Warne-led RR beat Hyderabad narrowly

RR made four changes to their playing eleven – Rob Quiney, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Mahesh Rawat and Kamran Khan made way for Lee Carseldine, Naman Ojha, Abhishek Raut and Shane Harwood.

DC made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper, chose to bat.

The match was attended by 12,450 people.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost a couple of wickets.

Herschelle Gibbs, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-five balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Yusuf Pathan, the player of the match, who broke the 34-run stand.

Azharuddin Bilakhia, who faced five balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Siddarth Trivedi. Harwood broke the one-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Gilchrist, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 39. Twenty-eight balls after Bilakhia’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Ravindra Jadeja broke the 23-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. DC had scored 85 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Rohit Sharma had scored half-a-dozen, Tirumalasetti Suman hadn’t opened his account.

DC scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RR no reason to be in seventh heaven. But that was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Suman’s contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Sharma, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 38. Forty-two balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, he was caught by Shane Warne, RR’s skipper. Trivedi broke the 59-run partnership.

Suman, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 41. He was unbeaten.

Although his eight-ball innings included a boundary, Dwayne Smith had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Warne. Harwood broke the 18-run stand.

Venugopal Rao, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

DC scored 141 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Raut, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was wicketless.

Munaf Patel, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Warne, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Trivedi, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket, as did Jadeja and Pathan, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 19.

Harwood, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. 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 30, and lost three wickets.

RR’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Graeme Smith, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls into the chase, he was caught by Shoaib Ahmed off the bowling of Fidel Edwards.

The second-wicket pair put on a run. Swapnil Asnodkar, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. The next ball, Gibbs and Rudra Pratap Singh ran him out.

Naman, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nine balls later, he was caught by Gibbs. Singh broke the two-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 8.4 overs (53 balls). DC had conceded three extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Carseldine’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Jadeja, whose 17-ball innings included a six, eventually scored a dozen. Forty-three balls after Naman’s dismissal, he was caught by Dwayne. Rao broke the 51-run partnership.

Carseldine, whose 32-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 39. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Rao, who broke the three-run stand.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. RR had scored 60 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Warne had scored a couple, Raut was batting on three.

Warne, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of sixes, eventually scored 21. Twenty-six balls after Carseldine’s dismissal, he was caught by Gilchrist. Pragyan Ojha broke the 36-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 15.2 overs (93 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

Raut, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 36. He was unbeaten.

Pathan, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 24. Twenty-three balls after Warne’s dismissal, he was caught by Gibbs. Singh broke the 38-run stand.

Although he scored just three, Harwood had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven. RR, who scored 142 for the loss of seven wickets off 19.4 overs, lost by three wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Dwayne, Ahmed and Sharma bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 21, 19, and 14, respectively.

Edwards, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceded 17. He picked up a wicket, as did Pragyan, who bowled four overs, conceding 27.

Rao, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Singh, who bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18.