Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers – IPL 5 – Live Score and Update
Deccan Chargers 196/2 (20/20 ov) v Rajasthan Royals 197/5 (19.4/20 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, April 17, Rajasthan Royals became the number one team on the points table by gaining eight points, after beating Deccan Chargers in the 20th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), in a match that was played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
In front of home crowd, Royals had everything to play for and knew the playing conditions well enough to give their opposition a run for their money.
Before the start of play, Royals skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shreevats-Goswami-c2518 has picked up an injury during the warm up so Dishant Yagnik will take his place.”
On the other hand, Deccan Chargers, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 felt that the wicket was good to bat on, where his side would be aiming to post a staggering total on the board, “It looks like a good wicket and we want to get some runs on the board and bat well,” said Sangakkara.
After winning the toss, Chargers chose to bat as the skipper came out alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 of h**l, hammering a stupendous opening stand of 94 runs to put the bowling side under pressure right from the word go.
Finally, Royals managed to grab their first wicket when Sangakkara after belting an innings 44 off just 32 deliveries perished.
It was then, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308, who came to accompany Dhawan as the duo belted another daunting partnership.
Then with 108 runs on the board, it was time for the second wicket of the day to fall as Dhawan departed after crafting an impressive innings of 52 runs. Nonetheless, the damage had been done, and it was time for the remaining batsmen to carry the batting onslaught in order to end the innings on a tough tally.
Chargers finally managed to amass a mammoth tally of 196 runs on the board, giving the hosts something to ponder on.
For Royals, this was a predicament they were not looking forward to, as they needed to launch a tiring run chase in order to prevail.
However, with the resounding batting performance from the top and middle-order, the side conquered the impossible as Rajasthan won the match in 19.4 overs, for the loss of five wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 Hodge, who smashed an unbeaten innings of 48 runs was named as the Player of the Match.
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