On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and lost a couple
of wickets.
Although his 12-ball innings included a six, Twenty20 debutant Taruwar Kohli
had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls into the match, he was caught
by Mithun Manhas. Glenn McGrath broke the 17-run stand.
The second-wicket pair put on 10. Yusuf Pathan, whose five-ball innings
included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Eight balls later, Manhas and Brett
Geeves ran him out.
The third-wicket pair put on 14. Shane Watson, whose 15-ball innings
included three boundaries, scored 21. Fifteen balls later, Shikhar Dhawan and
Rajat Bhatia ran him out.
Darren Lehmann, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Eight balls
later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Farveez Maharoof, who broke the
six-run stand.
RR scored 50 off 8.4 overs (52 balls). DD had conceded four extras at
that point.
Mohammad Kaif, who faced 19 balls, scored just nine. Seventeen balls
after Lehmann’s dismissal, he was caught by Geeves. Bhatia broke the 10-run
stand.
Mahesh Rawat, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later,
Bhatia broke the 14-run stand.
Ravindra Jadeja, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and as many sixes, scored 29. Thirteen balls later, Daniel Vettori broke the
21-run stand.
RR scored 100 off 15.3 overs (93 balls). They number of extras they had
conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally,
the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Twenty20 debutant Dinesh Salunkhe scored 26 off 20 balls, which included
four boundaries. He was unbeaten.
Warne, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14.
Seventeen balls later, Maharoof broke the run-a-ball stand.
Although he wasn’T(rive)dismissed, Siddharth had no reason to be in
seventh heaven – he scored just three.
RR scored 129 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Geeves, who conceded 41, was wicketless.
Vettori and McGrath picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded
35, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 21.
Bhatia and Maharoof picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the
former conceded 17, the latter conceded 11.
The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 55, and lost a wicket.
Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, faced four balls, scored a dozen. His runs
came by way of boundaries. Ten balls into the chase, Watson broke the 20-run
stand.
DD scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras
at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Gautam Gambhir’s
contribution to the partnership was 25, Dhawan’s contribution to it was 23.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Gambhir’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six –
came off 37 balls.
DD scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). RR had conceded four extras at
that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 76 balls. While Gambhir’s
contribution to the partnership was 50, Dhawan’s contribution to it was 41.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was 10.
Dhawan’s half-century – which included eight boundaries – came off 41 balls.
Gambhir, who faced 46 balls, eventually scored 58. He was unbeaten, as
was Dhawan, who eventually scored 52.
RR eventually conceded 10 extras. DD, who scored 132 for the loss of a
wicket off 15.1 overs, won by nine wickets with 29 balls to spare.
Salunkhe, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 11.
Warne, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 16.
Pathan, who bowled 13 wicketless balls, conceded 17.
Trivedi and Twenty20 International debutant Munaf Patel bowled three
wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 25.
Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up the only wicket
to fall.
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