Pune Warriors’ poor fielding results in defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals: Geoff Marsh
Pune Warriors coach Geoff Marsh believes that the his side failed to win the match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals due to poor fielding. The match which was played
at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, on 1st May say the Warriors succumb after scoring 143 runs.
Rajasthan enjoyed their third victory in a row, after beating debutant Pune by six wickets. Before this, Rajasthan, under the captaincy of legend Shane Warne,
had enjoyed two consecutive wins over the Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders to add five victories in the ongoing season.
Marsh commented, "Yeah, I thought 143 was a good score and obviously we would have liked a few more, especially after the start we got, but yeah, it was a really
slow wicket and too hot, but in the day, we should have won the game."
The coach also added that picking catches in a game like cricket is very necessary but his team dropped some crucial catches and as a result they ended the match
in a loss.
On the other hand, the skipper Warne said that his bowlers showed good bowling performances. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Siddharth-Trivedi-c2526 helped his side by claiming two important wickets
of Manish Pandey and Mithun Manhas, who were expected to hit huge runs.
Warne, with 11 wickets at an average of 17.54, is the top wicket-taker for Rajasthan in the Indian Premier League (IPL) fourth edition.
Rajasthan’s captain also asserted that they knew about the strong resistance from Pune’s side as they were supposed to win the last six matches, to stay in the
tournament. He also said that Pune showed a good fight against his side’s strong bowling.
Robbin Uthappa was the top scorer for Pune Warriors and amassed 35 runs off 21 balls including seven fours while Manish Pandey was the second highest runs scorer
for his side for hitting 30 runs off 31 balls including four fours.
Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 was the top run-getter for RR for scoring unbeaten 47 runs off 35 balls including four fours and two sixes. The big-hitter was awarded Man-of-the-Match
for helping his side to a six run victory.
Rajasthan are now leading the points table with a maximum 11 points, out of their eight matches.
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