Rajasthan disappointed; Rohit-led MI win

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar made way for Glenn Maxwell and Aditya Tare, the player of the match.

RR made a couple of Cha(va)nges to their playing eleven – Siddharth Trivedi and Vikramjeet Malik made way for Ankeet and Pravin Tambe.

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 49, and lost a wicket.

Maxwell, whose 17-ball innings included three sixes, scored 23. Twenty balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Shane Watson broke the 25-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Tare’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Dinesh Karthik’s contribution to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Tare’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 30 balls.

MI scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). RR had conceded four extras at that point.

Dinesh, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 21. Fifty-one balls after Maxwell’s dismissal, he was caught by Sanju Samson. Tambe broke the 76-run partnership.

Tare, whose 37-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 59. Five balls later, he was caught by Watson. Needless to say, Kevon Cooper was in seventh heaven.

Rohit Sharma, MI’s skipper, scored 14 off nine balls, which included a couple of boundaries. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Watson. James Faulkner broke the 30-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Kieron Pollard, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Five balls later, Cooper ran him out.

MI scored 150 off 17.3 overs (105 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RR no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ambati Rayudu, who faced seven balls, scored as many. Seven balls after Pollard’s dismissal, he was caught by Samson. Watson broke the run-a-ball stand.

Harbhajan Singh, whose innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. He had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

Mitchell Johnson had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Ten balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, he was caught by Brad Hodge. Faulkner broke the 13-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a couple. Lasith Malinga, who faced a ball, scored a run. Three balls later, Watson, Faulkner and Dishant Yagnik ran him out.

MI scored 166 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Stuart Binny, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was Chavan, who bowled three overs, conceding 25.

Tambe and Cooper bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 27.

Faulkner and Watson bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 30.    

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 29, and lost four wickets.

Dravid, who faced five balls, scored four. Five balls into the chase, he was caught by Dinesh. Johnson broke the run-a-ball stand.

Faulkner, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 12. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Maxwell. Kulkarni broke the run-a-ball stand.

Samson, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. (Oj)Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Pragyan. Johnson broke the four-run stand.

Ajinkya Rahane, who faced eight balls, scored four. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Malinga. Kulkarni broke the two-run stand.

RR scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). MI had conceded eight extras at that point.

Watson, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. Twenty-one balls after Rahane’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Pragyan broke the 30-run stand.

Yagnik, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-two balls after Watson’s dismissal, Harbhajan Singh broke the 30-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). MI had conceded 13 extras at that point.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Binny’s contribution to the partnership was 11, Hodge’s contribution to it was 36. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

Binny, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 37. He was unbeaten.

Hodge, whose 27-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 39. Thirty-eight balls after Yagnik’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Malinga, who broke the 56-run partnership.

RR scored 150 off 19.3 overs (117 balls). MI had conceded 15 extras at that point.

Although his ball innings included a six, Cooper, who was unbeaten, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four.

MI eventually conceded 16 extras. RR, who scored 152 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 14 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Pragyan, Malinga, and Harbhajan picked up a wicket each. They conceded 36, 35, and 29, respectively.

Johnson and Dhawal Kulkarni picked up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 23 and 21, respectively.