Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers - IPL 5 - Match Recap
Deccan Chargers 196/2 (20/20 ov) v Rajasthan Royals 197/5 (19.4/20 ov) - Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, Deccan Chargers faced the their back to back defeat in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they lost to Rajasthan Royals by five wickets with two balls remaining at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
Playing in front of a jam packed crowd, Deccan Chargers were always under pressure as the fans had come to support the home side http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837.
While, at the same time, Chargers desperately needed to register a win in the tournament in order to move from the bottom of the points table.
Wanting his team to lift their game Chargers skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 was unbelievable in the previous game against us but we know now how to get into winning positions and this time we would like to finish it off. I don't want to look at scores that much. But it looks like a good wicket and we want to get some runs on the board and bat well.”
After winning the toss, Deccan chose to bat first, aiming to score fast and end the innings with a staggering total on the board to put the side batting second under immense pressure.
Openers, Sangakkara and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392 provided their side with an outstanding launch pad as they pounded the bowlers right from the word go, ripping apart Royals in order to take the sting out of the bowling side.
Finally Sangakkara became the first causality of the day, as he perished after scoring an innings of 44 runs, leaving his side on a tally of 94.
It was then time for all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308, to come out in the middle and bat his way to dominance alongside Dhawan.
The duo proved unstoppable as they smashed sensational shots all around the park to leave the fielding side in utter disbelief.
Dhawan was then the last wicket to fall as he found his way back to the pavilion after amassing an impressive innings of 52 runs.
It was then middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742, who hammered a blatant knock of 58 runs in the death overs to help his side amass a mammoth total of 196 runs.
With a huge total on their back, Deccan were satisfied with their batting performance and confident in bowling out their opposition well under the required target.
However, this was not to be as Rajasthan under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970, forging an opening stand of 62 runs.
Dravid then lost his wicket on 42, and later Rahane became the third wicket of show after crafting an innings 44 runs.
From here on the side started losing wickets, but the outstanding knock of 48 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184, who was later named the Player of the Match, saved the day for Rajasthan as they won the match in 19.4 overs for the loss five wickets.
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