand between Shaun Marsh (77) and Adam Gilchrist (42) there was nothing of substance. Ajit Chandila, recalled as one of four changes for Rajasthan, struck in the first over when he had Mandeep Singh caught and bowled for 0. Either side of two more tidy overs from Chandila, Gilchrist took boundaries off Sreesanth and James Faulkner to give the innings some drive as Marsh struggled to 13 off 21 balls.
Having conceded 10 off three overs, Chandila was taken for 14 in his last as Marsh woke from his slumber with six and four in successive deliveries. He and Gilchrist motored along to a century stand in 13 overs with a blend of quick running and some firm cuts and pulls, until the captain, on 42, mistimed a return catch to Cooper.
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07:23 PM, May 09, 2013
Jaipur: On a slow pitch at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday, Brad Hodge's sparkling unbeaten 46 gave Rajasthan Royals a respectable total which they defended with an inspired bowling performance led by Siddharth Trivedi and Kevon Cooper and backed by sharp fielding, especially from wicketkeeper Dishant Yagnik who pocketed three catches. Chasing 145, a limp KKR combusted via a series of rash strokes and went from 40 for 2...
11:42 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Daredevils skipper Mahela Jayawardene admitted that his team faltered in the last 10 balls while chasing 166 against Rajasthan Royals, suffering their second consecutive loss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday. Daredevils needed nine runs off the last six balls but managed three and lost two wickets, going down by five runs. "We paced it well, the wicket was good, fast outfield, everything went...
10:30 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid on Saturday said David Warner's run-out swung the tide of the match in their favour. Rajasthan narrowly edged past the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League match beating them by five runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla. "The match changed with Warner's run out. Brad Hodge was exceptional on the field today," Dravid said. Dravid commended pacers Kevon Cooper and Rahul Shukla...
10:09 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals came to the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday having never won an IPL match at Delhi Daredevils' fortress, and managed to turn what looked like a meandering defeat into a pulsating five-run win over the hosts. With Delhi needing 17 off 12 balls with seven wickets in hand, game four of IPL 6 appeared to heading towards a facile climax but Brad Hodge nailed a direct...
07:51 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Gary Ballance struck an unbeaten 64 as Yorkshire chased down 149 with six wickets in hand. ...
12:44 AM, Oct 11, 2012
