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Indian Premier League, 38th match: Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors at Jaipur, May 1, 2011 Match Review+Result+Scorecard
Rahul Sharma threatened to win it for them but Murali Kartik lost the plot and Rajasthan Royals' Ross Taylor seized the moment, with valuable support from Ajinkya Rahane, to clinch a thrilling win. Rajasthan moved to the top of the table while Pune stayed frozen at rock bottom.
With 52 runs required from six overs, Rahul bowled a gem of a maiden over that included the wicket of the aggressive Ashok Menaria to end his spell with figures of 4-1-13-3. However, Kartik gifted two short balls and a full toss in the next over and Taylor looted 17 runs with the help of two fours and a six. Suddenly, the equation came down to 29 from 18 and despite two relatively disciplined overs from Alphonso Thomas and Jerome Taylor, Rajasthan just needed the odd boundary here and there to squeeze past the line.
Pune will look back and rue the reprieve they offered Ross Taylor. When Rajasthan needed 32 from 20, Taylor, on 31 then, heaved Thomas to left of deep midwicket where Nathan McCullum did all the hard work to get there but couldn't hold on. He lunged out to take it but it bounced off his palms as he fell to the ground and bounded off his chest and right thigh.
Pune will also look back at their batting effort and wish if they could have done a bit more. The top order flattered to deceive. The contest of the afternoon was between Shane Warne and Robin Uthappa. It had an overload of skill, adrenaline, ego, canniness and a dash of foolhardiness. It lasted eight deliveries but it encapsulated everything that is good about Twenty20.
Uthappa unfurled the reverse-sweep and conventional sweep to collect two fours. Warne ripped a big leg break next, starting from just about leg stump - part of the ball was outside leg - and it beat the bat to strike the pad. It was the start of Warne's increasingly vocal tussle with the umpire Shavir Tarapore.
Warne removed himself from Tarapore's end and appeared at Simon Taufel's in the ninth over. Uthappa again reverse-swept the first ball to the boundary but Warne shortened the length off the next and got it to skid and bounce towards middle. Uthappa ended up top-edging the swat to the keeper. Uthappa's exit was sandwiched between the dismissals of Jesse Ryder, stumped off Johan Botha, and Yuvraj Singh, run out after he backed up too far at the non-striker's end, and it derailed the innings.
Result :
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Man of the Match :
LRPL Taylor (Rajasthan Royals)
Scorecard :
- PUNE WARRIORS INDIA: 143/7 (20) RR: 7.151st Innings
- BattingRB4s6sS/R
- 181230150.00
- 30314096.77
- 352170166.67
- 7110063.64
- 13190068.42
- 241911126.32
- 11601183.33
- 01000.00
- 00000.00
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- Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 0)5
- Total Score:143/7(20 Over)RR:7.15
Fall of Wickets: 1-24 (Jesse Ryder, 3 Over) 2-70 (Robin Uthappa, 8.2 Over) 3-91 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.1 Over) 4-93(Manish Pandey, 12.5 Over) 5-121 (Harpreet Singh Bhatia, 18.1 Over) 6-134 (Mithun Manhas, 19.2 Over) 7-135 (Rahul Sharma, 19.4 Over) BowlingOMRWNBWDEcoJohan Botha40231005.75Ashok Menaria101000010Shane Watson40191024.75Amit Singh30290009.66Shane Warne40311007.75Siddharth Trivedi40282007
- RAJASTHAN ROYALS: 144/4 (19.3) RR: 7.382nd Innings
- BattingRB4s6sS/R
- 12140185.71
- 18202090.00
- 12181066.67
- 292203131.82
- 473542134.29
- 15920166.67
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- Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)11
- Total Score:144/4(19.3 Over)RR:7.38
Fall of Wickets: 1-29 (Shane Watson, 4.2 Over) 2-43 (Rahul Dravid, 7.1 Over) 3-59 (Johan Botha, 10.1 Over) 4-92 (Ashok Menaria, 14.1 Over) BowlingOMRWNBWDEcoMurali Kartik404101010.25Alfonso Thomas41281017Rahul Sharma41133003.25Jerome Taylor3.30220006.28Yuvraj Singh1090009Nathan McCullum30220007.33
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