Adam Gilchrist: We were outplayed, I got the toss wrong, Rahane played a beautiful innings. 20-30 runs more than what I thought we should have conceded. There were some positives, not saying it as a cliche, but even Rahul agrees that we had some positives coming out for us.
Rahul Dravid: Fantastic night for us, good to start this way, especially for the youngsters to do well. Rahane has worked really hard after being out of the Indian team.
Both captains surprised with the pitch not changing for the better with the dew coming in.
Rahane is the obvious choice for the man of the match award.
Rahane: I was batting well even in practice games so wanted to continue. I believe in myself and if you are a good batsman, you will play well irrespective of the format. Ball was coming on well and I think it was a team effort.
A 31-run win is a big one in a T20 game and it puts Rajasthan over the others in the tournament who have won one game. Stay tuned for the presentation.
This is an excellent showing from the Rajasthan Royals side under their new captain Rahul Dravid. In fact, both the retired legends of Indian cricket, Ganguly and Dravid, have made winning starts to their IPL 2012 captaincy debuts today.
19.6
2
Singh to Faulkner, 2 runs
drives to long-off and they come back for the second, but Rajasthan have won the game!
19.5
2
Singh to Faulkner, 2 runs
driven to long-on and the batsmen come back for the second
19.4
1
Singh to Harmeet Singh, 1 run
the ball hits the batsman and they get a single
It was Cooper who got the run-out again, seven of the nine dismissals have involved Cooper tonight!
19.3
W
Singh to Praveen, 1 run, OUT
driven to long-on and Praveen Kumar wanted another two, but this time the throw is at the striker's end and the keeper removes the bails before the batsman can return back to the crease.
Praveen Kumar run out (Cooper/†Goswami) 10 (6m 6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 166.67
19.2
2
Singh to Praveen, 2 runs
Praveen Kumar tries to hit it away but is beaten by the pace again, is able to get it into the gap between long-on and mid-wicket.
19.1
•
Singh to Praveen, no run
defended on the back-foot by Praveen Kumar.
end of over 1910 runs • 1 wicket
PBKS: 152/8CRR: 8.00• RRR: 40.00 • Need 40 runs from 6b
James Faulkner7 (7)
Praveen Kumar7 (3)
Kevon Cooper4-0-26-4
Amit Singh3-0-18-1
18.6
2
Cooper to Faulkner, 2 runs
goes for a heave to the leg-side but the slowness of the delivery messes up the timing. Still the lack of timing allows the batsmen t come back for the second.
18.5
1
Cooper to Praveen, 1 run
drives to the covers for a single.
18.4
6
Cooper to Praveen, SIX runs
slower one and Praveen Kumar slogs him away for a six over long-off.
18.3
•
Cooper to Praveen, no run
yorker and the batsman gets his bat down in time. Probably excited by that fact, the batsman went for a run, but the ball had gone straight to the bowler, who throws it back but misses.
18.2
W
Cooper to Chawla, OUT
slower one and Cooper has bowled Chawla to get his fourth wicket. What an IPL debut for the all-rounder from Trinidad and Tobago!
Piyush Chawla b Cooper 10 (11m 8b 0x4 1x6) SR: 125
18.1
1
Cooper to Faulkner, 1 run
yorker length and the batsman digs it out to long-off.
Presentation
Adam Gilchrist: We were outplayed, I got the toss wrong, Rahane played a beautiful innings. 20-30 runs more than what I thought we should have conceded. There were some positives, not saying it as a cliche, but even Rahul agrees that we had some positives coming out for us.
Rahul Dravid: Fantastic night for us, good to start this way, especially for the youngsters to do well. Rahane has worked really hard after being out of the Indian team.
Both captains surprised with the pitch not changing for the better with the dew coming in.
Rahane is the obvious choice for the man of the match award.
Rahane: I was batting well even in practice games so wanted to continue. I believe in myself and if you are a good batsman, you will play well irrespective of the format. Ball was coming on well and I think it was a team effort.
A 31-run win is a big one in a T20 game and it puts Rajasthan over the others in the tournament who have won one game. Stay tuned for the presentation.
This is an excellent showing from the Rajasthan Royals side under their new captain Rahul Dravid. In fact, both the retired legends of Indian cricket, Ganguly and Dravid, have made winning starts to their IPL 2012 captaincy debuts today.
drives to long-off and they come back for the second, but Rajasthan have won the game!
driven to long-on and the batsmen come back for the second
the ball hits the batsman and they get a single
It was Cooper who got the run-out again, seven of the nine dismissals have involved Cooper tonight!
driven to long-on and Praveen Kumar wanted another two, but this time the throw is at the striker's end and the keeper removes the bails before the batsman can return back to the crease.
Praveen Kumar tries to hit it away but is beaten by the pace again, is able to get it into the gap between long-on and mid-wicket.
defended on the back-foot by Praveen Kumar.
goes for a heave to the leg-side but the slowness of the delivery messes up the timing. Still the lack of timing allows the batsmen t come back for the second.
drives to the covers for a single.
slower one and Praveen Kumar slogs him away for a six over long-off.
yorker and the batsman gets his bat down in time. Probably excited by that fact, the batsman went for a run, but the ball had gone straight to the bowler, who throws it back but misses.
slower one and Cooper has bowled Chawla to get his fourth wicket. What an IPL debut for the all-rounder from Trinidad and Tobago!
yorker length and the batsman digs it out to long-off.