- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 he goes for the shot again, but this time, he's hit it straight to short extra cover, didn't get hold of it, got it off the toe end 11/115.2 Rahane walks, tries to run it to third man, it is the one that goes away from the right-hander, keeper takes it and goes up immediately, and Rahane walks instantly 101/47.5 Bhatia's broken through, straight length ball on the stumps, Dravid reaches forward eyeing midwicket, big gap between bat and pad and the ball sneaks through 46/210.1 that is gone, Aleem Dar raises the finger immediately, and Shukla has struck first ball, with one angled in, Binny caught in the crease as it nipped in further 63/315.4 Bisla breaks the stumps and runs towards the bowler, appealing loudly, Cooper misses the sweep to an offbreak, and replays show the back foot is on the line, quick work from Bisla 101/519.2 full and slogged out to deep midwicket, Hodge not willing to risk the second, Yagnik hurtling back, he realises Hodge is not interested, and keeps running, and walks back to the dressing room as the throw arrives at the keeper's end 137/6Extras9 (b 1, lb 6, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL144/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Shane Watson, 2.3 ov), 2-46 (Rahul Dravid, 7.5 ov), 3-63 (Stuart Binny, 10.1 ov), 4-101 (Ajinkya Rahane, 15.2 ov), 5-101 (Kevon Cooper, 15.4 ov), 6-137 (Dishant Yagnik, 19.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 Bisla backs away outside leg, the length ball is angled in on to the stumps, Bisla misses, Shukla hits, that was quick from the bowler, and weird from the batsman 19/16.5 Trivedi with another wicket, this was never going to be an easy chase, it isn't now, Gambhir charging down the pitch and having a go at a length ball, thick edge to the keeper's left and he takes the sharp chance with a leap 43/42.3 he's taken out the great man first ball, and is over the moon, Kallis wafting needlessly at a widish short of a length ball, thick edge to the keeper 20/26.1 given right away, Trivedi strikes first ball, pitched up on off stump, Tiwary all too eager to work it to leg, but he has too much work to do to bring bat around front pad, misses, and is hit in front of middle, goner 40/318.1 game, set, match, Kevon Cooper, slow offcutter, to the man who was swiping Shaun Tait for sixes, Morgan on a knee outside off, the scoop in mind, gets an inside edge onto stumps 122/97.3 you felt this was coming, YK is stuck in the crease and has a feeble waft at a widish length ball outside off, and feathers it through to the keeper 44/510.6 holes out to long on, pitched up, he has a go at it, hasn;t timed it at all, and long on settles under the skier 56/614.1 Tait with the breakthrough right away, short, Bhatia thumps a flat pull off the middle of the bat, but straight for a high catch to deep midwicket, unfortunate end for Bhatia, he absolutely creamed that one 90/715.3 Lee swings, and connects, and connects big, that looks like it's headed for six, but this is not a small outfield, and long on is waiting on the edge of the boundary 103/818.6 an offcutter, a hoick, a skier, Rahane comes in from deep midwicket, accepts it, and throws it in the air, Rajasthan start with a win at Sawai Mansingh 125/10Extras11 (lb 5, w 6)TOTAL125 all out (19 Overs, RR: 6.57)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Manvinder Bisla, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Jacques Kallis, 2.3 ov), 3-40 (Manoj Tiwary, 6.1 ov), 4-43 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.5 ov), 5-44 (Yusuf Pathan, 7.3 ov), 6-56 (Laxmi Shukla, 10.6 ov), 7-90 (Rajat Bhatia, 14.1 ov), 8-103 (Brett Lee, 15.3 ov), 9-122 (Eoin Morgan, 18.1 ov), 10-125 (Mohammed Shami, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Sreesanth 4 0 25 1 6.25 15 3 1 1 0 SW Tait 4 0 29 1 7.25 11 2 1 2 0 R Shukla 3 0 28 2 9.33 8 2 1 2 0 KK Cooper 4 0 15 3 3.75 11 0 0 1 0 SK Trivedi 4 0 23 3 5.75 12 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05
Match days
8 April 2013 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 3
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 144/6 in 20.0 overs (BJ Hodge 46, S Sreesanth 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 6
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 11
- EJG Morgan: 50 off 35 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Milestones (4.3 overs) : MK Tiwary's 1000th IPL run
Match Coverage
All Match NewsA Royal beginning at the fortress
A classic Lee v Dravid contest, followed by fireworks from Yagnik, Hodge and Morgan in Rajasthan's first home game for the season
Quicks fire Rajasthan Royals to second win
A brace of double-wicket overs from Rahul Shukla and Siddharth Trivedi was the decisive blow that secured a consecutive victory for Rajasthan Royals this season
The 150 kph delivery
Plays of the Day from the match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur



