pushes back to the bowler, Edwards gets some hand to it, deflects to mid-off, shy at the stumps from Smith misses the stumps, another run out chance missed and Rajasthan Royals win.
Chargers vs RR, 25th match at Gqeberha, IPL, May 02 2009 - Match Result
RR won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Rajasthan Royals win by 3 wickets, an exciting finish to the match. Deccan had their chances but the fielding went all wrong for them. Carseldine, Raut and Pathan played well for the Royals.
Raut: "Keep batting was the plan from the coach".
Gilchrist: "A great game of cricket, so exciting, tight finishes, both the teams had the opportunities to win it. There is bit more in the track and they bowled well to restrict us to 141, we would have like some more."
Warne: "We would have batted first, the guys showed lot of character, the bowling has been going very well, we wanted to get Yusuf down the order, so he could finish it off for us."
Pathan is the Man-of-the-Match.
Pathan: "I enjoyed it well, Carseldine and Raut played well, It was a good wicket to bat and I was able to strike well."
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good short delivery and Harwood misses the ball and through to Gilchrist, they are running for a bye, Gilchrist throws the ball along the track and Edwards gets in between the ball and the stumps and drops the ball, misses a good run out chance.
Tension building up, 2 from 4 now.
cuts and gets the edge outside the off stump and Gilchrist does well to stop it.
2 from 5 now
a tight line on the off and middle, pushes to cover and looking for the single, not there.
2 runs required from 6 balls. A wonderful chase by the Royals. Edwards in to bowl. Six men in the ring.
clips it behind square leg and Rohit Sharma running in, misfields it completely and the ball rolls into the fence for a boundary, a terrible mistake.
full toss, gets an edge to the off side.
good ball right in the block-hole, can only dig it out back to the bowler.
full ball driven down the ground to long on.
There is some confusion whether it is a two or a single, as it was an overthrow, the umpire had actually signalled for the third umpire. Umpire checking with the third umpire, it is a single. 9 runs from 10 balls.
full ball driven to mid-off, Edward throws the ball and Smith does something with his hand, referred to the third umpire, NOT OUT comes up on the screen as the bails had been dislodged by Smith's hand.
off the pad to short fine leg.
Harwood is the new batsman, 11 required from 12 balls. Smith is back.
Pathan departs, is there an another twist in the tale.
fuller delivery outside the off stump and Pathan looking for the big shot, gets the leading edge high in the air on the off side and Gibbs judges it well to take the catch at point.
again too short, pulled to deep midwicket.
fuller delivery driven hard back down the track, hits the stumps and deflects to long on, that was hit with lot of power.
too short from RP Singh, pulled along the ground to deep midwicket.
another short delivery, hammered down the ground to long off, wonderful running, comes quickly back for the second run.
short ball cut to the sweeper for a single.
This should now be easy for Rajasthan, they need 17 from 18 deliveries. RP Singh is back for his final over.
full delivery driven down the ground to long on for a single.
short ball and pulled away nicely and finds the perfect gap between the fine leg fielder and deep backward square leg.
good ball in the block-hole, dug out to the onside, Edwards has a shy at the stumps and misses, good backing up at mid-off.
terrible delivery on the pads, Raut only has to get a tickle and the ball runs down to the fence.
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | |
Toss | Deccan Chargers, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 12.30 start, First Session 12.30-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.00, Second Session 14.00-15.15 |
Match days | 2 May 2009 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Rajasthan Royals 2, Deccan Chargers 0 |
Over 20 • RR 142/7
RR won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)