Monday, May 5, 2008

Rajasthan Royals move at the top of IPL

Rajasthan Royals Rulz

Rajasthan Royals treated as worst and now they are on top of the league. Rajasthan Royals are on top of season and they maintain the pride of the state's heritage and value. Shane Warne prove himself and the team will prove itself as a winner of this league in the comming week.

Sohail Tanvir recorded the best 20-20 bowling figures yet when he took six for 14 as Rajasthan Royals moved two points clear at the top of table with an eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai made just 109, leaving the Rajasthan Royals to win their fifth consecutive game. Mumbai Indians - bottom with just one win - beat Delhi Daredevils by 29 runs. Shaun Pollock hit 33 off 15 balls and took two wickets.

Rajasthan Royals and Other Teams Latest Points Tally
Team	Match	Won	Loss	Tie	Point	R/R
Rajasthan Royals	6	5	1	0	10	0.87
Delhi Daredevils	6	4	2	0	8	0.76
Kings XI Punjab	6	4	2	0	8	0.38
Chennai Super Kings	6	4	2	0	8	0.18
Kolkata Knight Riders	6	2	4	0	4	0.12
Mumbai Indians	6	2	4	0	4	-0.89
Bangalore Royal Challengers	6	2	4	0	4	-1.2
Deccan Chargers	6	1	5	0	2	-0.1

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Rajasthan Royals Score Card - Rajasthan Royals V/S Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals V/S Chennai Super Kings

Venue	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss	Chennai Super Kings (Elected to bat)

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Batsmen	Rajasthan Royals(110/2 in 14.2 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Graeme Smith	batting	35	44	4	0	79.55
Swapnil Asnodkar	c M Ntini & b V Sivaramakrishnan	32	30	5	0	106.67
Yusuf Pathan	c S Raina & b M Muralitharan	8	5	0	1	160
Shane Watson	batting	14	8	1	1	175
Mohammad Kaif	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ravindra Jadeja	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne(c)	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sohail Tanvir	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mahesh Rawat(wk)	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Siddharth Trivedi	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Munaf Patel	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b - 0, lb - 6, w - 14, nb - 1	21

Total (110 for 2 in 14.2 overs)

110

Run Rate: 7.68

Fall Of Wickets

1/78 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 10.1 ov.), 2/92 (Yusuf Pathan, 11.6 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Makhaya Ntini	3	1	17	0	0	0	5.67
Manpreet Gony	3	0	25	0	0	0	8.33
Albie Morkel	1	0	10	0	1	3	10
Muttiah Muralitharan	4	0	20	1	0	2	5
Suresh Raina	1.2	0	10	0	0	0	7.52
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	2	0	22	1	0	1	11

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Batsmen	Chennai Super Kings(109/10 in 19 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Parthiv Patel	lbw S Tanvir	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Fleming	lbw S Tanvir	0	2	0	0	0
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	c S Warne & b S Tanvir	5	10	1	0	50
Suresh Raina	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	27	27	2	0	100
Subramaniam Badrinath	c & b S Watson	15	14	3	0	107.14
Mahendra Singh Dhoni(c)	c G Smith & b S Warne	1	7	0	0	14.29
Albie Morkel	b S Tanvir	42	33	4	1	127.27
Joginder Sharma	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	0	1	0	0	0
Manpreet Gony	batting	1	4	0	0	25
Muttiah Muralitharan	b S Tanvir	0	3	0	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	b S Tanvir	11	12	2	0	91.67
Extras	b - 4, lb - 1, w - 2, nb - 0	7

Total (109 for 10 in 19 overs)

109

Run Rate: 5.74

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.1 ov.), 2/1 (Stephen Fleming, 0.5 ov.), 3/11 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 2.5 ov.), 4/38 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 5.5 ov.), 5/44 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7.5 ov.), 6/88 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov.), 7/91 (Joginder Sharma, 14.5 ov.), 8/96 (Albie Morkel, 16.1 ov.), 9/96 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 16.4 ov.), 10/109 (Makhaya Ntini, 18.6 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Sohail Tanvir	4	0	14	6	0	0	3.5
Shane Watson	4	0	19	1	0	2	4.75
Munaf Patel	4	0	16	2	0	0	4
Siddharth Trivedi	2	0	17	0	0	0	8.5
Shane Warne(c)	3	0	29	1	0	0	9.67
Yusuf Pathan	2	0	9	0	0	0	4.5

Umpires	Asad Rauf (Pak) & AV Jayaprakash (Ind)
Third Umpire	Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Referee	Farokh Engineer (Ind)