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Rajasthan Royals beat Knight Riders by 34 runs

Rajasthan Royals beat Knight Riders by 34 runs

Rajasthan Royals’ Abhishek Jhunjhunwala plays a shot against Kolkata Knight Riders during their IPL 3 match in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Shashank Parade/ PTIPremium

Rajasthan Royals’ Abhishek Jhunjhunwala plays a shot against Kolkata Knight Riders during their IPL 3 match in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Shashank Parade/ PTI

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals dished out an all-round performance to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 34 runs and register their first win in the third edition of the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

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Battered and bruised in the last three matches, Rajasthan Royals were in desperate need of a win and Shane Warne’s men didn’t disappoint as they first posted a competitive target of 169 and then restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 134 for five at the Sardar Patel stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad.

Chasing 169 to win, KKR started rather slowly as they scored at nearly six runs per over and once they lost opener Manoj Tiwary in the third over bowled by Yusuf Pathan things further slowed down.

Cheteshwar Pujara and opener Brad Hodge tried to keep the scoreboard ticking and put up a brilliant 50-run partnership for the second wicket before the former’s innings was cut shot by Siddharth Trivedi.

Rajasthan Royals’ Abhishek Jhunjhunwala plays a shot against Kolkata Knight Riders during their IPL 3 match in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Shashank Parade/ PTI

Skipper Sourav Ganguly then joined Hodge and they added 27 runs before Hodge was bowled by Pathan in the 15th over.

With the required run-rate rising every moment, Ganguly and newman Owais Shah threw there bat at everything but without much success as the match slipped through their fingers.

In pursuit of runs, Ganguly perished in deep mid-wicket, caught by Adam Voges in the last over off Munaf Patel.

Anjelo Mathews coming at number six also ran himself out in the last over, while Shah was left unbeaten at 19.

Earlier, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala top scored with a 36-ball 45 to guide Rajasthan Royal to a modest 168 for seven after skipper Warne won the toss and decided to bat.

Rajasthan found themselves in a spot of bother when they lost their opener Michael Lumb in the first ball but Naman Ojha (27), Faiz Fazal (31 off 23), Jhunjhunwala and Adam Voges (37 off 22) fired in unison to lift Rajasthan bowlers to a competitive total.

Lumb flopped for the second consecutive match when he was caught plumb in front of the wicket in very first delivery of the innings by Ashok Dinda.

But other opener Ojha and Fazal steadied the ship with a 42-run first wicket partnership.

Ojha blasted five boundaries in his 18-ball innings, while Fazal cracked six fours before being caught by Cheteshwar Pujara off Shane Bond.

Ojha’s innings came to disappointing end as he was run by a combined effort from Bond and Murali Kartik.

Yusuf Pathan (15 off 14) failed to make any significant impact as he was caught by Brad Hodge off Dinda after just managing two hits to the fence.

For Knight Riders, Dinda, Ishant Sharma and Bond picked up two wickets each.

Brief Scores

Rajasthan Royals: 168 for seven in 20 overs. (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 45, Adam Viges 37 not out; Ashok Dinda 2/28), Sghane Bond 2/32, Ishant Sharama 2/33)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 134 for five in 20 overs. (Brad Hodge 36, Saurav Ganguly 33; Yusuf Pathan 2/23).

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Published: 21 Mar 2010, 09:48 AM IST
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