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Rajasthan Royals thrashed Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets as they gave a great farewell gift to Shane Warne in his last professional cricket match. Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. But none of the MI batsmen except Rohit Sharma (58 runs off 47 balls) clicked infront of the Rajasthan bowling as they were restricted to only 133/5 in 20 overs. Shane Watson took 3 wickets for the Royals. In reply, Rajasthan Royals openers Shane Watson (89 runs off 47 balls) and Rahul Dravid (43 runs off 32 balls) plundered the MI bowlers are RR cruised to 134 runs in 13.1 overs without losing even a single wicket. Shane Watson was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing knock of 89 runs from 47 balls and his 3 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.

Rajasthan Royals cruised over Kochi Tuskers Kerala as they won the match by 8 wickets with 35 balls remaining at their fortress Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne won the toss and put Kochi Tuskers Kerala to bat. Kochi kept on losing wickets continuously and were bowled out by RR for a paltry total of 190 all out in 20 overs. Shane Warne took 3 wickets for 16 run while Siddharth Trivedi took 3 wickets for 19 runs. In reply, Shane Watson (49 runs off 40 balls) and Rahul Dravid (44 runs off 37 balls) guided Rajasthan Royals to an easy victory as RR cruised to the target in just 14.1 overs. Shane Warne was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance.

Deccan Chargers have never won a match at their home ground Hyderabad and the jinx seemed to continue. Rajasthan Royals seasoned skipper Shane Warne won the toss and opted to field. Shikhar Dhawan and Ishank Jaggi opened the batting for Deccan Chargers and scored 24 and 25 runs respectively. But they kept losing wickets at regular intervals though some last minute efforts by Daniel Christian and Ravi Teja with scores of 26 (19 balls) and 28 (20 balls) helped them to reach 137/8 in their 20 overs. Siddharth Trivedi and Amit Singh scalped 3 wikcets each for the Royals while Warne himself chipped in with a couple of wickets. In reply, Rajasthan Royals made a very stable start with Amit Paunikar (20 runs off 19 balls) and Rahul Dravid (28 runs for 35 balls) followed by some hitting from Johan Botha (67 runs off 47 balls) and Ross Taylor (21 runs from 14 balls) as they chased the target with 7 balls to spare. Siddharth Trivedi was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 3/15 in his 4 overs.

Match 45 of IPL T20 season 2 was very important for both Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians as a win would almost bring them near the semis while a defeat would virtually end their hope of securing a semi-final berth. Shane Warne won the toss and decided to bat. Rob Quiney (51 off 40 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (42 off 32 balls) batted brilliantly but the rest of the batsmen could not capitalize after their departure and they ended at 145/7 in their 20 overs. Mumbai Indains did not get a good start in their first six overs as a result of a major shuffling of the batting order where domestic Indian players were sent instead of the seniors. The required run rate kept of increasing and Mumbai Indians kept on losing wickets steadily under the pressure of scoring big runs. Even some good hitting by Sachin Tendulkar (40 off 30 balls) and Abhishek Nayar (35 off 18 balls) could not save the Mumbai Indians as they lost out all wickets in 19.5 overs. It was a trilling match and the death overs were nerve-wrecking as Rajasthan Royals managed to pull out a win even when 5 runs were only required in the last over with 3 wickets left. Shane Warne was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant and crucial spell of 3 wickets for 24 runs.

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Rob Quiney b Lasith Malinga 51 40 5 2 127.5
Graeme Smith c JP Duminy b Harbhajan Singh 19 19 3 0 100
Yusuf Pathan c Lasith Malinga b Chetanya Nanda 17 14 3 0 121.43
Ravindra Jadeja c Dwayne Bravo b Sanath Jayasuriya 42 32 4 1 131.25
Siddharth Chitnis c Abhishek Nayar b Dwayne Bravo 6 8 1 0 75
Naman Ojha (W) c Ajinkya Rahane b Sanath Jayasuriya 1 4 0 0 25
Johan Botha not out 2 3 0 0 66.67
Shane Warne (C) run out (Harbhajan Singh) 0 0 0 0
Abhishek Raut
Siddharth Trivedi
Munaf Patel
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 3 7
Total: (145 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 145 Run Rate: 7.25

Fall of Wickets1-43 (Graeme Smith, 6.3), 2-65 (Yusuf Pathan, 9.5), 3-126 (Rob Quiney, 15.5), 4-141 (Siddharth Chitnis, 18.3), 5-142 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.1), 6-144 (Naman Ojha, 19.4), 7-145 (Shane Warne, 20)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dhawal Kulkarni 4 0 29 0 0 1 7.25
Lasith Malinga 4 0 28 1 0 1 7
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 30 1 0 2 10
JP Duminy 3 0 17 0 0 0 5.67
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 31 1 0 0 7.75
Chetanya Nanda 1 0 4 1 0 0 4
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 3 2 0 0 3

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Dwayne Bravo c & b Munaf Patel 1 3 0 0 33.33
Yogesh Vijay Takawale (W) c Naman Ojha b Siddharth Trivedi 18 22 2 0 81.82
Ajinkya Rahane c Abhishek Raut b Shane Warne 3 7 0 0 42.86
Sanath Jayasuriya c Yusuf Pathan b Shane Warne 16 21 0 0 76.19
Sachin Tendulkar (C) lbw b Shane Warne 40 30 4 1 133.33
JP Duminy b Siddharth Trivedi 4 5 0 0 80
Abhishek Nayar run out (Naman Ojha) 35 18 4 1 194.44
Harbhajan Singh not out 7 8 0 0 87.5
Dhawal Kulkarni lbw b Munaf Patel 1 4 0 0 25
Chetanya Nanda run out (Yusuf Pathan) 0 1 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga run out (Shane Warne) 0 1 0 0 0
Extras: b – 0, w – 14, nb – 1, lb – 3 18
Total: (143 for 10 wickets in 19.5 overs) 143 Run Rate: 7.21

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Dwayne Bravo, 1.3), 2-23 (Ajinkya Rahane, 5), 3-23 (Yogesh Vijay Takawale, 5.2), 4-56 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 11.1), 5-76 (JP Duminy, 13.1), 6-103 (Sachin Tendulkar, 15.3), 7-140 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.4), 8-142 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 19.2), 9-142 (Chetanya Nanda, 19.3), 10-143 (Lasith Malinga, 19.5)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Yusuf Pathan 3 0 25 0 0 1 8.33
Munaf Patel 3.5 0 22 2 0 0 5.74
Siddharth Trivedi 4 0 19 2 1 0 4.75
Shane Warne 4 0 24 3 0 3 6
Johan Botha 4 0 32 0 0 2 8
Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 18 0 0 1 18

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