Rajasthan Royals headed by Shane Warne defeated the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs and also secured a place in the IPL semi-finals. Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals started their Innings thru their openers Graeme Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar. Asnodkar played a fine innings by scoring 50 runs off 44 balls (7 boundaries and 1 sixer). Graeme Smith stood unbeaten for a brilliant 75 runs off 49 balls (8 boundaries and 2 sixers). At the end of 20 overs, the Rajasthan Royals scored 197 runs for the fall of 1 wicket.

Chasing the huge total of 198 runs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers started their Innings with a poor start. Dravid was the only batsmen in their team who played well by scoring 75 runs off 36 balls (6 boundaries and 6 sixers) but his efforts ended up in vain.

At the end of 20 overs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers scored 132 runs for the fall of 9 wickets. The Rajasthan Royal won the match by 65 runs and Graeme Smith was declared the Man of the Match. Rajasthan Royals are now the leading team with 16 points in the IPL points table.

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Cricket
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