Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 43: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals"

Hi and welcome to the Match No 43 of the IPL 2011 season between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals are on a high and giving stiff competition for the top spot for Mumbai Indians and Chennai super kings have made a quick turn around from bottom of the points table to top four. Lets see who gets the momentum ahead by winning this crucial match.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bat first. For Rajasthan Royals SR Watson and R Dravid opened the batting, for Chennai Super Kings JA Morkel opened the bowling. SR Watson and R Dravid gave Rajasthan Royals a fantastic start when they were 86 for no loss of the first 10 overs. Thing changes fast as Rajasthan Royals lost the way and kept loosing wickets. It all started with a brilliant return catch by SB Jakati to get rid of SR Watson. R Dravid held his wicket at other end for a while but he coudnt bloster the total and was out to S Randiv. LRPL Taylor played few shots for his 20 before getting out to JA Morkel. Inspite of the fantastic start Rajasthan Royals managed 147 for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Rajasthan Royals R Dravid scored 66 and SR Watson scored 32, for Chennai Super Kings SB Jakati and JA Morkel took 2 wickets a piece.

In reply Chennai Super kings opened the batting with MEK Hussey and M Vijay, for Rajasthan Royals ND Doshi opened the bowling. Chennai Super Kings lost M Vinay in the second over when he was caught leg before by J Botha for 5 and scored at 8 of 2 overs. MEK Hussey and SK Raina then attacked the Rajasthan Royals bowlers and where near to vitory. SK Raina in anticipation of finishing the match with a boundary was out to SK Trivedi. MEK Hussey completed the finishing formalities and chennai where home with 8 wickets and 8 balls to spare. For Chennai Super Kings MEK Hussey scored 79* and SK Raina scored 61, for Rajasthan Royals J Botha and SK Trivedi took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match is MEK Hussey for his 79*.

Score : Chennai Super Kings 149 for 2 (MEK Hussey 79*, SK Raina 61, J Botha 1/22) beat Rajasthan Royals 147 for 6 (R Dravid 66, SR Watson 32, SB Jakati 2/22, JA Morkel 2/24) by eight wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 38: Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 38 of the IPL 2011 season between Rajasthan Royals and Pune Warriors. Pune warriors are at the bottom of the table after their consecutive 5 losses and Rajasthan royals will top the table if they can win today. Lets see if Pune warriors can pull one back or Rajasthan Royals goes top of the table.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Pune Warriors JD Ryder and MK Pandey opened the batting, for Rajasthan Royals J Botha opened the bowling. Pune warriors had a good start until JD Ryder was out to J botha. RV Uthappa and MK Pandey then added 46 runs in next 5 overs. RV uthappa was out to SK Warne when he tried to attack. Rajasthan Royals kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Yuvraj Singh too coudnt score much. Pune warriors scored just 143 for the loss of 7 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. For Pune warriors RV Uthappa scored 35 and MK Pandey scored 30, for Rajasthan Royals SK Trivedi took 2 wickets.

In reply Rajasthan royals opened the batting with SR Watson and R Dravid, for Pune warriors M kartik opened the bowling. Rajasthan Royals had a bad start when they lost there 3 top order wickets in first 10 overs with just 59 on the board. For Pune warriors R Sharma took 2 of those wickets with tight bowling. AL Menaria and LRPL Taylor then counter attacked the pune warriors bowlers and scored 33 of just 4 overs. Once AL Menaria was out to R sharma, giving him his 3rd wicket. After AL Menaria was out LRPL Taylor took it on and completed a convincinly win for Rajasthan Royals with 6 wickets and 3 balls to spare. For Rajasthan Royals LRPL Taylor scored 47* and AL Menaria scored 29, for Pune warriors R Sharma took 3 wickets.


Man of the Match is LRPL Taylor for his 47*.

Score : Rajasthan Royals 144 for 4 (LRPL Taylor 47*, AL Menaria 29, R Sharma 3/13)beat Pune Warriors 143 for 7 (RV Uthappa 35, MK Pandey 30, SK Trivedi 2/28) by six wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 34: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians"

Hello and Welcome to the 34th Match of the IPL 2011 season between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians are sitting on top of the points table and looking strong match after match and on the other side Rajasthan Royals are also doing well and making their presence well. Can Rajasthan Royals match up to the might of Mumbai Indians and give them a fight, lets find it out.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first. Mumbai Indians opened the batting with Sachin Tendulkar and DJ Jacobs, Rajasthan Royals opened the bowling with AL Menaria. Mumbai Indians had a rather decent start when they were 22 for no loss in 3 overs and DJ Jacobs was looking dangerous for more shots. Once DJ Jacobs was out in the fourth over to A Singh Mumbai Indians collapsed to Rajasthan Royals tight bowling. SK Warne Introduced J Botha late into the innings and quickly he responded with 3 quick wickets and peg back Mumbai Indians even further and restrict Mumbai Indians to a total of just 94 for the loss of 8 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. For Mumbai Indians A Symonds scored 17, for Rajasthan Royals J botha took 3 wickets and AL Menaria and A Singh took 2 wickets a piece respectively.

In reply Rajasthan Royals opened the batting with SR Watson and R Dravid, Mumbai Indians opened the bowling as usual with SL Malinga. Rajasthan Royals started their chase very slowly and lost R Dravid early for 5 to Munaf Patel. J Botha and SR Watson played cautiously and slowly moved towards the target. They waited for the loose balls and punished them when Mumbai Indians offered them. SR Watson was out to SL Malinga for a well made 26 and J Botha continued with his shots and steered Rajasthan Royals home. For Rajasthan Royals J Botha scored 45 and SR Watson 26, for Mumbai Indians Munaf Patel took 2 wickets and SL Malinga 1 wicket respectively.


Man of the Match is J Botha for his Allround Performance in Rajasthan Royals win. J Botha took 3 wickets and scored 45 runs.

Score : Rajasthan Royals 95 for 3 (Botha 45*, Munaf 2/18) beat Mumbai Indians 94 for 8 (Botha 3/6, Amit 2/14, Menaria 2/20) by seven wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 7: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils"

Hi and Welcome to the 7th match of the IPL 2011 Season between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils. Rajasthan Royals are on a high after their win in their first match and on other hand Delhi Daredevils want to put behind thier loss to Pune warriors and get a move on. Lets see what is the outcome of this intense battle.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to bat first. Delhi Daredevils Opened the batting with DA Warner and V Sehwag, for Rajasthan Royals bowling was opened by SW Tait and A singh. Delhi Daredevils lost V Sehwag in the very first over to SW Tait, this triggered a mini collapse and in no time Delhi where 36 in 7.3 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. DA Warner and Y Venugopal Rao scored 83 runs of 10 overs to revive Delhi Daredevils and with that Delhi Daredevils scored 151 in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner scored 54 and Y Venugopal Rao scored 60, for Rajasthan Royals SW Tait and SK Warne took two wickets each.

In reply Rajasthan Royals lost AG Paunikar early, but R Dravid and J Botha played sensibly and moved the score board on. R Dravid fell for a well played 38 and J Botha stood on one side and played a standing knock and allowed others to play the strokes. J botha stood undefeated till the end with 39 and made sure Rajasthan Royals where home with more than a over to spare. For Rajasthan royals J botha scored 39* and R Dravid 38, for Delhi Daredevils AB Dinda, M Morkel, IK Pathan and RE van der Merwe took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match was given to SK Warne for his 2 crucial wickets

Score : Rajasthan Royals 152 for 4 (J Botha 39*, R Dravid 38, M Morkel 1/11) beat Delhi Daredevils 151 for 6 (Y Venugopal Rao 60, DA Warner 54, SK Warne 2/17, SW Tait 2/40) by six wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 2: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals "

Welcome to the second match of the IPL 2011 season between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals. First game for Deccan chargers and Rajasthan royals in IPL 2011 Season. Deccan chargers is completely new where was rajasthan has retained few of their players. Lets see how they started their IPL 2011 Campaign.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to field first. For Deccan Chargers S Dhawan and Jaggi opened the batting. Deccan chargers had a great start when there were 40 without any loss in less than 5 overs. Once Dhawan was out to A Singh Deccan Chargers kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Rajasthan royals Trivedi and warne bowled brilliantly in the middle overs to restrict Deccan chargers run flow. Deccan Chargers Ravi teja and Christian late hitting brought some respectability to Deccan chargers total. Deccan Chargers made 137 for 8 of their allotted 20 overs. For Deccan chargers Ravi Teja, Jaggi, Christian and S Dhawan made crucial 20's and for Rajasthan Royals SK Trivedi and A singh took three wickets each.

Rajasthan Royals started their chase rather cautiously. Rajasthan royals openers Dravid and Paunikar started slowly but steadily. They puton 30 runs in the 5 overs. Paunikar was caught behind by an exceptional delivery from steyn. Number 3 slot for Rajasthan Royals was a surprise to every one, when J Botha came out to bat. Dravid played second fiddle and botha played his shots to perfection and marched Rajasthan royals to victory. Just when everything was smooth dravid was out to a beauty from steyn and Taylor came in and finish the formalities of victory wit two thunderous hits out of ground. In the end Rajasthan royals won convincingly with 8 wickets. For Rajasthan Royals J Botha Scored 67 notout and for Deccan chargers steyn took 2 wickets.


Man of the match is SK Trivedi for his spell of 3 for 15

Score: Rajasthan Royals 141 for 2 (Botha 67*, Dravid 28, Steyn 2-18) beat Deccan Chargers 137 for 8 (Ravi Teja 28, Christian 26, Trivedi 3/15, A Singh 3/35)