IPL-4 (09th April): Botha scripts Royals’ win over Chargers

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Hyderabad, 09 April 2011: Johan Botha cracked an unbeaten 67 as Rajasthan Royals beat Deccan Chargers by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday. Earlier Siddharth Trivedi (3-15) and Shane Warne (2-21) helped Rajasthan Royals restrict Deccan Chargers to 137/8 in their Indian Premier League match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

 

Trivedi was peak of the bowlers for Royals as he took three crucial wickets of Deccan skipper Kumar Sangakkara (0), Bharat Chipli (6) and Daniel Christian (26) and also conceded just 15 runs in his four overs. Royals captain Warne struck two crucial wickets as he dismissed JP Duminy (14) and Ishank Jaggi (25).

 

 

Chargers lost Sangakkara (0) and Shikhar Dhawan (24) in quick succession after a flying start. Siddharth Trivedi clean bowled Bharat Chipli in the eighth over to reduce Chargers to 53/3. Trivedi also dismissed Sangakkara for nought in the sixth over after Amit Singh provided Royals crucial breakthrough in the previous over.

 

Amit Singh scalped Dhawan after Deccan openers added 40 runs. Dhawan hit a six and two fours in his quick-fire 24 off 15 balls. Earlier, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first against Deccan Chargers in the second match of the IPL 4 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

 

Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd match Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, April 9, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Third Umpire: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Rajasthan Royals (Elected to field) Match Status: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wkts

Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings

Batsmen Deccan Chargers (137/8 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Shikhar Dhawan c A Raut b A Singh 24 15 2 1 160.00 Ishank Jaggi c J Botha b S Warne 25 28 3 0 89.29 Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk) c A Paunikar b S Trivedi 0 3 0 0 0.00 Bharat Chipli b S Trivedi 6 9 1 0 66.67 Jean-Paul Duminy c J Botha b S Warne 14 17 0 1 82.35 Daniel Christian c (sub)A Rahane b S Trivedi 26 19 1 2 136.84 Dwaraka Ravi Teja c A Menaria b A Singh 28 20 2 1 140.00 Dale Steyn c J Botha b A Singh 7 6 1 0 116.67 Amit Mishra not out 2 2 0 0 100.00 Ishant Sharma not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Pragyan Ojha             Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 0 4   Total:(137 for 8 in 20 overs) 137 Run Rate: 6.85

Fall Of Wickets

1/40 (Shikhar Dhawan, 4.5 ov.), 2/40 (Kumar Sangakkara, 5.3 ov.), 3/53 (Bharat Chipli, 7.5 ov.), 4/69 (Ishank Jaggi, 10.1 ov.), 5/77 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 12.6 ov.), 6/114 (Daniel Christian, 17.3 ov.), 7/130 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 19.1 ov.), 8/134 (Dale Steyn, 19.3 ov.)

Bowling: Rajasthan Royals

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Jacob Oram 2 0 13 0 0 0 6.5 Amit Singh 4 0 35 3 0 0 8.8 Johan Botha 4 0 31 0 0 0 7.8 Siddharth Trivedi 4 0 15 3 0 0 3.8 Shane Warne 4 0 21 2 0 1 5.2 Ashok Menaria 1 0 8 0 0 0 8.0 Stuart Binny 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.0

Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings

Batsmen Rajasthan Royals (141/2 in 18.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Amit Gajanan Paunikar (wk) c K Sangakkara b D Steyn 20 19 4 0 105.26 Rahul Dravid b D Steyn 28 35 2 0 80.00 Johan Botha not out 67 47 8 1 142.55 Ross Taylor not out 21 14 1 2 150.00 Abhishek Raut             Ashok Menaria             Stuart Binny             Amit Singh             Jacob Oram             Shane Warne (c)             Siddharth Trivedi             Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 2, lb - 2 5   Total:(141 for 2 in 18.5 overs) 141 Run Rate: 7.49

Fall Of Wickets

1/31 (Amit Gajanan Paunikar, 5.4 ov.), 2/83 (Rahul Dravid, 12.5 ov.)

Bowling: Deccan Chargers

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Pragyan Ojha 3.5 0 44 0 0 0 11.5 Dale Steyn 4 0 18 2 1 0 4.5 Ishant Sharma 4 0 24 0 1 1 6.0 Daniel Christian 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.3 Amit Mishra 4 0 28 0 0 0 7.0