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Rajasthan Royals defeated Sahara Pune Warriors at their fortress Jaipur as they jumped to the top of the points table of IPL 4 as of now. Royals captain Shane Warne won the toss and put Pune Warriors to bat. Though Robin Uthappa (35 runs off 21 balls) and Manish Pandey (30 runs off 31 balls) scored some runs but others did not even click to that level as they ended up with only 143/7 in 20 overs. Siddharth Trivedi took 2 wickets for Royals. In reply, RR also faced some hiccup and wickets kept on falling cheaply but then Ross Taylor scored 47 runs off 35 balls to guide them to 144/4 in 19.3 overs. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match for his knock.

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets in their match against Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur today. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat but kept on losing wickets throughout. Only David Warner (54 runs off 44 balls) and Venugopal Rao (60 runs off 40 balls) made any noticeable contributions as they reached 151/6 in 20 overs. Shane Warne and Shaun Tait took two wickets each for RR. Rajasthan Royals in reply cruised to the target in 18.3 overs with contributions from Rahul Dravid (38 runs off 31 balls), Johan Botha (39 off 32), Ashok Menaria (22 off 15 balls), Rahane (18 off 17) and Ross Taylor (18 runs off 10 balls). Shane Warne was adjudged the Man of the Match for his bowling and captaincy.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Matthew Hayden (60 off 38 balls) put Chennai Super Kings to a blazing start and they were looking good for a 160+ score but then the whole Chennai batsmen crumbled suddenly as they were bowled out for 129 runs in 19.4 overs. Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis and Vinay Kumar took two wickets each for the challengers. Bangalore Royal Challengers also lost wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat Ross Taylor (46 off 50 balls) and Virat Kohli (38 off 35 balls) played useful innings as Bangalore somehow manged to score 132/8 in 19.4 overs. Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram took two wickets each for the Chennai Super Kings. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match for his useful innings in the run chase.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Murali Vijay c Robin Uthappa b Jacques Kallis 5 9 0 0 55.56
Matthew Hayden c Vinay Kumar b Anil Kumble 60 38 5 3 157.89
Suresh Raina c Roelof van der Merwe b Jacques Kallis 13 10 3 0 130
MS Dhoni (C) (W) c & b Roelof van der Merwe 18 20 1 0 90
Jacob Oram c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 7 15 0 0 46.67
Subramaniam Badrinath c Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 2 9 0 0 22.22
Albie Morkel c Anil Kumble b Praveen Kumar 9 7 1 0 128.57
Shadab Jakati not out 7 7 1 0 100
Lakshmipathy Balaji c Anil Kumble b Vinay Kumar 0 1 0 0 0
Muttiah Muralidaran run out (Praveen Kumar) 4 2 1 0 200
Sudeep Tyagi run out (Balachandra Akhil) 0 0 0 0
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 3 4
Total: (129 for 10 wickets in 19.4 overs) 129 Run Rate: 6.56

Fall of Wickets1-32 (Murali Vijay, 3.3), 2-48 (Suresh Raina, 5.4), 3-93 (MS Dhoni, 12.1), 4-101 (Matthew Hayden, 13.2), 5-107 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 16.1), 6-118 (Albie Morkel, 17.4), 7-118 (Jacob Oram, 18.2), 8-118 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 18.3), 9-128 (Muttiah Muralidaran, 19.3), 10-129 (Sudeep Tyagi, 19.4)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Anil Kumble 4 0 12 2 0 0 3
Vinay Kumar 3 0 30 2 0 1 10
Praveen Kumar 3.4 0 34 1 0 0 9.27
Jacques Kallis 4 1 18 2 0 0 4.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Balachandra Akhil 1 0 2 0 0 0 2

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Robin Uthappa lbw b Albie Morkel 6 4 1 0 150
Jacques Kallis lbw b Albie Morkel 0 1 0 0 0
Rahul Dravid c Subramaniam Badrinath b Sudeep Tyagi 8 7 2 0 114.29
Ross Taylor c MS Dhoni b Jacob Oram 46 50 2 1 92
Virat Kohli c Jacob Oram b Lakshmipathy Balaji 38 35 4 2 108.57
Mark Boucher (W) c Matthew Hayden b Muttiah Muralidaran 5 5 1 0 100
Roelof van der Merwe run out (Muttiah Muralidaran) 3 6 0 0 50
Balachandra Akhil c Sudeep Tyagi b Jacob Oram 0 2 0 0 0
Praveen Kumar not out 12 6 0 1 200
Vinay Kumar not out 6 2 1 0 300
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 4, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (132 for 8 wickets in 19.4 overs) 132 Run Rate: 6.71

Fall of Wickets1-2 (Jacques Kallis, 0.2), 2-12 (Rahul Dravid, 1.4), 3-30 (Robin Uthappa, 4.4), 4-86 (Virat Kohli, 14.2), 5-91 (Mark Boucher, 15.1), 6-104 (Roelof van der Merwe, 16.5), 7-107 (Balachandra Akhil, 17.3), 8-125 (Ross Taylor, 19.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 4 0 13 2 0 1 3.25
Sudeep Tyagi 2 0 21 1 0 1 10.5
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Shadab Jakati 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Jacob Oram 1.4 0 12 2 0 0 7.2

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Ross Taylor scored a blazing 81 runs off 33 balls as Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets. Anil Kumble won the toss and put Kolkata to bat. Brendon McCullum (84 off 64 balls) and David Hussey (43 off 27 balls) top scored as Kolkata Knight Riders reached 173/4 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers were struggling a bit and the required run rate went up as they kept losing on wickets. The required run rate went up to almost 12 in the 12th over itself and to 15 later on but then Ross Taylor came to their rescue as he smashed Bangalore bowlers to score 81 runs off 33 balls. Bangalore Royal Challengers reached the target only in 19.2 overs as they scored 176 losing 4 wickets. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match as well as the most sixes award for his brilliant knock involving 5 sixes.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) * not out 84 64 10 2 131.25
Sourav Ganguly c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 4 6 1 0 66.67
Arindam Ghosh c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 7 7 1 0 100
David Hussey b Balachandra Akhil 43 27 3 2 159.26
Angelo Mathews c Virat Kohli b Anil Kumble 16 13 2 0 123.08
Wriddhiman Saha (W) not out 10 5 0 1 200
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ajantha Mendis
Extras: b – 5, w – 2, nb – 2, lb – 0 9
Total: (173 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 173 Run Rate: 8.65

Fall of Wickets1-13 (Sourav Ganguly, 2.3), 2-21 (Arindam Ghosh, 4.2), 3-91 (David Hussey, 13.2), 4-134 (Angelo Mathews, 17.3)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Vinay Kumar 4 0 33 2 0 0 8.25
Jacques Kallis 4 0 40 0 2 0 10
Jesse Ryder 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
Anil Kumble 4 0 28 1 0 0 7
Kotarangada Appanna 1 0 10 0 0 0 10
Balachandra Akhil 3 0 32 1 0 2 10.67

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder c Sourav Ganguly b Ajit Agarkar 22 20 3 0 110
Jacques Kallis c Brendon McCullum b Murali Kartik 32 34 4 1 94.12
Robin Uthappa c Angelo Mathews b Murali Kartik 7 9 0 0 77.78
Ross Taylor not out 81 33 7 5 245.45
Rahul Dravid c & b Ajantha Mendis 12 12 1 0 100
Mark Boucher (W) not out 13 10 0 1 130
Virat Kohli
Vinay Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Anil Kumble (C)
Kotarangada Appanna
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 2, lb – 1 9
Total: (176 for 4 wickets in 19.2 overs) 176 Run Rate: 9.1

Fall of Wickets1-58 (Jacques Kallis, 8.2), 2-63 (Jesse Ryder, 9.2), 3-74 (Robin Uthappa, 11), 4-122 (Rahul Dravid, 15.4)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 40 0 1 3 10
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 21 1 1 0 5.25
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 45 1 0 0 11.25
Angelo Mathews 2.2 0 31 0 0 1 13.29
David Hussey 1 0 10 0 0 0 10
Murali Kartik 4 0 28 2 0 2 7

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