Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals - IPL5 - Deccan grab a sensational win - Live Score and Update
Rajasthan Royals 126/8 v Deccan Chargers 128/5 - Deccan Chargers won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Friday, May 18: Deccan Chargers ruined Rajasthan Royals’ chances of making it to the play-offs of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), after beating them by five wickets in a match that was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
While, Deccan were already out of the tournament after giving a disastrous performance this year, Royals could have managed to make it to the big four, after winning their last two league games. However, after this loss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 and his men would be watching the knockout stage sitting in front of their TV sets.
After choosing to bat first on winning the toss, Rajasthan failed to bolster a mammoth total on the board as their batsmen kept losing wickets instead of forging long and potent partnerships.
Dravid, who had come in as an opener was the highest scorer from his side with a tally of 39 to his name.
The side managed to post only 126 runs on the board, which was not enough to intimidate Deccan, who have had a decent batting unit this year with the only disappointments coming from the fielders and bowlers.
Nonetheless, with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 had a serious chance of restricting their opponents from reaching the required target.
However, Deccan gave Rajasthan bowlers a rude welcome on the field as openers PA Reddy and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392 clobbered a fancy opening stand of 63 runs to wreck havoc among the fielders.
Dhawan was the first wicket to fall from his side, as he met his doom after smashing an innings of 26 runs.
Then with 83 runs on the board, Reddy was the next to hit the showers after amassing a sensational innings of 42 runs.
While, Rajasthan bowlers tried their best to contain the remaining batsmen from chasing down the total, they failed as Deccan won the match in 18.4 overs for the loss of five wickets with pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 as the Player of the Match for taking two wickets.
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