Rajasthan have been knocked out of the IPL. Kochi have a really slim chance, this win keeping them alive still. A mismatch. On a track that Jayawardene said merited around 150, Rajasthan were skittled out for next to nothing and a Kochi victory from there on was a foregone conclusion. Good way to sign off for Jayawardene, who'll join the Sri Lankan team in the UK soon. Join us in a bit for the presentation. No doubts about who's the MOM.

Shane Warne: "Probably one of those nights when you were 100-120 short. We can only try as much as we can. Disappointing for the fans. Such a great crowd and buzz here, I'm still proud of our guys. To lose four games in a row, we've just made too many mistakes."

Jayawardene: "The other day we couldn't defend 180, today we executed our plans. Easy win, so happy with that. We need to try and be more consistent, that's a key word in Twenty20 cricket. We want to finish off the season on a high and we'd like to say we had a good season."

Hodge is Man of the Match: "It's good for us to come up here and put in a good performance. Warne's got me out plenty of times, I got lucky to be honest. Used to bowl to him at the Junction Oval. We've performed pretty well. We are short of where we need to be, but it's coming together. We played with some freedom chasing a low total. We are up against Chennai, it's going to be a tough game but hopefully we can pull it off."

Thanks much for joining us folk,s please direct your attention to this thriller here. Until the next time, it's goodbye.

7.2

Doshi to Patel, 1 run

turned away wide of midwicket to complete a thumping win for Kochi

7.1

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Doshi to Patel, no run

slightly short on the off, pushed to mid-on

end of over 710 runs

Kochi: 97/2CRR: 13.85 • RRR: 0.07

Brad Hodge33 (17b 5x4 2x6)

Parthiv Patel20 (12b 2x4 1x6)

Shaun Tait 3-0-36-0

Ankeet Chavan 1-0-10-0

6.6

Tait to Hodge, FOUR runs

scores level, landed in the slot on middle, made room and smacked him over mid-on for a one-bounce four

6.5

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Tait to Hodge, no run

the bouncer, tries to pull it into the stands but couldn't connect

6.4

Tait to Hodge, FOUR runs

short and Hodge is unstoppable here, picks the length early, gets into position and smotes him over midwicket

6.3

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Tait to Hodge, no run

short and wide, tries to slash it over point, the shot was on but he couldn't connect

6.3

Tait to Hodge, 1 wide

short and way too wide, called by the umpire

6.2

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Tait to Hodge, no run

good length, he makes room and swats it straight to mid-off

6.1

Tait to Patel, 1 run

back of a length on middle, gets back and knocks it into the off side

end of over 614 runs

Kochi: 87/2CRR: 14.50 • RRR: 0.78

Brad Hodge25 (12b 3x4 2x6)

Parthiv Patel19 (11b 2x4 1x6)

Ankeet Chavan 1-0-10-0

Jacob Oram 2-0-32-1

Kochi will give their net run-rate a significant boost with this win,giving themselves a slim chance

5.6

Chavan to Hodge, FOUR runs

poor delivery once more, short again, another long hop and he helps it on its way to the deep square-leg boundary

5.5

Chavan to Hodge, SIX runs

six more, short on middle, a long hop, runs back and pulls it hard over square leg for another flat six

5.4

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Chavan to Hodge, no run

went for the slog-sweep, fullish, got an inside edge on the pads

5.3

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Chavan to Hodge, no run

held it back and pushed it slower, came down the track and played it to the bowler

5.2

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Chavan to Hodge, no run

slightly short on middle and off, knocked down into the off side

5.1

4lb

Chavan to Hodge, 4 leg byes

straying on the pads and it clips the pads on its way to the fine-leg boundary

Chavan to bowl

end of over 514 runs

Kochi: 73/2CRR: 14.60 • RRR: 1.66

Parthiv Patel19 (11b 2x4 1x6)

Brad Hodge15 (6b 2x4 1x6)

Jacob Oram 2-0-32-1

Nayan Doshi 1-0-14-1

4.6

Oram to Patel, 2 runs

nice timing again, fullish on leg stump, pushed firmly past midwicket for a couple of runs

4.5

Oram to Patel, FOUR runs

Parthiv looking in fine touch, pulls off an almost identical shot, again it's past the cover fielder, found the gap perfectly

4.4

Oram to Patel, FOUR runs

lovey shot, short of a good length, stands tall and punches him hard through the covers

4.3

Oram to Hodge, 1 run

gets back and turns it down towards fine leg for a single

4.2

Oram to Patel, 1 run

short o a good length, punched to extra cover, attempts an impossible single and Menaria misses the stumps at the non-striker's end, Parthiv was a gonner otherwise

4.1

Oram to Patel, 2 runs

short of a length on middle, pulled past square leg for a couple of runs

Oram runs in without his nemesis facing him

Win Probability

Kochi 100%

RRKochi

100%50%100%

Over 8 • Kochi 98/2

Kochi won by 8 wickets (with 76 balls remaining)

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