A deserved victory for the Royals. Their fielding wasn't upto the mark but everyone contributed to the win. Warne and Trivedi picked up the wickets, Watson smashed 76 and was helped by a superb cameo from Jadeja as they forged a 69 run partnership to seal a 6-wicket win.
Yuvraj says they had a good start but lost too many wickets first up. He thought Watson batted outstandingly and is positive about doing well in the next games.
Warne says a lot of planning and hard work went into this victory. He though they set the tone really well first up with Munaf bowling a good spell. He's very happy about the way they played tonight and believes they'll be able to cause a lot more upsets once the likes of Smith and Younis Khan join them
| Match Information | | Umpires: | Aleem Dar (Pak) & Russell Tiffin (Zim) | | Third Umpire: | I Shivram (Ind) | | Match Referee: | S Venkatraghavan (Ind) | | Toss: | Kings XI Punjab (Elected to bat) | | Match Status: | Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wkts |
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| Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings |
| Batsmen | Rajasthan Royals (168/4 in 18.1 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR | | Mohammad Kaif | c K Sangakkara b S Sreesanth | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | | Kamran Akmal (wk) | c P Chawla b J Hopes | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 150.00 | | Yusuf Pathan | c & b B Lee | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 | | Shane Watson | not out | 76 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 155.10 | | Darren Lehmann | lbw b I Pathan | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 106.25 | | Ravindra Jadeja | not out | 36 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 144.00 | | Pankaj Singh |
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| | Extras: | b - 0, w - 6, nb - 4, lb - 2 | 12 |
| | Total: (168 for 4 in 18.1 overs) | 168 | Run Rate: 9.25 | |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/6 (Mohammad Kaif, 1.1 ov.), 2/19 (Yusuf Pathan, 2.3 ov.), 3/48 (Kamran Akmal, 4.5 ov.), 4/99 (Darren Lehmann, 11.2 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Kings XI Punjab |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | ER | | Brett Lee | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.8 | | S Sreesanth | 3.1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12.0 | | James Hopes | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.2 | | Irfan Pathan | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.2 | | Piyush Chawla | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | | Wilkin Mota | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | |
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| Batting: Kings XI Punjab Innings |
| Batsmen | Kings XI Punjab (166/8 in 20 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR | | Karan Goel | b M Patel | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 130.00 | | James Hopes | lbw b S Warne | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 | | Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | c & b S Warne | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 250.00 | | Mahela Jayawardene | st K Akmal b D Salunkhe | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | | Yuvraj Singh (c) | lbw b S Warne | 57 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 167.65 | | Irfan Pathan | b S Trivedi | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 63.16 | | Sunny Sohal | run out (R Jadeja) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | | Brett Lee | c K Akmal b S Trivedi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | Piyush Chawla | not out | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 218.18 | | Wilkin Mota | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | | S Sreesanth |
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| | Extras: | b - 0, w - 2, nb - 1, lb - 1 | 4 |
| | Total: (166 for 8 in 20 overs) | 166 | Run Rate: 8.30 | |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/34 (Karan Goel, 4.5 ov.), 2/56 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.3 ov.), 3/64 (Mahela Jayawardene, 7.3 ov.), 4/73 (James Hopes, 8.6 ov.), 5/136 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov.), 6/136 (Irfan Pathan, 17.2 ov.), 7/136 (Brett Lee, 17.4 ov.), 8/149 (Sunny Sohal, 19 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Rajasthan Royals |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | ER | | Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | | Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.8 | | Siddharth Trivedi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | | Shane Warne | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | | Dinesh Salunkhe | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | | Pankaj Singh | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | | Yusuf Pathan | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | |
