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Daredevils vs RR, 18th match at Centurion, IPL, Apr 28 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
18th match (D/N), Centurion, April 28, 2009, Indian Premier League
(18.3/20 ov, T:144) 147/5

RR won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
62* (30)
yusuf-pathan
Cricinfo's MVP
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Full commentary

Hugs from the players, they shake hands, Royals win by 5 wickets, fireworks in the back ground after the Pathan fireworks. Warne is a happy man and so is his team, a good game of cricket. It was the Royals bowling that did it for them today and some wonderful striking by Pathan. Smith and Pathan bringing them home.

Smith; "We had the power hitters and we knew we could get through." A tough game coming up for the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on thursday.

Sehwag: "We dropped couple of catches, may be if we had taken them, it would have been different. Till Yusuf came in, we were in control but he played well to hit some big sixes"

Warne: "We wanted someone at the top to take responsibility, so we tampered with the batting order. Pathan's striking was amazing. Had a chat with Munaf and he has done well and the rest of the bowlers."

No surprises for the Man-of-the-Match, it is Yusuf Pathan.

Pathan: "Today was my day, we targeted the smaller boundaries.".

Thanks for being with us, we hope you have enjoyed the commentary, do join us again for the double-header tomorrow, until then bye from all of us here at Cricinfo. Thanks to Raju and Gopi, who have helped us with the scoring.

18.3
4
Nannes to Pathan, FOUR runs

makes room and swings it down the ground to long on fence for the winning run.

18.2
2
Nannes to Pathan, 2 runs

short delivery down the leg side, nudged down to fine leg for couple of runs. The scores are level.

18.1
Nannes to Pathan, no run

fuller and strikes the pad, question asked, the ball pitches outside the leg stump.

3 runs of 12 deliveries. Royals have this in their bag.

end of over 1814 runs
RR: 141/5CRR: 7.83 RRR: 1.50
Yusuf Pathan56 (27b 2x4 6x6)
Graeme Smith44 (46b 5x4)
Ashish Nehra 4-0-23-1
Amit Mishra 4-0-34-3
17.6
1
Nehra to Pathan, 1 run

full toss hit down the ground to long off for a single.

17.5
6
Nehra to Pathan, SIX runs

another short delivery and Pathan strikes maximum, pulls well over the midwicket fence this time, wonderful striking.

17.4
6
Nehra to Pathan, SIX runs

short and Pathan does the best, pulls well and high over the fielder at deep square leg and over the fence for maximum.

17.3
1
Nehra to Smith, 1 run

full toss worked to deep midwicket.

17.2
Nehra to Smith, no run

keeps it fuller and Smith fails to get the ball away, inside edges onto the pads.

17.1
Nehra to Smith, no run

down the track and plays across the line, goes over the stumps to keeper, a terrible shot.

17 runs required from 18 balls, this is surely in Royals side, is there a twist in the tale, stay glued to the commentary. Nehra is back.

end of over 1718 runs
RR: 127/5CRR: 7.47 RRR: 5.66
Yusuf Pathan43 (24b 2x4 4x6)
Graeme Smith43 (43b 5x4)
Amit Mishra 4-0-34-3
Daniel Vettori 2-0-32-0
16.6
Mishra to Pathan, no run

comes forward and opens the face off the bat and plays square of the wicket on the off side, a dot ball.

16.5
2
Mishra to Pathan, 2 runs

full toss hit down the ground to long on and Sangwan does well this time to field the ball, Smith calls Pathan for the second.

16.4
6
Mishra to Pathan, SIX runs

a terrible delivery, too short and Pathan puts it high and over the long on fence for maximum, goes a long way into the stands.

16.3
4
Mishra to Pathan, FOUR runs

dropped, hits it high in the air to long on and Sangwan fails hold on to the catch.

16.2
1
Mishra to Smith, 1 run

short ball mishit to midwicket, a tight single, direct hit would have been interesting, Smith is lucky to be there.

A Free hit coming up.

16.2
1nb
Mishra to Smith, (no ball)

Mishra oversteps, worked to the onside.

16.1
4
Mishra to Smith, FOUR runs

googly is too short and Smith puts it away nicely through extra cover and ball goes past the fielder to the fence.

35 runs required from 24 balls. Mishra is back.

end of over 1613 runs
RR: 109/5CRR: 6.81 RRR: 8.75
Graeme Smith38 (40b 4x4)
Yusuf Pathan31 (20b 1x4 3x6)
Daniel Vettori 2-0-32-0
Dirk Nannes 3-0-17-0
15.6
1
Vettori to Smith, 1 run

once again plays across the line to deep square leg, this time Nannes does well to stop it.

15.5
2
Vettori to Smith, 2 runs

swings it across the line to deep midwicket and Gambhir moves quickly in the deep, puts in a dive and makes a good save.

15.4
1
Vettori to Pathan, 1 run

good smart batting, plays with soft hands to the off side for a single.

15.3
6
Vettori to Pathan, SIX runs

this time Pathan connects it well, swings it high and hard over the ropes at midwicket.

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RR won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
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