Rajasthan trounced by Gambhir-led DD

DD made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Dirk Nannes and Rajat Bhatia made way for Farveez Maharoof and Sarabjit Ladda.

RR made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, 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 52, and lost three wickets.

David Warner, who faced eight balls, scored four. Nineteen balls into the match, Sumit Narwal broke the 24-run stand.

Virender Sehwag, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 19. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Paras Dogra. Narwal broke the one-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 25. Paul Collingwood, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 16. Thirteen balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Adam Voges and Naman Ojha ran him out.

Kedar Jadhav, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Yusuf Pathan. Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, broke the run-a-ball stand.

DD scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Gambhir’s contribution to the partnership was 25, the contribution of Dinesh Karthik, the player of the match, to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Gambhir, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually conceded 43. Fifty-one balls after Jadhav’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Narwal broke the 79-run partnership.

DD scored 150 off 17.1 overs (104 balls). RR had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Karthik’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 30 balls.

He eventually scored 69 off 38 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes. Twenty balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Abhishek Raut. Shaun Tait broke the 42-run stand.

Andrew McDonald, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was unbeaten.

DD scored 188 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Voges, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine.

Pathan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Trivedi, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded (Siddhar)thirty-five.

Tait and Warne bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 26.

Narwal, who bowled four overs, conceded 36. He picked up three scalps.

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

RR’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Michael Lumb, whose faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls into the chase, he was caught by Warner off the bowling of Maharoof.

Faiz Fazal, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Maharoof, who broke the one-run stand.

Ojha, whose 14-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 27. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Amit Mishra broke the 28-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on three. Abhishek, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Three balls (Jhunjhunwa)later, Ladda and Karthik ran him out.

RR scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point.

Pathan, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 24. Twenty-five balls after Jhunjhunwala’s dismissal, he was caught by Warner. Mishra broke the 34-run stand.

Voges, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Warner. Mishra broke the five-run stand.

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

Narwal, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Warner. Collingwood broke the 23-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Dogra, whose 25-ball innings included a six, scored 20. Seventeen balls after Narwal’s dismissal, he was stumped by Karthik. Ladda broke the run-a-ball stand.

Tait, whose 12-ball innings included a six, scored 11. Eight balls later, he was stumped by Karthik. Sehwag broke the run-a-ball stand.

Although he was unbeaten, Trivedi, whose five-ball innings included a six, wasn’t in seventh heaven.

RR, who were bundled out for 121 off 17.4 overs, lost by 67 runs.

McDonald, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17, He was wicketless, as was Umesh Yadav, who bowled three overs, conceding 21.

Sehwag, who bowled four balls, conceded a couple. He picked up a wicket.

Collingwood, who bowled an over, conceded half-a-dozen. He picked up a wicket.

Ladda, who bowled four overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket.

Maharoof, who bowled three overs, conceded 13. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Mishra, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up three scalps.