Daredevils vs RR, 52nd match at Jaipur, IPL, May 07 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
52nd match (D/N), Jaipur, May 07, 2013, Indian Premier League
(17.5/20 ov, T:155) 155/1

RR won by 9 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

ajinkya-rahane
Player Of The Match
63* (45)
ben-rohrer
Cricinfo's MVP
79.59 ptsImpact List
New

Not a shot played in anger, and Royals have won with 13 balls to spare. Goes to show how poor Delhi's batting has been this season and tonight. Dravid, Rahane have done coolly again. Delhi are officially out of the tournament. Khelo front foot pe. And on the front foot I leave. Cheers.

RB: "Sid are you related to Agarkar somehow??" No, just an impartial, dispassionate observer.

Mahela Jayawardene: "We made a few mistakes, Rajasthan played some good cricket, we were below par. Everyone's working hard, trying their best, everyone goes through seasons like that."

Rahul Dravid: "So far, it's been working out pretty well for us. We were under pressure with Watson picking up a bit of an injury, and Binny falling down after two overs. In T20 you can't afford to put a price on your wicket, Rahane has been batting beautifully, he has reacted very well to being dropped from the Champions Trophy. (Joking) I picked Hogg in the last match because I didn't want to be the oldest payer in the team, and this time it was Tambe. What a story it is for him."

Man of the Match is Ajinkya Rahane: "I just want to enjoy my batting, that's what I did today. We wanted to play the ball on its merit, take it one ball at a time."

Right, that's a wrap from our coverage from the afternoon game, hop over here for all the action from Mumbai v Kolkata.

17.5
1
Kaul to Rahane, 1 run

full toss, and he finishes it off with a drive to deep cover

17.4
1
Kaul to Watson, 1 run

full, on the pads, driven to long-on

17.3
1
Kaul to Rahane, 1 run

full toss, pushed to long-on

17.2
1
Kaul to Watson, 1 run

full, on off, dug out to the right of point for one

17.1
1
Kaul to Rahane, 1 run

full toss, driven to long-on for one

Over17
17 runs
RR 150/1CRR: 8.82  RRR: 1.66
Ajinkya Rahane 60 (42b 5x4 1x6)Shane Watson 26 (12b 3x4 1x6)
Morne Morkel0/40 (4)
16.6
1
Morkel to Rahane, 1 run

runs off the outside half to third man for one

Dev: "Apropos Ben Rohrer, Tim Zoehrer would have been a massive asset for IPL. Imagine having him and Jimmy Adams as batting, wicket-keeping, spin-bowling allrounders in the same team."

16.5
1
Morkel to Watson, 1 run

full toss, smashed to long-on

16.4
2
Morkel to Watson, 2 runs

full, on off, driven with an open face. Warner saves two at deep cover with a big dive

16.3
6
Morkel to Watson, SIX runs

Watto shot. Drives him inside-out over long-off for six. And again this no half-volley. He has done this on the up

surisetty: "Out of curiosity i Searched "Poor Agarkar" and got 72 results. Sadly here also record was broken by "Poor Sachin" with 9400 results.. how poor ?"

16.2
1
Morkel to Rahane, 1 run

yorker, on off, dug out for a single

16.1
6
Morkel to Rahane, SIX runs

back-foot drive for six. This is no mean delivery. It is short of a length, he has premeditated, but he goes ahead with the drive, over extra cover, and gets a six

Over16
7 runs
RR 133/1CRR: 8.31  RRR: 5.50
Shane Watson 17 (9b 3x4)Ajinkya Rahane 52 (39b 5x4)
Pawan Negi0/28 (4)
15.6
4
Negi to Watson, FOUR runs

killed past him. This is flighted, on off, and he has smashed this to his left, and the right of long-off

15.5
1
Negi to Rahane, 1 run

gets a single to long-on

15.4
1
Negi to Watson, 1 run

driven to long-off

15.3
Negi to Watson, no run

tries to punch this off the off stump, but hits it straight to cover

Rohit: "Kill it in the next two over folks, and MI will have to work a little extra hard in beating you on the Run rate."

15.2
Negi to Watson, no run

short of a length, looks to cut it, but finds point

15.1
1
Negi to Rahane, 1 run

short of a length, punched to long-on

Over15
13 runs
RR 126/1CRR: 8.40  RRR: 5.80
Shane Watson 12 (5b 2x4)Ajinkya Rahane 50 (37b 5x4)
Umesh Yadav0/28 (3)

Timeout time now

14.6
2
Umesh Yadav to Watson, 2 runs

slower ball, punched away to the right of deep cover where Warner makes a sensational stop

14.5
4
Umesh Yadav to Watson, FOUR runs

that's a powerful cut. Good luck stopping that. Bludgeoned away over point

14.4
2
Umesh Yadav to Watson, 2 runs

driven down the ground, straight of long-on, comes back to two

Win Probability
RR 100%
DCRR
100%50%100%DC InningsRR Innings

Over 18 • RR 155/1

RR won by 9 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
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