 Rajasthan Royals thrash Chennai Super Kings
5th May 2008 10:00 IST
Agencies
Riding on a sensational best ever bowling spell of Twenty20 cricket by Pakistani left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir (6/14), Rajasthan Royals cantered to an easy eight wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match in Jaipur Sunday night.
After Tanvir's unbelievable 4-0-14-6 rocked the Super Kings innings to skittle them out for a paltry 109 after visiting team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat first, Rajasthan Royals were never in trouble and they romped home with 34 balls to spare.
Set 110 for a win, home team openers Graeme Smith (35 not out, 44 balls, 4x4) and Swapnil Asnodkar (32, 30 balls, 5x4) put on 78 runs for the first wicket to set up the win and place his team on top of the table.
Smith hit the winning runs off Suresh Raina for a two to bring up 110 for the home side's fifth win on the trot and hand Dhoni's team second consecutive loss after four consecutive victories.
For Super Kings, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan and Muttiah Muralitharan claimed a wicket apiece conceding 22 and 20 runs respectively.
Earlier, a sensational bowling spell of 6/14 by Tanvir helped Rajasthan Royals skittle Chennai Super Kings for a paltry 109.
Tanvir's unbelievable 4-0-14-6 was the first five-wicket haul and also the best figure of the IPL so far.
He was ably supported by Munaf Patel (2/16), Shane Watson (1/19) and captain Shane Warne (1/29) in completely destroying the Super Kings batsmen.
Tanvir started on a sensational note removing Parthiv Patel (0) LBW from his first ball with the visiting opener plumbed in front of wicket.
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