Chasing a target of 141 runs, Rajasthan Royals have started their innings steadily against the Deccan Chargers in Jaipur.
Openers Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan have taken charge of the Chargers. Yusuf, in particular, is attacking the Deccan bowlers and has slammed his third IPL fifty. Smith is happy to play the second fiddle.
Earlier, the Deccan Chargers lost their way after a good start provided by the satnd-in captain Adam Gilchrist and made 141 runs at the loss of eight wickets.
Rajasthan bowlers justified their skipper Warne's decision to bowl first and picked wickets regularly. Munaf Patel struck in the seventh over to remove Gibbs. From there on wickets kept tumbling.
A team that boasts of a formidable batting line failed to cash on the start given by Gilchrist. Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, all failed to stand up to the challenge.
Adam Gilchrist was the only player who showed some resilience and amassed 61 runs before falling prey to Siddharth Trivedi.
Chargers' in-form batsman Rohit Sharma was caught napping and was run out by Shane Warne. He could add only five runs.
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (Captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, Rohit Sharma, Shahid Afridi, Venugopal Rao, Sanjay Bangar, Ravi Teja , RP Singh, P Vijaykumar, Pragyan Ojha
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (Captain), Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahesh Rawat, Sohail Tanvir, Siddharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.
Source: NDTV
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