Rajasthan Royals thrash Kochi Tuskers in the Indian Premier League
KT 109/20 overs RR 111/2 in 14.1 overs
Shane Warne took his side, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals to a crushing 8 wickets win over the high flying Kochi Tuskers in the 28th match of the Indian Premier League 2011 played at Jaipur on 24 April, 2011.
Rajasthan won the toss and opted to bowl first on a sluggish wicket, the visiting Kochi batsmen struggled in getting the ball away.
The only batsman to offer any resistance was wicket keeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159. The left hander scored 32 runs off 34 balls with the help of 2 fours.
The Kochi batsmen were hard at work for runs, crawling at a run-rate of less than 6 runs per over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja the left-handed Indian player was the second batsman to get past the 20-run mark, he scored 22 off 23 balls with the help of 2 fours.
Warne was leading the opposition's attack, dazzling the batsmen with his assortment of deliveries, he was extremely tough to negotiate on a slow wicket with both turn and bounce.
Warne fetched figures of 3/16 in his 4 overs; his tally included the scalps of Patel, Jadeja and fellow Aussie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184.
The reply by the hosts was based around a solid opening partnership which guided them towards the target with ease.
Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid added 71 runs for the opening wicket, both batsmen looked at ease especially given the low required run-rate.
Watson scored 49 runs off 40 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours, while Dravid was run out after scoring 44 off 37 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 scored the remaining runs at a canter to take their team home.
Warne was named man of the match as the Royals scored an impressive win which would help resurrect their faltering campaign in the tournament.
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