Warne shines; RR beat Hyderabad

DC (Shar)made five changes to their playing eleven – Herschelle Gibbs, Mohnish Mishra, Tirumalasetti Suman, Rahul and Jaskaran Singh and made way for Anirudh Singh, Dwayne Smith, Azhar Bilakhia, and the Singhs (Rudra Pratap and Harmeet).

RR made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Sumit Narwal, Shrikant Wagh and Shaun Tait made way for Morne, Twenty20 debutant Aditya Dole and Siddharth Trivedi.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper and the player of the match, 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 48, and lost a couple of wickets.

Michael Lumb, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 15. Thirteen balls into the match, he was caught by Ryan Harris. Rudra Pratap broke the 16-run stand.

Naman Ojha, who faced five balls, scored a run. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Harris. Rudra Pratap broke the two-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). DC had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Faiz Fazal’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Shane Watson’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Fazal, whose 29-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 36. Fifty-one balls after Ojha’s dismissal, he was caught by Bilakhia. Pragyan Ojha broke the 77-run partnership.

RR scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Yusuf Pathan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Ten balls after Fazal’s dismissal, he was caught by V V S Laxman. Harris broke the nine-run stand.

Watson’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and three sixes – came off 29 balls.

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Sixteen balls after Pathan’s dismissal, he was caught by Laxman. Harmeet broke the 27-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. His namesake, Abhishek Raut, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Harmeet.

Watson, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 58. Five balls later, he was caught by Anirudh. Rudra Pratap broke the six-run stand.

Morkel, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

Dole, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Five balls later, he was caught by Andrew Symonds. Harris broke the run-a-ball stand.

RR scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). DC had conceded 12 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Trivedi, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Eight balls after Dole’s dismissal, Smith broke the 14-run stand.

RR were dismissed for 159 off 19.5 overs.

Symonds, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18.

Smith, who bowled 2.5 overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket, as did Pragyan, who bowled three overs, conceding 37.

Harris and Harmeet bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 25.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 52, and lost a couple of wickets.

Laxman, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Pathan. Dole broke the 26-run stand.

Gilchrist, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 34. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Lumb. Dole broke the 21-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 5.1 overs (51 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Symonds, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Thirty-two balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, he was caught by Fazal. Trivedi broke the 39-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 11.5 overs (72 balls). RR had conceded eight extras at that point.

Anirudh, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-two balls after Symonds’ dismissal, he was caught by Naman. Warne broke the 26-run stand.

Smith had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. Ten balls later, he was caught by Dole. Warne broke the eight-run stand.

Bilakhia, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later, he was caught by Raut. Warne broke the 17-run stand.

Harris, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Warne broke the two-run stand.  

Rohit Sharma’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 33 balls.

DC scored 150 off 18.5 overs (114 balls). RR had conceded nine extras at that point.

Rudra Pratap, who faced five balls, scored three. (Mork)Eleven balls after Harris’ dismissal, he was caught by the South African. Trivedi broke the 17-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a run. Harmeet didn’t face a ball. The next ball, Trivedi ran him out.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rohit, whose 44-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 73. The next ball, he was caught by Raut off the bowling of Trivedi.

Pragyan, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

RR eventually conceded 10 extras. DC, who were dismissed for 157 off 19.5 overs, lost by a couple of runs.

Pathan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded three.

Watson, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 40.

Morkel, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Dole, who bowled four overs, conceded 42. He picked up two wickets.

Trivedi, who bowled 2.5 overs, conceded 16. He picked up three wickets.

Warne, who bowled four overs, conceded 21, He picked up four scalps.