Shane Warne Praised Johan Botha for his exceptional performance against the Mumbai Indians
Things fell into place for Shane Warne and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as they crushed Mumbai Indians (MI) by seven wickets on 29 April, 2011, at Rajasthan’s home ground in Jaipur.
Sachin’s team was restricted to their lowest ever IPL score of 94 for the loss of eight wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johan-Botha-c67173 from RR was declared Man of the Match for his match winning performance with both the bat and ball.
Botha took three wickets for just six runs in two overs and his 45-run knock with the bat was crucial in Rajasthan’s triumph.
Shane Warne expressed his satisfaction with the RR game plan which panned out nicely against the Mumbai Indians.
With this win, the Royals have maintained their streak of wins at home.
"We generally play these conditions well, we know what to expect," commented the Australian leg-spinner. "Our bowlers executed plans exceptionally, the intensity was fantastic."
"We spent a lot of time planning, we put it all together," added Warne. "Our start was a bit slow but we didn't want to give Malinga early wickets, so our batting plan worked as well."
Botha, who usually bats lower down the order, came in at number three. He managed to put forth the highest score of the match before he was dismissed five runs short of his half century.
Botha remained unbeaten in four of his previous innings, this was his first dismissal this season.
"Johan has definitely grabbed his opportunity, he's experienced and is a smart cricketer," said the Royals skipper.
Tendulkar, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians’ skipper, accepted that his team had not adapted according to the harsh circumstances, they were around 30 runs short of a defendable total after being put to bat first by RR on a tricky wicket.
Tendulkar commented, "It was a tough pitch, different to what we played on in Mumbai, not to take the credit away from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 who bowled and fielded well. It was two-paced and the ball kept low, 130 would have been a challenging total."
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