Gilchrist: Pitch was slower than normal, made it difficult to hit boundaries. Wanted to get to 160 or so which would have been competitive. We have to win every game from here, we are familiar with this scenario and we hope to compete hard.

Dravid: Proud of the way the guys played, they have been doing well all throughout. They responded well while bowling and batting. We hadn't been quite well in the death overs and we sat down and chatted about it, executed the plans well. Timed the chase well, could have been a tricky chase, Watson, Rahane and Samson timed it well. Something special about Samson, I hope he continues to go well.

Cooper is the man of the match: Wasn't bowling last few games, I knew I had to do well here. Wicket was slow and it suited my bowling. We bowled well in partnerships.

Uday: "About Sanju, he has to represent India to get higher price. Isn't it?" Till the previous auction, you could only get into the auction as an Indian player if you had played international cricket. Don't know whether they will change the rules next season.

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This is as comprehensive as it can get. Dravid wanted to bat second because he thought the pitch would become easier to bat second, and he seems to have thought right. Won by eight wickets and with six balls to spare thanks to a brilliant couple of innings from Rahane and Samson after Watson had given them a good start.

Thanks to Prashanth and the 100 others: "Correction - Won by "eight" wickets with "six" balls to spare!!"

James: "Stop playing so well Sanju! I can sense the richer clubs getting their chequebooks ready to make a big play for him next year." Why would you want to deny him what he deserves?

Ronak: "@Suneer: I totally agree with James. I mean I want him to play good cricket but look at what happened to Yusuf Pathan. 3 good seaons with RR and then goes into auction and KKR bought him for 2.4 USD. His batting has slumped big time, he doesn't bowl too much and his fielding was never his forte." One day or the other, the money will come in. It's how he reacts to the adulation that will decide where he goes, whether it's next year or some time later.

18.6

Gony to Samson, FOUR runs

game, set, match there, full, outside the off stump and that's hit as hard as you will see an 18-year old hit!

18.5

Gony to Rahane, 1 run

slower one outside the off stump, gets some bat on it and pushes it to the off side for a single, Marsh has a shy at the stumps and misses by some distance

18.4

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Gony to Rahane, no run

that's very full and outside the off stump, can only dig it out back to the bowler

18.3

Gony to Samson, 1 run

slower one on the middle stump, tapped away to the leg side for a single

18.2

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Gony to Samson, no run

outside the off and driven straight to the short cover fielder

18.1

Gony to Samson, SIX runs

short in length and he's pulled it in front of deep square-leg for a six, mighty, mighty six!

Harshit Gupta: "Rahane climbs to top-5 run scorers in this season of IPL. Brilliant performance. I am sure he has earned his place in the national team for a couple of years now." You mean you hope that happens.

end of over 185 runs

RR: 135/2CRR: 7.50 • RRR: 5.50

Sanju Samson36 (29b 4x4)

Ajinkya Rahane58 (47b 3x4 3x6)

Praveen Kumar 4-0-27-0

Parvinder Awana 4-0-39-0

17.6

Praveen to Samson, 1 run

fuller on the middle and he hits hard down the ground for a single

17.5

1lb

Praveen to Rahane, 1 leg bye

on his pads, was looking to flick it away but gets the inside part of the pads and it runs away to third-man for a leg-bye

17.4

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Praveen to Rahane, no run

outside the off and he was looking to move around, bit of a lazy shot, misses, through to the keeper

17.3

Praveen to Samson, 1 run

moves around in his crease and then opens the face of the bat, bit of an edge that runs down to third-man for a single

17.2

Praveen to Rahane, 1 run

pitches it very full and outside the off stump, he was looking to go outside the leg stump, gets some bat on it

17.1

Praveen to Samson, 1 run

goes down the track and wants to pull it away, gets an inside edge that rolls across for a single to the leg side

ashish : "Gosh this boy has some confidence!!! That has to be one of the best improvisation i have seen. Just the audacity to play that off ur middle stump, speaks volumes of this guy!!"

end of over 1713 runs

RR: 130/2CRR: 7.64 • RRR: 5.33

Ajinkya Rahane57 (44b 3x4 3x6)

Sanju Samson33 (26b 4x4)

Parvinder Awana 4-0-39-0

Praveen Kumar 3-0-23-0

16.6

Awana to Rahane, SIX runs

shot, shot, shot, that's some aggression, it was right up to the bat and he goes back, opens up his stance and cracks it over mid-wicket for a maximum!

16.5

Awana to Rahane, 2 runs

short in length and he pulls it away to the leg side for a couple of runs to get to his third 50 in a row, well played, law of averages not working here!

16.4

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Awana to Rahane, no run

yorker length delivery that jags back into him, manages to dig it out, hit to short mid-wicket

16.3

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Awana to Rahane, no run

outside the off stump and he looks to open the face of the bat, not for runs

16.2

Awana to Samson, 1 run

slower one and he was looking to thrash it at first but the pace change allows him to open the face of the bat and guides it to the off side for a single

16.1

Awana to Samson, FOUR runs

what a delivery and what a shot! it was very full and he was looking to move around the crease before stopping and takes the ball off the middle-stump, opens the face of the bat and guides it through third-man for a four

29 needed off 4. Awana with the ball.

Aswin: "The Rajasthan chase seems to have all attributes of a choke happening. Low totals, keeping abreast with required rate, no risks. A wicket is all that may be needed."

end of over 1612 runs

RR: 117/2CRR: 7.31 • RRR: 7.25

Ajinkya Rahane49 (40b 3x4 2x6)

Sanju Samson28 (24b 3x4)

Praveen Kumar 3-0-23-0

Bipul Sharma 4-0-21-1

15.6

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Praveen to Rahane, no run

bouncer attempted and the batsman goes under it, lets it go and hopes for a wide, it's not

15.5

Praveen to Samson, 1 run