Watson finishes the match in style, he gets down on one knee and slog sweeps Joshi over midwicket for four, Rajasthan win by a comprehensive seven wicket margin with three overs to spare
RCB vs RR, 12th match at Bengaluru, IPL, Apr 26 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RR won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
The players are shaking hands. Greg Chappell, on commentary, says that he hopes no one gets upset at this time of the evening.
Rajasthan have swamped Bangalore today. Bangalore got off to a quick start but kept losing wickets regularly which eventually crippled their innings. their bowlers were also unable to make an impact and Smith and Watson took Rajasthan to victory with minimal fuss.
Two very one-sided contests today I'm afriad but such is life and cricket. Anyway there are 47 matches left in the competition so we'll get our nail biters in.
Chennai and Rajasthan are on top of the table with three wins each although Rajasthan have played four games to Chennai's three.
The award for most sixes in this match is shared by Ross Taylor and Praveen Kumar who both hit three sixes each.
Shane Watson is the Man of the Match for his spell of 2 for 20 off four overs followed by an unbeaten 61 off 41 balls. He even hit 26 runs off one over from Praveen Kumar, which read 4,6,4,4,4,4.
That's it from us at Cricinfo today. Join us for another double-header tomorrow. Until then, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers.
defended off the back foot with a straight bat towards the bowler
short and wide outside off stump, Kaif stands on the back foot and cuts between point and backward point for four, just two more needed to win now for Rajasthan
excellent line, Zaheer pitches on a good length outside off and slants it across Kaif who tries to defend on the front foot and gets beaten
good length on leg and middle, Kaif leans forward and defends towards midwicket
short of a length on off stump, Kaif waits on the back foot and defends on the off side
good length delivery from Zaheer angles across the right-hander from over the wicket, Kaif lets it go
Kaif is the new batsman.
Smith falls one short of his fifty, he came down the track and chipped Joshi straight to Kumble at long-on, he didn't try to hit it with power and got his placement wrong, he was looking to hit it wider of long on I think
defended on the front foot towards midwicket
Smith tried to slog the ball over the leg side but got an outside edge down to the third man boundary, he's on 49
Smith comes forward and lofts Joshi through the line back over his head for four, just ten needed now
Watson tries to cut from very close to off stump, Virat dives to his left to save runs at cover
bowled flat through the air on middle stump, defended on the front foot
a bit of room offered outside off stump, Watson cuts but can't beat Kallis at backward point
bowled flat and straight on middle stump, Watson gets behind the line and defends with a straight bat
bowled flat down the leg side, Smith flicks the ball off his pads towards fine leg
Smith comes forward and defends on the leg side
bowled full on middle stump, Watson leans forward and drives the ball towards long on for one
Will Watson take on Kumble now?
Smith waits for a flat ball and nudges it off his pads behind square
Just 19 needed now.
make that 26, Watson has just waited for a full ball on middle stump and flicked it neatly off his pads, he's timing is immaculate, I finally see a fielder but he has no chance at deep backward square leg
Over 18 • RR 138/3
RR won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)