Sehwag-led DD beat Rajasthan narrowly

DD made no changes to their playing eleven.

RR made three Cha(va)nges to their playing eleven – Stuart Binny, Siddharth Trivedi and Ajit Chandila made way for Ashok Menaria, Ankeet and Amit Singh.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper and the player of the match, 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 42, and lost a couple of wickets.

Mahela Jayawardene, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. A couple of overs into the match, he was caught by Brad Hogg. Pankaj Singh broke the 13-run stand.

Pietersen, whose run-a-ball (Kev)innings included a boundary, scored five. An over later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper. Chavan broke the six-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 38, Ross Taylor’s contribution to it was nine. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 33 balls.

He eventually scored 63 off 39 balls, which included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. Sixty-one balls after Pietersen’s dismissal, he was caught by Menaria. Hogg broke the 80-run partnership.

DD scored 100 off 13.2 overs (80 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Ross Taylor, who faced 35 balls, scored 25. Eight balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Pankaj broke the five-run stand.

Naman Ojha, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 11. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Amit broke the 21-run stand.

Yogesh Nagar, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 27. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Chavan. Amit broke the 23-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 20 overs (120 balls). RR had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Irfan Pathan, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten, as was Ajit Agarkar, who did not face a ball.

DD scored 152 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Kevon Cooper, who was wicketless, conceded 19.

Chavan and Hogg conceded 31 each, picking up a wicket apiece.

Amit and Pankaj picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 25.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, without the loss of a wicket.

RR’s openers put on 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point. While Dravid’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Ajinkya Rahane’s contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Rahane’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 40 balls.

He eventually scored 84 off 63 balls, which included nine boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Dravid, whose 38-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 40. Eighty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Agarkar. Pathan broke the 99-run partnership.

RR scored 100 off 14 overs (84 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Brad Hodge, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. Thirty-one balls after Dravid’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Morne Morkel, who broke the 42-run stand.

RR scored 150 off 19.5 overs (119 balls).

The third-wicket pair put on 10. Owais Shah, who faced a ball, scored a run. An over later, Ojha ran him out.

RR, who scored 151 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs, lost by a run.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Umesh Yadav, Agarkar and Shahbaz Nadeem were wicketless. They conceded 35, 33, and 30, respectively.

Pathan and Morkel picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 27 and 26, respectively.