Warne-led RR leave Hyderabad disappointed

DC made one change to their playing eleven – Venugopal Rao made way for Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna.

RR made one change to their playing eleven – Darren Lehmann made way for Graeme Smith.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 58, and lost a couple of wickets.

Adam, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 13. Fourteen balls into the match, he was (Gilchri)stumped by Kamran Akmal. Yusuf Pathan, the player of the match, broke the 22-run stand.

Shahid Afridi, whose four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 10. Four balls later, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja. Pathan broke the 10-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). RR hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Andrew Symonds’ half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 29 balls.

V V S Laxman, DC’s skipper, scored 16. His run-a-ball innings included three boundaries. Thirty-three balls after the Pakistani’s (Afri)dismissal, he was caught by Warne, who broke the 43-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 11.2 overs (68 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 30 balls. While Symonds’ contribution to the partnership was 34, Rohit Sharma’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

DC scored 150 off 15.2 overs (93 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Symonds’ ton – which included nine boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 47 balls.

He eventually scored 117 off 53 balls, which included 11 boundaries and seven sixes. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 100 off 53 balls. While Symonds’ contribution to the partnership was 65, Sharma’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Sharma, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 36. Fifty-seven balls after Laxman’s dismissal, he was caught by Dinesh Salunkhe. Warne broke the 111-run partnership.

DC scored 200 off 19 overs (115 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Arjun Yadav, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. A couple of overs after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Akmal. Shane Watson broke the 18-run stand.

RR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. DC scored 214 for the loss of five extras off 20 overs.

Salunkhe, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine.

Pankaj Singh, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 14.

Trivedi, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded (Siddhar)thirty-seven.

Munaf Patel, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 55.

Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket.

Pathan, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 20. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Warne, who bowled four overs, conceding 47.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 73, and lost a wicket.

Akmal, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored a dozen. Thirteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Sanjay Bangar. Chaminda Vaas broke the 14-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). DC had conceded three extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 19 balls. While Smith’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Pathan’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Pathan’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 21 balls.

RR scored 100 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). DC had conceded three extras at that point.

Pathan, whose 28-ball innings included four boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 61. Forty-four balls after Akmal’s dismissal, he was caught by Symonds. Kalyankrishna broke the 98-run partnership.

Watson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Fifteen balls later, Afridi broke the 14-run stand.

Smith’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 34 balls.

RR scored 150 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Smith’s contribution to the partnership was 17, Mohammad Kaif’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Kaif, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 34. Thirty-one balls after Watson’s dismissal, he was caught by Symonds. Afridi broke the 60-run partnership.

Smith, whose 45-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 71. The next ball, he was caught by Kalyankrishna. Afridi broke the one-run stand.

Jadeja, who faced three balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls later, Rudra Pratap Singh broke the eight-run stand.

Warne, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 22. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Salunkhe, who faced a ball, scored a run. A couple of balls later, Laxman and Singh ran him out.

RR scored 200 off 19.1 overs (116 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Singh, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

RR scored 217 for the loss of seven wickets off 19.5 overs, won by three wickets with a ball to spare.

Pragyan Ojha bowled a couple of overs, conceding 23. He was wicketless, as was Symonds, who bowled 2.5 overs, conceding 46.

Kalyankrishna bowled three overs, conceding 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Singh and Vaas, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 42.

Afridi bowled four overs, conceding 28. He picked up three scalps.