RESULT
30th match, Durban, May 05, 2009, Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:212) 133/8

RR won by 78 runs

Player Of The Match
77 (44)
graeme-smith
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end of over 205 runs
PBKS: 133/8CRR: 6.65 
Sreesanth4 (8b 1x4)
Ramesh Powar6 (7b)
Siddharth Trivedi 4-0-20-1
Amit Singh 4-0-9-3

Clinical performance by Rajasthan. They took the score past 200 and the bowlers did the perfect job by hitting the deck hard and creating opportunities. Punjab virtually threw in the towel after an ordinary performance in the field and didn't have the stomach for a target of 212. Rajasthan have the habit of unearthing two heroes and today they had two - Ojha and Amit Singh.

Rajasthan now jump to No.2. They are tied on points with Chennai but behind on Net Run Rate.

Unexpected bad day in the office for Punjab. The beauty of this IPL is that the teams (with the exception of Kolkata) have found ways of coming back. So

Punjab will look at today as a bad dream.

Stay with us for the presentation.

Yuvraj: "Totally outplayed. Went for too many runs. Wanted at least 60 in the first 6 overs but we lost three. We've got to win 90% of our games now."

Warne: "Great to see Smith stamp his authority. Great to see Ojha bat the way he did. The guys showed a lot of character. Nice to be back at the top of the table."

Smith is the Man of the Match: "About time. I was messing around in the first few games. I was a little tense back then, Nice to get in and hit it around."

That's it from us. Thanks for the mails. Kolkata v Delhi will start very soon. Goodbye.

19.6
Trivedi to Sreesanth, no run

safely defended off the backfoot and game over!

19.5
4
Trivedi to Sreesanth, FOUR runs

that's a cracker of a shot! But too late, he crashes a full delivery down the ground and long-off dives in vain

19.4
Trivedi to Sreesanth, no run

gets right behind and defends again

The description for the Chawla dismissal has been rectified. Thanks for the heads up guys.

19.3
Trivedi to Sreesanth, no run

digs it in short and he watches it through to the keeper

19.2
Trivedi to Sreesanth, no run

batting practice, he gets across, right behind the line and defends to mid-off

19.1
1
Trivedi to Powar, 1 run

squirts it to the offside for a single

end of over 191 run • 1 wicket
PBKS: 128/8CRR: 6.73 RRR: 84.00
Sreesanth0 (3b)
Ramesh Powar5 (6b)
Amit Singh 4-0-9-3
Shane Harwood 4-0-26-1

That ends a terrific outing for Amit Singh

18.6
Singh to Sreesanth, no run

full on the offstump and dug out to cover

18.5
Singh to Sreesanth, no run

full on the stumps and Singh appeals for a catch thinking he chipped it back to him on the full

18.4
Singh to Sreesanth, no run
18.3
1
Singh to Powar, 1 run

bowls a full toss and he pushes it to to long-off

18.2
Singh to Powar, no run

full on middle and leg and worked to the on side

18.1
W
Singh to Yuvraj, OUT

goes for the woodchop off a short delivery and mis-hits it, he almost plays it one-handed the top edge swirls in the air to Harwood at square leg

Yuvraj Singh c Harwood b Singh 48 (37b 3x4 3x6) SR: 129.72
end of over 187 runs
PBKS: 127/7CRR: 7.05 RRR: 42.50
Yuvraj Singh48 (36b 3x4 3x6)
Ramesh Powar4 (4b)
Shane Harwood 4-0-26-1
Ravindra Jadeja 1-0-6-0
17.6
1
Harwood to Yuvraj, 1 run

shortish outside off and he taps it wide of backward point

17.6
1w
Harwood to Yuvraj, 1 wide

strays wide down the leg side, umpire Sanjay Hazare has had quite a stretch this evening

17.5
2
Harwood to Yuvraj, 2 runs

bangs it in short and he swivels and pulls to deep square leg

17.4
Harwood to Yuvraj, no run

shuffles and clips it to the off side

17.4
1w
Harwood to Yuvraj, 1 wide

digs it in short, too high for Yuvraj and another wide called

17.3
1
Harwood to Powar, 1 run

dabs it down to third man

17.2
Harwood to Powar, no run

fullish outside off and he jams it out hard to cover

17.1
1
Harwood to Yuvraj, 1 run

short outside off and he reaches out and slaps it to third man

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