Rajasthan lose to Bhajji-led MI

MI made no changes to their playing eleven.

RR made one change to their playing eleven – Brad Hodge made way for his namesake (and compatriot), Brad Hogg.

On winning the toss, Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, and lost a wicket.

Tirumalasetti Suman, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-one balls into the match, he was caught by Siddharth Trivedi. Amit Singh broke the 28-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Rohit Sharma, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. Twenty balls after Suman’s dismissal, Hogg broke the 31-run stand.

Richard Levi, whose 22-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 29. Nine balls later, Hogg broke the run-a-ball stand.

MI scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Ambati Rayudu’s contribution to the partnership was 17, the contribution of Kieron Pollard, the player of the match, to it was 34. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Rayudu, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 47. He was unbeaten.

MI scored 150 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Pollard’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 29 balls.

He eventually scored 64 off 33 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes. Fifty-two balls after Levi’s dismissal, he was caught by Ajinkya Rahane. Ankeet Chavan broke the 96-run partnership.

Dinesh Karthik, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Trivedi. Kevon Cooper broke the nine-run stand.

James Franklin, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Rahane. Amit broke the four-run stand.

Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, scored 18 off half-a-dozen balls, which included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten.

RR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. MI scored 197 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Johan Botha, who bowled an over, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Trivedi, who bowled three overs, conceding 25.

Cooper and Chavan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 41.

Hogg and Amit bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 29.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dravid, who faced five balls, scored three. Nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Suman. Needless to say, Munaf Patel was in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Shreevats Goswami, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Karthik off the bowling of Patel.

RR scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Owais Shah’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Shah’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 32 balls.

Rahane, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 40. Fifty-seven balls after Goswami’s dismissal, he was caught by Levi. Pollard broke the 82-run partnership.

RR scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Shah, whose 42-ball innings included five boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 76. Eighteen balls after Rahane’s dismissal, Malinga broke the 45-run stand.

Botha, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Three balls later, he was caught by Pollard. Malinga broke the two-run stand.

RR scored 150 off 16.4 overs (100 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Cooper, whose six-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 14. Thirteen balls after Botha’s dismissal, Patel broke the 17-run stand.

Ashok Menaria, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 20. Three balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Pollard broke the nine-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Chavan, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. The next ball, he was caught by Karthik off the bowling of Pollard.

Amit, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, Pollard broke the one-run stand.

Hogg, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Franklin. Needless to say, Patel was in seventh heaven.

Trivedi, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

MI eventually conceded four extras. RR, who were dismissed for 170 off 19.4 overs, lost by 27 runs.

Franklin and Ojha bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 19.

Harbhajan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 43.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded 13. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Munaf, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceded 28. He picked up four scalps, as did Pollard, who four overs, conceding 44.