Gambhir-led DD beat Rajasthan comfortably

RR made one change to their playing (Pat)eleven – Kamran Khan made way for Munaf.

DD made one change to the playing eleven – Yo Mahesh made way for Twenty20 debutant Sarabjit Ladda.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, DD’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost three wickets.

Swapnil Asnodkar, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Eight balls into the match, he was caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dirk Nannes broke the 14-run stand.

Naman Ojha, whose 14-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 24. Twenty-one balls later, Amit Mishra broke the 31-run stand.

Yusuf Pathan, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Farveez Maharoof broke the one-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). DD had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Graeme Smith, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Virender Sehwag, the player of the match. Pradeep Sangwan broke the four-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 15.4 overs (94 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 45 balls. While Abhishek Jhunjhunwala’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Paras Dogra’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

The fifth-wicket pair eventually put on 60. Dogra, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 29. Forty-nine balls after Smith’s dismissal, Gambhir and Mishra ran him out.

The sixth-wicket pair put on five. Dimitri, who faced three balls, scored (Mascarenh)as many. Five balls, Mishra and Karthik ran him out.  

Jhunjhunwala’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 45 balls. He eventually scored 53, and was unbeaten, as was Amit Uniyal, who faced half-a-dozen boundaries, scoring four.

DD eventually conceded five extras. RR scored 141 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Ladda, who was wicketless, conceded 18.

Mishra, Maharoof, Nannes and Sangwan picked up a scalp apiece. They conceded 34, 32, 27, and 20, respectively.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 60, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gambhir, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Smith. Mascarenhas broke the 42-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dilshan, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Ojha off the bowling of Mascarenhas.

DD scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 21 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 39, de Villiers’ contribution to it was nine. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Sehwag, whose 34-ball innings included eight boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 75. Thirty-eight balls later, he was caught by Smith. Patel broke the 57-run partnership.

DD scored 100 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

De Villiers, who faced 24 balls, scored 15. Fifteen balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Faiz Fazal. Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, broke the 15-run stand.

Karthik, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Manhas, whose innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was (Mith)unbea‘ten’.

RR eventually conceded nine extras. DD, who scored 142 for the loss of four overs off 17.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 17 balls to spare.

Jhunjhunwala, who bowled a wicketless ball, conceded two.

Uniyal, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Shaun Tait, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Patel, who bowled three overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket, as was Warne, who bowled four overs, conceding 22.

Mascarenhas, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up two scalps.