Rajasthan Royals marked their sixth IPL victory after defeating Deccan Chargers and also moved to the No.1 position in the IPL tournament with 12 points. Deccan Chargers have faced their sixth loss in the 8 IPL matches played so far. This match was held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on May 9th, 2008.

The Rajasthan Royals headed by Shane Warne won the toss and elected to field first. Deccan Chargers’ stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist played an excellent knock of 61 runs off 49 balls (9 boundaries and 1 sixer). Gibbs and Styris scored 19 and 13 runs respectively. Venugopal Rao made 23 runs off 11 balls (3 boundaries and 1 sixer). At the end of 20 overs, the Deccan Chargers scored 140 runs for the fall of 8 wickets.

Chasing the target score of 141 runs, the Rajasthan Royals started their Innings with a strong foundation. The openers Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan thrashed the bowling attack of Deccan Chargers. Graeme Smith scored 40 runs off 43 balls. Yusuf Pathan made an excellent 68 runs off 37 balls (9 boundaries and 2 sixers). Batsmen following them – Kaif and Watson stood unbeaten till their team met the target in 16 overs. Rajasthan Royals won the match by 8 wickets and Yusuf Pathan was declared the Man of the Match.

Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Cricket
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