28th match: Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Tuskers Kerala at Jaipur - Apr 24, 2011 (Highlights)

Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)

• Twenty20 match | 2011 season
• Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
• 24 April 2011 - day/night (20-over match) 

	Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene*	b Botha	13	13	2	0	100.00
	4.1 amidthe talk about whether he's worth the big money, Botha strikes first ball, getting the massive wicket of Jayawardene, it was pitching on middle and going on with the angle, Jayawardene moved across and wanted to play it towards fine leg, it takes the thigh pad and rolls on to the stumps, a trifle unlucky there the batsman, hit the bottom of the thigh pad 28/2
	VVS Laxman	run out (Dravid)	8	10	1	0	80.00
	3.3 Watson to Jayawardene, Laxman is gone, run-out by Dravid, Jayawardene can't connect anywhere as well this time to a fullish ball, which dribbles towards backward point, a tight single is called for, never a good thing when Laxman is in the middle, Dravid gets a direct hit that catches Laxman more than a yard short 26/1
	PA Patel†	st †Yagnik b Warne	32	34	2	0	94.11
	15.4 Parthiv unwisely attempts the reverse-sweep after coming out of the crease, he doesn't connect, the keeper collects and Yagnik removes the bails in a jiffy, Parthiv's fighting cameo is over 90/5
	BJ Hodge	b Warne	8	14	0	0	57.14
	7.4 Instant impact from Warne, pitched on middle and scooted low, spun just past off, Hodge backed away and looked to slash that through cove, gets a bottom-edge and drags it on to the stumps, Rajasthan in charge here 42/3
	RA Jadeja	c & b Warne	22	23	2	0	95.65
	15.3 Jadeja holes out, he was looking send the ball into orbit, sweeps hard at a length ball, top-edges it and Warne back-pedals to take a looping catch 90/4
	RV Gomez	c Watson b Trivedi	0	1	0	0	0.00
	16.1 Kochi are crumbling, a length ball from Trivedi, Gomes wants to smash that over long-on, can't connect as well as he wants, and finds Watson waiting at long-on, Rajasthan get their sixth wicket, and it seems there will be no late onslaught 90/6
	NLTC Perera	c Binny b Trivedi	1	4	0	0	25.00
	16.6 and that's another one down for Kochi, a superb catch from Binny, Perera becomes another batsman holing out attempting a big hit, he can't get the distance either and Binny falls forward as he takes a low catch 92/7
	KM Jadhav	c †Yagnik b Trivedi	5	9	0	0	55.55
	19.5 outside off, and Trivedi gets a third wicket, nicked to the keeper, Jadhav's troubled stay is over 108/9
	R Vinay Kumar	c Watson b Singh	5	4	1	0	125.00
	17.5 Kochi doing a house-of-cards impersonation, batsman looks to cheekily dab the ball past short third man, hits it in the air to Watson fielding there, that's the fifth wicket in little more than two overs 98/8
	M Muralitharan	not out	5	8	0	0	62.50
	RP Singh	run out (Botha/†Yagnik)	1	1	0	0	100.00
	19.6 from Trivedi, another heave, RP gets it away towards deep midwicket, Murali was sprinting for two, RP wasn't, he was casually sauntering, and the throw from Botha catches him short, Kochi are bowled out for 109, Rajasthan will be thrilled with this 109/10
	Extras	(b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)	9
	Total	(all out; 20 overs)	109	(5.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Laxman, 3.3 ov), 2-28 (Jayawardene, 4.1 ov), 3-42 (Hodge, 7.4 ov), 4-90 (Jadeja, 15.3 ov), 5-90 (Patel, 15.4 ov), 6-90 (Gomez, 16.1 ov), 7-92 (Perera, 16.6 ov), 8-98 (Vinay Kumar, 17.5 ov), 9-108 (Jadhav, 19.5 ov), 10-109 (Singh, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Singh	4	0	26	1	6.50	(1w)
	17.5 to Vinay Kumar, Kochi doing a house-of-cards impersonation, batsman looks to cheekily dab the ball past short third man, hits it in the air to Watson fielding there, that's the fifth wicket in little more than two overs 98/8
	SR Watson	4	0	23	0	5.75	(1nb)
	J Botha	4	0	19	1	4.75	(1w)
	4.1 to Jayawardene, amidthe talk about whether he's worth the big money, Botha strikes first ball, getting the massive wicket of Jayawardene, it was pitching on middle and going on with the angle, Jayawardene moved across and wanted to play it towards fine leg, it takes the thigh pad and rolls on to the stumps, a trifle unlucky there the batsman, hit the bottom of the thigh pad 28/2
	SK Warne	4	0	16	3	4.00
	7.4 to Hodge, Instant impact from Warne, pitched on middle and scooted low, spun just past off, Hodge backed away and looked to slash that through cove, gets a bottom-edge and drags it on to the stumps, Rajasthan in charge here 42/3 15.3 to Jadeja, Jadeja holes out, he was looking send the ball into orbit, sweeps hard at a length ball, top-edges it and Warne back-pedals to take a looping catch 90/4 15.4 to Patel, Parthiv unwisely attempts the reverse-sweep after coming out of the crease, he doesn't connect, the keeper collects and Yagnik removes the bails in a jiffy, Parthiv's fighting cameo is over 90/5
	SK Trivedi	4	0	19	3	4.75
	16.1 to Gomez, Kochi are crumbling, a length ball from Trivedi, Gomes wants to smash that over long-on, can't connect as well as he wants, and finds Watson waiting at long-on, Rajasthan get their sixth wicket, and it seems there will be no late onslaught 90/6 16.6 to Perera, and that's another one down for Kochi, a superb catch from Binny, Perera becomes another batsman holing out attempting a big hit, he can't get the distance either and Binny falls forward as he takes a low catch 92/7 19.5 to Jadhav, outside off, and Trivedi gets a third wicket, nicked to the keeper, Jadhav's troubled stay is over 108/9

	Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 110 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	b Jadeja	49	40	4	2	122.50
	13.5 no half-century for Watson, he looked to work a fullish ball towards the leg side, it was flat and fired in, Watson misses and legstump is on the ground, Jadeja enjoys the moment 105/2
	R Dravid	run out (Jadhav/†Patel)	44	37	4	1	118.91
	10.4 from Perera, more width outside off, Dravid eases the ball towards third man, sprints back for the second, but the throw from the deep was right on top of the stumps and Dravid is caught short by inches as the keeper takes off the bails 71/1
	J Botha	not out	14	7	3	0	200.00
	LRPL Taylor	not out	2	1	0	0	200.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
	Total	(2 wickets; 14.1 overs)	111	(7.83 runs per over)

Did not bat AL Menaria, AM Rahane, A Singh, DH Yagnik†, SK Warne*, STR Binny, SK Trivedi

Fall of wickets1-71 (Dravid, 10.4 ov), 2-105 (Watson, 13.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RP Singh	2	0	11	0	5.50
	R Vinay Kumar	3	0	27	0	9.00
	M Muralitharan	3.1	0	28	0	8.84	(1w)
	NLTC Perera	2	0	11	0	5.50
	RA Jadeja	3	0	24	1	8.00
	13.5 to Watson, no half-century for Watson, he looked to work a fullish ball towards the leg side, it was flat and fired in, Watson misses and legstump is on the ground, Jadeja enjoys the moment 105/2
	RV Gomez	1	0	9	0	9.00

Match details

Toss Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0

Player of the match SK Warne (Rajasthan Royals)

Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and SK Tarapore TV umpire S Ravi Match referee D Govindjee (South Africa) Reserve umpire R Subramanian

Match notes

Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 2 wickets) Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 7 Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 8 Innings Break: Kochi Tuskers Kerala - 109/10 in 20.0 overs (M Muralitharan 5) Rajasthan Royals innings Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 0 wicket) Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 2 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (SR Watson 16, R Dravid 32, Ex 2) Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 2

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