Warne shines; Rajasthan beat MI

MI made one Ch(etany)ange to their playing eleven – Rohan Raje made way for Nanda.

RR made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Swapnil Asnodkar, Lee Carseldine and Morne made way for Rob Quiney, Siddharth Chitnis and Johan Botha.

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 42, without the loss of a wicket.

Graeme, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. (Smi)Thirty-nine balls into the match, he was caught by Jean-Paul Duminy. Harbhajan Singh broke the 43-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Yusuf Pathan, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Twenty balls after Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by Lasith Malinga. Nanda broke the 22-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. RR had scored 66 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Quiney had scored 26, Ravindra Jadeja had scored a run.

RR scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Quiney’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 37 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Quiney’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 27. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Quiney eventually scored 51 off 40 balls. (Lasi)Thirty-six balls after Pathan’s dismissal, Malinga broke the 61-run partnership.

Chitnis, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Abhishek Nayar. Dwayne Br(av)oke the 15-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 32-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 42. Four balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Sanath Jayasuriya broke the one-run stand.

Naman Ojha, who faced four balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Ajinkya Rahane. Jayasuriya broke the two-run stand.

Botha, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Warne didn’t face a ball. A couple of balls later, Harbhajan and Jayasuriya ran him out.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven. RR scored 145 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Duminy, who bowled three overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Dhawal Kulkarni, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Nanda, who bowled an over, conceded four. He picked up a wicket.

Bravo, who bowled three overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket.

Harbhajan and Malinga, who bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 28.

Jayasuriya, who bowled an over, conceded three. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 26, without the loss of three wickets.

Bravo, who faced three balls, scored a run. Nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Munaf Patel, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Rahane had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Abhishek Raut. Warne broke the 16-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Yogesh Takawale, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Ojha off the bowling of Trivedi.

MI scored 50 off 9.1 overs (56 balls). RR had conceded eight extras at that point.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. MI had scored 54 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Jayasuriya had scored 15, Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, was batting on nine.

Jayasuriya, who faced 21 balls, eventually scored 16. Thirty-five balls after Takawale’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Warne broke the 33-run stand.

Duminy, who faced five balls, scored four. Twelve balls later, Trivedi broke the 20-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15 overs (91 balls). RR had conceded 15 extras at that point.

Tendulkar, whose 30-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 40. Fourteen balls after Duminy’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Warne, who broke the 27-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 37. Nayar, whose 18-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 35. Nineteen balls later, Ojha ran him out.

Kulkarni scored a run. Four balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Patel, who broke the two-run stand.

Although he was unbeaten, Harbhajan, who faced eight balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Nanda, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, Pathan ran him out.

The last-wicket pair put on a run. Malinga, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, Warne and Patel ran him out.

RR eventually conceded 18 extras. MI, who were dismissed for 143 off 19.5 overs, lost by two runs.

Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 18.

Pathan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Botha, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Patel, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 22. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Trivedi, who bowled four overs, conceding 19.

Warne, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up three scalps.