four, four, four, slower one and Binny pulls it over midwicket, there is a man placed at deep midwicket, he runs to his left, dives, stretches but can't stop it, was beyond his reach, Rajasthan have won
RCB vs RR, 40th match at Jaipur, IPL, Apr 29 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RR won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
The Royals continue to remain unbeaten at home. This was going to be a tough chase after RCB reached 171, but Samson, Watson, Hodge, and Binny all played their part in helping get Royals over the line. Sidharth Monga's report should be getting updated here, so do watch out for that. The Royals and RCB are now tied on points, with RCB having played one game more. Thanks for tuning in and sending us your feedback. Take care, and switch over to the Mumbai-Punjab game at the Wankhede.
Kohli: "Another loss unfortunately. We were 10-15 runs short. Rajasthan batted really well. I got out at the wrong time, one batsman who could have added another 20-30 runs could have changed things. We got really excited looking at the wicket, didn't bowl at a good length. We bowled really short initially and gave many boundaries."
Dravid: "We were on the back foot in the first six overs, with Gayle going the way he did. The way we batted in the first six, and the way Sanju batted, we just seemed in control right through. With 13 in two overs, I thought it was going to comfortable. We need to focus a game at a time. Lot of cricket left to be played."
Sanju Samson is Man of the Match, what a moment for him: "I would like to thank my family, my team. I was prepared for it and it's my day. I was trying to get maximum runs in the Powerplay." A man of few words.
That's it from us, thanks and goodbye.
What an over so far, 3 needed off 2 now, is this another Super Over game?
low full toss, aiming for a yorker, gets a thick inside edge towards square leg for a single
Superb fielding by Virat in the deep. It had to end this way didn't it? The birthday boy Faulkner walks in to face his nemesis Vinay. 4 off 3.
run out, slower one bowled full on the off, drives it past the bowler towards long-on, Owais wanted the second, Virat attacked the ball from long-on, collected and returned an excellent throw to the striker's end on the bounce, AB collects and takes off the bails, Owais is miles short of his ground
Hodge departs after an important cameo, Owais walks in with five needed off four
bowled'im! Vinay, you beauty! He was the one who turned it around in the final over of the RCB innings and he's trying to do it here as well, slower one on middle, tried to swing it square and missed
on a length on middle, played towards long-on for a single
6 needed off 6, Rajasthan's game unless they mess it up. Vinay to bowl the final over
Binny will be on strike in the final over
short on middle, tries to pull it square, gets an inside edge and he sneaks a quick single
shortish outside off, chops it in front of point and steals a single
Binny is the new man
short from RP and Hodge flat-bats it over the bowler's head, Virat runs to his right and gathers it, can't prevent them from taking two
Watson, you would think, has done his job here. Rajasthan are in control of this one.
Watson went for it, short outside off and he tried to flat-bat that over long-on, got a top edge, AB got under it and took it easily
slower one this time, Watson tried to go over midwicket, mistimed it wide of long-on, gets a couple of runs
full on the off, drives it hard towards long-off for a single
RP runs in
Well, that over has changed things, it's Rajasthan's game to lose. You can't expect Hodge and Watson to waste deliveries pitched on a length.
short and it's pulled straight to deep midwicket for a single
Tiwary does well at deep point, full and Watson slices it into the deep for three more, Tiwary ran to his left and pulled it back in
length again but Hodge can't mete out the same treatment this time, drills it down to long-on for a single
that's a crowd-killer, a length ball again, Rampaul falters again, in the slot outside off and that's been struck hard over long-off for a flat six
short and wide and he tries to slash that over point, misses
Hodge cashes in, bowled on a length and that's in the slot, expands his arms and thrashes him clean over his head for a six
full on the off, drives it towards extra cover for a single
bowled it full on middle, drives it towards deep midwicket for a single
low full toss and Watson clears it comfortably, gets forward and smashes it hard over the deep midwicket boundary, middled it superbly
Over 20 • RR 173/6