 Marsh storm blows Rajasthan Royals
29th May 2008 09:00 IST
Agencies
Skipper Shane Watson (22) followed Patel and then Pathan began his innings with a bang, hitting two big sixes off Yuvraj Singh.
Kamran Akmal joined the party as he reeled off 23 runs off an S Sreesanth over, smashing three sixes and a four.
However he did not last long and was undone by Chawla had him caught by Wilkin Mota at extra cover.
After Akmal's fall all the responsibility fell on the shoulders of Pathan who could manage a 39-run cameo with three fours and as many as sixes.
From here on it was just matter of completing formalities as hosts cruised to an easy victory.
Earlier, Marsh notched up his maiden IPL century as the left-handed Australian was in a furious mood and punished the rival attack, sans Warne, to all corners of the park.
He produced a scintillating 115-run knock off just 69 balls and his amazing century, sixth of the tournament, was studded with 11 fours and seven sixes.
Marsh went back to the hut in the last over while trying to smash Watson for a big shot.
Skipper Yuvraj's late blitzkrieg helped the team get past 200 run-mark. He hit a blazing 16-ball 49-run cameo before getting run out on the last ball of the innings.
The Punjab southpaw smashed two four and half a dozen sixes, including three consecutive in Siddharth Trivedi's over and shared a 80-run stand with Marsh for the second wicket. |
