http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals take it slow and steady against the Mumbai Indians – Second Innings report – Part 1
IPL - Rajasthan Royals captain, Shane Warne’s plan to restrict the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils to a low total in the first innings paid off, as Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians collapsed after struggling their way to just 94 runs.
Johan Botha was on the mark three times, taking three crucial wickets against the hapless Mumbai Indians’ batsmen. With half the job done, the Royals took to the pitch in the second innings as they looked to close the gap between them and the league leaders,
the Mumbai Indians.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indian bowler kept both Watson and Dravid constantly on their toes and gave away only three runs in an over that
had four dot balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556’s side desperately needed wickets.
Malinga bowled another tight over giving away only five runs and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Murtaza-c997 followed it with a similarly well disciplined display as they went in search of that crucial first wicket. After having switched ends with Malinga, Mumbai Indian bowler, Munaf Patel
got the wicket his team had been looking for. Misjudging the pace of the delivery, Dravid played it straight into the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar who made no mistake with the catch.
Departing after scoring only five runs off 16 deliveries, Dravid would have to be more than just a little disappointed with his effort. Replacing Dravid was the star of the Rajasthan bowling attack, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610. The South African did not face a single delivery
of Munaf Patel’s brilliant wicket maiden as Watson had found it difficult to rotate the strike.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, who had all the time in the world to reach the target, dispatched Harbhajan for a massive six in the 9th over.
The Rajasthan Royals were batting at their own pace and kept the score ticking without showing any real signs of aggression. The plan was to sensibly bat their way to the 95 runs target, putting away only the loose deliveries to the fence for those big hits.
At 37 runs for the loss of one wicket, the Royals were in danger of ‘going too slow’ but the side had wickets in hand which was proving to be the Mumbai Indians’ major concern going into the second half of the match.
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