 Rajasthan Royals post convincing win over Deccan Chargers
10th May 2008 09:00 IST
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Earlier, the Chargers lost momentum in the latter half of their innings and failed to capitalise on Adam Gilchrist's useful knock.
The Chargers lost opener Gibbs (19 off 20 balls) and Scott Styris (13 off 11) before they could make much of an impact.
But that did not distract skipper Gilchrist who scored at ease playing some electrifying strokes. He gathered 61 valuable runs off just 49 balls and laid a solid foundation for the Chargers. His entertaining innings included nine fours and a six.
The Chargers' skipper got out in the 14th over while trying to slash a wide delivery from pacer Siddharth Trivedi but ending up edging it to wicketkeeper Mahesh Rawat.
The Chargers lost their way after the Aussie great's dismissal as Shahid Afridi (1), Rohit Sharma (5) and Sanjay Bangar (3) were sent packing by a disciplined Royals' attack which was aided by some fine fielding.
The visitors then lost two more wickets in Dwaraka Ravi Teja (6) and RP Singh (2) cheaply, but Venugopal Rao (23 off 11) stayed at the other end and his late assault helped his side touch the 140 mark. Rao hit three fours and a six in his cameo knock.
For the hosts, skipper Shane Warne was the pick of the bowlers returning 2/20, while Trivedi was impressively economical conceding only eight runs in his three overs. |
