Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers, IPL, Jaipur
Rajasthan outplay listless Deccan
May 9, 2008
Rajasthan Royals 141 for 2 (Yusuf 68, Smith 40) beat Rajasthan 140 (Gilchrist 61) by eight wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
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The Deccan Chargers rolled over and let the Rajasthan Royals clinch their sixth win from eight games with ease. Deccan put up no fight to defend their below-par total and looked spiritless as Rajasthan chased the target with more than four overs to spare.
Deccan's fielders, perhaps hindered by the dust-storm blowing across the stadium, failed to save runs and even conceded a boundary instead of supporting their bowlers in putting pressure on Rajasthan.
But 140 was always going to be a tough target to bowl to. At the toss, Adam Gilchrist said his batsmen had the challenge of putting up a total that his bowlers could defend. But clearly Gilchrist was the only one game for the task; Deccan added only 43 after he was dismissed in the 14th over.
Gilchrist started off the evening with a back-foot cover drive off the first ball and followed it with a cut to backward point as Tanvir went for eight runs in the opening over. Watson was flicked for a massive six to square leg when he sent down a half-volley and Munaf was glanced for a four to fine leg. Only after he reached his fifty, did Gilchrist, dropped on 52 by Siddharth Trivedi, start throwing his bat at nearly every delivery. He was dismissed when, in reaching for a wide one off Trivedi, he edged the ball to the keeper.
At the end of ten overs, Deccan were at 74 for 1. When Gilchrist was dismissed in the 14th over, they were at 97 for 3. In the next three overs they lost three wickets for five runs - Shahid Afridi, who charged down the track to Warne and edged to third man, Rohit Sharma, run out by a direct throw from Warne, and Sanjay Bangar, who edged Shane Watson to the keeper.
However more than Deccan losing the plot, it was Rajasthan's bowlers and fielders who kept their cool and put the brakes on the scoring after Gilchrist's dismissal. Watson and Sohail Tanvir went for 20 and 16 respectively in their first two overs but they came back for their second spells determined to make amends. In his third over Watson picked up Bangar's wicket and after Venugopal Rao hit Tanvir for successive fours, the bowler countered with skidding yorkers to slow Deccan Deccan.
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Deccan's under-confidence may have worked to Rajasthan's advantage as Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan edged and slogged their way to a 109-run opening stand. Yusuf lifted a good-length delivery off Scott Styris for six just after he was nearly stumped by Gilchrist. Pragyan Ojha went for 17 runs in an over where Yusuf pulled a short ball for six, slog-swept to mid-off for four and then had a two converted to four after Rohit Sharma touched the boundary rope with his foot while fielding the ball. Deccan used six different bowlers in the first ten overs.
Gilchrist spent a lot of time talking to his bowlers and fielders but nothing seemed to ignite the much-needed spark. That they were listless and unwilling to go for the win was reflected best by the life given to Yusuf at 30. He top-edged a delivery from Afridi to midwicket and DP Vijaykumar ran uncertainly towards it and slowed down just as the ball fell in front of him. Deccan are just above the Bangalore Royal Challengers at the bottom of the points table and winning this game would have eased a little pressure in their bid to avoid elimination. But instead of winning, they allowed Rajasthan to walk over them towards the semi-finals.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 30th match Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 9 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining) |
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| Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
  | AC Gilchrist | c Rawat b Trivedi | 61 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 124.48 | ||
| HH Gibbs | c Rawat b MM Patel | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 95.00 | |||
| SB Styris | c Warne b Pathan | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118.18 | |||
| RG Sharma | run out (Warne) | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Shahid Afridi | c MM Patel b Warne | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| SB Bangar | c Rawat b Watson | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| DB Ravi Teja | lbw b Warne | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| Y Venugopal Rao | not out | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 209.09 | |||
| RP Singh | run out (Rawat/Sohail Tanvir) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| PP Ojha | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1, nb 1) | 6 | |||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 140 | (7.00 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat DP Vijaykumar |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 | (1w) | |
| SR Watson | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 | (1nb) | |
| MM Patel | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | ||
| SK Warne | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 | ||
| YK Pathan | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 | ||
| SK Trivedi | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.66 |
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| Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 141 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| GC Smith | c Ojha b Singh | 40 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 93.02 | |||
| YK Pathan | c Gibbs b Ojha | 68 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 183.78 | |||
| M Kaif | not out | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 121.42 | |||
| SR Watson | not out | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, w 10) | 11 | |||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 16 overs) | 141 | (8.81 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat NK Patel, RA Jadeja, SK Warne, M Rawat, Sohail Tanvir, SK Trivedi, MM Patel |
| Fall of wickets1-109 (Pathan, 12.4 ov), 2-133 (Smith, 15.3 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| DP Vijaykumar | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | ||
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | (1w) | |
| SB Styris | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | (1w) | |
| PP Ojha | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 | (2w) | |
| Shahid Afridi | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | ||
| SB Bangar | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | ||
| Y Venugopal Rao | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15.00 | (1w) |
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Toss Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field first
Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Deccan Chargers 0
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