RR disappointed; Sehwag-led DD triumph

RR made one change to their playing eleven – Siddharth Chitnis made way for Amit Singh.

DD made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Vettori, Rajat Bhatia and Pradeep Sangwan made way for Amit Mishra, Aavishkar Salvi and Dirk Nannes.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 35, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gautam Gambhir, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Thirteen balls into the match, he was caught by Munaf Patel, who broke the 12-run stand.

Sehwag, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Patel, who broke the three-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 8.4 overs (54 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. DD had scored 60 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While A B de Villiers, the player of the match, had scored 27, Tillakaratne Dilshan had scored 20.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While the contributions of both de Villiers and Dilshan to the partnership were 25 apiece, extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

De Villiers’ half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 40 balls.

He eventually scored 79 off 55 balls, which included eight boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

DD scored 100 off 16.1 overs (99 balls). RR had conceded four extras at that point.

Dilshan, whose 41-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 33. Eighty-five balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Johan Botha broke the 97-run partnership.

DD scored 150 (for the loss of three wickets) off 20 overs (123 balls). RR eventually conceded five extras.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Raut, Siddharth Trivedi and Yusuf Pathan bowled (Abhish)ek wicketless over apiece. They conceded 10, nine, and four, respectively.

Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 13.

Singh, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 28.

Botha, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Patel, who bowled four overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 24, and lost a couple of wickets.

Graeme Smith, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls into the chase, he was caught by Salvi. Needless to say, Nannes was in seventh heaven.

Rob Quiney, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Three balls later, he was caught by Nannes. Ashish Nehra broke the one-run stand.

Naman Ojha, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Salvi broke the 16-run stand.

RR scored 50 off nine overs (54 balls). DD had conceded nine extras at that point.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. RR had scored 60 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Botha had scored 23, Jadeja had scored a dozen.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Botha’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Jadeja, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 24. Thirty-five balls after Ojha’s dismissal, he was caught by Karthik. Salvi broke the 55-run partnership.

Pathan, who faced five balls, scored a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Farveez Maharoof broke the three-run stand.

Botha, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 37. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Maharoof broke the 16-run stand.

Raut, who faced 13 balls, scored 11. A couple of balls later, Mishra broke the one-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Singh, who faced a ball, did not open his account. The next ball, he was stumped by Karthik off the bowling of Mishra.

RR scored 100 off 16.2 overs (100 balls). DD had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Warne, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Four balls after Singh’s dismissal, he was stumped by Karthik. Mishra broke the eight-run stand.

Both Trivedi and Patel were unbea‘ten’. While the former scored half-a-dozen, the latter, whose innings included five boundaries, scored 23.

DD eventually conceded 13 extras. RR, who scored 136 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 14 runs.

Dilshan, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10.

Nehra, who bowled three overs, conceded eight. He picked up a wicket, as did Nannes, who bowled four overs, conceding 33.

Maharoof and Salvi bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 19.

Mishra, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up three scalps.