IPL 2013: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab - As it happened...

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Zeenews Sports Bureau Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» REPORT» Meet the 24 centurions of IPL» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Rajasthan Innings: Over 19.2 || Score 126/4 Chawla to bowl the final over. Samson works the first ball towards deep backward point and the batsmen run two. 3 needed from 5. Samson shimmies down again and spanks the second ball over covers for a boundary as Rajasthan Royals defeat Kings XI Punjab by 6 wickets! Ajinkya Rahane 34*(42b), Sanju Samson 27*(23b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 120/4 Ryan Harris has given 29 runs from three overs and will bowl the penultimate over. His first three balls were dot balls. Samson works the fourth ball towards long on for a boundary! Rahane plays the fifth ball towards mid-off for no run. Rahane charges down the wicket off the last ball, doesn’t connect which means Rajasthan need 5 from the last over. Just one from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 119/4 Awana into his final over. And Samson charges down the wicket off the first ball and smashes that over mid-on for a boundary! And then Rahane shimmied down off the fourth ball, makes some room for himself and spanks that over covers for a boundary! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 108/4 Chawla into his third over. Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 101/4 Mahmood to bowl his final over. Rahane gets a slower one pitched wide and he plays an elegant backfoot drive for a boundary! Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 94/4 Chawla to continue. Six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 88/4 Mahmood into his third over. Mahmood bowls a length ball to Samson who punches that through covers for a boundary! And Ryan Harris drops Samson at first slip! It was a loose shot from Samson as Azhar managed to get that outside edge but Harris at first slip grassed a catch he would take 9 out of 10 times. Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 79/4 Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. And he gets a big wicket of Brad Hodge who is out lbw! Hodge was playing for some spin as the ball straightened after pitching. Sanju Samson comes into the attack. Good first over for Chawla, three runs from it. BJ Hodge lbw b Chawla 15 (16b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 76/3 Azhar Mahmood into his second over. Just three runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 73/3 Harris has been brought back into the attack. He bowls short to Hodge who plays a pull shot for a boundary at deep square leg. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 68/3 Awana to bowl his third over. The first ball takes an edge off Hodge’s bat and runs to the third man boundary! Six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 62/3 Azhar Mahmood brought into the attack. Good first over for him, just four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 58/3 Kumar into his final over. And he finally gets a wicket, big one of Rahul Dravid! It nipped away after pitching, Dravid edged it and Gilly dived to his right and took a brilliant catch! Stuart Binny is the new man in. And guess what, PK has two wickets in his final over. It was a similar delivery that got rid of Dravid and this time Gilly takes an even better catch, once again diving to his right! Binny is caught behind! Wicket maiden for Kumar! Kumar ends his fantastic spell and have a look at his figures - 4-1-10-2 STR Binny c Gilchrist b Kumar 0 (4b) R Dravid c Gilchrist b Kumar 9 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 58/1 Awana to continue. He bowls one short and Dravid plays a magnificent backfoot cover drive for a boundary! That boundary also brings the fifty for the Royals. Awana bowls a short of length ball to end the over and this time Rahane dispatches that towards wide of long on for a boundary! Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 48/1 Kumar into his third over. Kumar bowled one full and on the pads to Dravid who flicked that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 44/1 Parwinder Awana comes into the attack. Awana goes full and Watson launches that to midwicket for a boundary! And these bowlers aren’t learning from their mistakes. Awana again bowls full and wide and Watson drives that though covers for a boundary! Awana has the last laugh, he bowls one short and Watson hits it straight to Mandeep Singh at mid on! Rahul Dravid comes to the crease. Nine runs from the over. SR Watson c Mandeep Singh b Awana 32 (19b) ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 35/0 Harris to continue. Harris once again bowls on the pads and Watson once again hits it to deep midwicket for a boundary! And there’s the shot of the night for you. It was once again pitched full and Watson hits an elegant straight drive for a boundary! Twelve runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 23/0 Kumar to continue. Four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 19/0 Ryan Harris to bowl from the other end. The third ball is a fuller one and Watson comfortably works that towards deep square leg for a boundary! The fourth ball is an outswinger and Watson gets a top edge that flies to deep backward point for a boundary! Harris bowls on the pads once again and pays the price as Watson clobbers that to deep midwicket for his third consecutive boundary! Thirteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 6/0 Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over, Rahane and Watson to open for the Royals. The first ball drifts onto the leg side and run to fine leg for 4 leg byes! Good comeback from Kumar, six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 124/10 Faulkner to bowl the penultimate over. He begins with a fuller length ball which is a low full-toss and Kumar guides that between point and cover for a boundary! The second one is a slower one and Praveen shimmies down the track, goes over the bowler’s head for another boundary! The third one is a full-toss and Kumar leaves that alone to the keeper. The fourth one is a full-toss again, Praveen doesn’t connect and he ran for a bye, was left stranded and Samson’s direct hit dismisses Praveen Kumar! So Kumar departs after a crucial innings. Faulkner follows it with a bouncer and Awana ducks under it, the ball takes a top edge and goes straight to the keeper! So the Kings XI Punjab have been bowled out for 124! P Awana c Samson b Faulkner 0 (1b) P Kumar run out 15 (7b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 116/8 Cooper into his third over. The first ball is half-volley and Mahmood smacks that to deep midwicket for a boundary! But Cooper has the last laugh as Azhar Mahmood is bowled off a slow ball! Mahmood misjudged that one as he charged down the wicket and his stumps were uprooted! Praveen Kumar is the new man in. Cooper’s fourth ball is once again a half-volley and Kumar clobbers that over long off for a SIX! Terrific shot that from Kumar. Sixteen runs from the over. Azhar Mahmood b Cooper 23 (20b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 100/7 Faulkner into his third over. Azhar Mahmood drives one through covers for a boundary! Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 92/7 Cooper to bowl his second over. And he finally gets a wicket off the last ball of the over as Piyush Chawla sends one high in the air and Rahane at long on takes an easy catch! PP Chawla c Rahane b Cooper 7 (9b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 88/6 Trivedi to bowl his final over. He bowls a short ball to Mahmood who bludgeons it past deep midwicket for a boundary! Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 79/6 Stuart Binny is brought into the attack. Four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 75/6 Trivedi into his second over. He bowls a Yorker and Hussey was already down the wicket and he hit it straight to Rahul Dravid at mid-off who takes it in second attempt! Piyush Chawla is the new batsman. And he almost hits it straight the the fielder at mid-off. Three runs and a wicket from the over. DJ Hussey c Dravid b Trivedi 41 (31b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 72/5 Faulkner brought back into the attack. He begins with a full-toss and Sathish smashes that to midwicket for a boundary! Sathish attempted a late cut off the fourth ball, edged it and the new wicket-keeper Samson takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Sathish! Azhar Mahmood comes into the attack and now this partnership will be extremely crucial for Rajasthan Royals. Nine runs from the over. R Sathish c Samson b Faulkner 11 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 63/4 Trivedi into his second one. Six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 57/4 Sreesanth to bowl his final over. Sreesanth goes fuller off the third ball and Hussey launches that straight down the ground for a boundary! Rajagopal Sathis gets a healthy edge off the last ball that runs past third-man for a boundary! Eleven runs from the over. Sreesanth’s figures are spoiled to some extent but then too it’s a superb one. 4-1-20-2 ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 46/4 Siddharth Trivedi comes into the attack. And he strikes in his first over, the fourth delivery moves away after pitching and Gurkeerat Singh is caught behind! Sathish is the new batsman. Three runs from the over. Gurkeerat Singh c Samson b Trivedi 10 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 43/3 Sreesanth has been brought back into the attack. Another superb over from Sreesanth, four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 39/3 James Faulkner comes into the attack. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 34/3 Kevon Cooper comes into the attack. The first ball is a short one and Hussey immediately pulls that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Cooper bowls another ball short and wide and Hussey finds the gap between cover and point for another boundary! Hussey hits the fifth ball high in the air over the infield but Watson doesn’t reach there in time. Thirteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 21/3 Chandila into his third over. And David Hussey smashes the first ball over long off for a SIX! And Singh drives the fifth ball through extra-cover for a boundary! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 10/3 Sreesanth to continue. Manan Vohra is run-out off some brilliant fielding by James Faulkner! Hussey nudged that towards covers and ran for a quick single, Faulkner picked the ball and hit the bulls eye as he had just one stump to aim at! Gurkeerat Singh comes to the crease as Punjab are once again wobbling. Wicket maiden for Sreesanth! M Vohra run out 3 (6b) ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 10/2 Chandila to continue. Another superb over, two runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 8/2 Sreesanth to bowl the second over. And he dismisses the Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist! It was pitched outside the off-stump, Gilly half heartedly lifted that towards mid-off and Siddharth Trivedi takes a good high catch! Manan Vohra is the new batsman. Sreesanth ended the over with an outwinger, there was width on offer and Mandeep slashed hard at it, the ball went straight to Stuart Binny at third-man! Seven runs from the over and two wickets for Sreesanth! Mandeep Singh c Binny b Sreesanth 2 (8b) AC Gilchrist c Trivedi b Sreesanth 0 (2b) ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 1/0 Mandeep Singh and Gilchrist to open for Punjab, Ajit Chandila will bowl the first over for Rajasthan. Excellent over to begin with, just one single from it. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Rajasthan have won the toss and they have decided to bowl first. Kings XI Punjab is the only team that has played just two matches in IPL 6, and they would want to move up in the rankings table as they take on Rajasthan Royals. Punjab have an excellent bowling attack, including Ryan Harris, Parwinder Awana and Praveen Kumar who have the potential to dismantle any batting line-up. Their batting has been a bit of concern and skipper Adam Gilchrist is under pressure to deliver a big knock. David Hussey played a superb knock in the previous match against Chennai Super Kings and the team would want him to continue batting in the same rhythm. Openers have done well for the Rajasthan Royals as both Rahane and Dravid have got their side to decent starts in the last few matches. While Dravid has done more than what was expected from him, Rahane hasn’t been able to perform the way he did in last year’s IPL. He has been dismissed after scoring 20s and the 30s regularly in the tournament and its high time he scores a big one for his side. The bowlers have done well for the Royals however Sreesanth’s has been expensive at times, something which would be worrying the team management.