Rajasthan disappointed; Bailey-led KXIP win

KXIP made three changes to their playing eleven – Glenn Maxwell and the Sharmas (Shivam and Sandeep) made way for David Miller, Karanveer Singh, and Lakshmipathy Balaji.

RR (Shar)made four changes to their playing eleven – Unmukt Chand, Ankit, Rajat Bhatia, and Dhawal Kulkarni made way for Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tewatia, Vikramjeet Malik, and Pravin Tambe.

(Wats)On winning the toss, Shane, RR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.  They scored 53, and lost a wicket.

Virender Sehwag, whose eight-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 18. Fourteen balls into the match, he was caught by Malik. James Faulkner broke the 24-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 30. Manan Vohra, whose 20-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 25. Twenty-five balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Stuart Binny ran him out.

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

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While the contribution of Shaun Marsh, the player of the match, to the partnership was 30, Wriddhiman Saha’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Marsh, whose 35-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 40. Forty balls after Vohra’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Malik broke the 59-run partnership.

It was at that point that there was an interruption due to rain. KXIP had scored 113 for the loss of three wickets at that point. Saha was batting on 25.

He eventually scored 27 off 20 balls, which included four boundaries. Nine balls after Marsh’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Tewatia broke the Saha-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). RR had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Miller’s contribution to the partnership was 23, the contribution of George Bailey, KXIP’s skipper, to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Miller, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of sixes, eventually scored 29. He was unbeaten, as was Bailey, who eventually scored 26 off 18 balls, which included a boundary and a six.

RR eventually conceded 14 extras. KXIP scored 179 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Watson bowled a couple of overs, conceding 16. He was wicketless, as were Tambe and Kevon Cooper, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 25.

Faulkner and Malik bowled three overs each, conceding 39 and 29, respectively. They picked up a scalp apiece, as did Tewatia, who bowled four overs, conceding 24.

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 wicket.

Nair, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Sixteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Bailey. Balaji broke the 21-(Ka)run stand.

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

Rahane, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-three balls after Nair’s dismissal, Rishi Dhawan broke the 35-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Watson, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. The next ball, he was dismissed by Dhawan.

Binny, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Marsh. Karanveer broke the 14-run stand.

Sanju Samson, whose 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 30. A dozen balls later, he was stumped by Saha. Karanveer broke the 13-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 15.4 overs (94 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave KXIP no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Tewatia, whose 13-ball innings included a six, scored 16. Sixteen balls after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Karanveer. Axar Patel broke the 18-run stand.

Brad Hodge, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 31. Ten balls later, he was stumped by Saha. Axar broke the  27-run stand.

Faulkner, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and four sixes, scored 35. He was unbeaten.

Cooper, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. A couple of balls after Hodge’s dismissal, he was caught by Marsh. Patel broke the run-a-ball stand.

RR scored 150 off 19.2 overs (116 balls).

Malik, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

RR, who scored 163 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by 16 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Beuran Hendricks, who was wicketless, conceded 57.

Balaji conceded 37, picking up a wicket.

Rishi and Karanveer picked up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 16.

Axar conceded 24, picked up three scalps.