dot ball, and Rajasthan are officially on the board
RR vs KKR, 13th match at Ahmedabad, IPL, Mar 20 2010 - Match Result
Handshakes all around. A remarkably intent-less chase from Kolkata finishes off a win for Rajasthan, who were skilled and smart on a slow wicket. Ganguly in the middle order is becoming a bit of an issue, they have to find a way to get Shah and Mathews to play more overs. Anyway, time to skip onto the next match. Thanks for joining
take a single to third man
slower legcutter, plays it like a spitting cobra, gets a single
Mathews is the new man in, and he walks out without even facing a delivery! Another yorker on the base of leg, they come through for a single, and Raut - the substitute - hits stumps direct from short fine
he mis-hits again, finds a fielder this time, but it is too late for KKR I am afraid. Like Hodge, another insipid innings, gets too much under a length ball and holes out to deep midwicket
yorker outside off, dot ball, all over except for no-balls and wides
Six sixes to tie the match!
another yorker chasing his toes, goes between his legs
and again, another of Ganguly's shots falls just in front of a fielder, plays the upper-cut, but doesn't put any power into it. Faiz at third man does well to get his body behind the half-volley
nice yorker, into the base of leg stump, just a single
More than four per ball required
makes so much room for himself he could have put a bed in there, and Tait coolly bowls a wide yorker and gets a dot
Ganguly can't even get himself out! bouncer, top-edged limply, and it falls between mid-off and mid-on and Shah almost runs himself out by plonking his foot in, just in!
gets the yorker right this time, will be just a single to long-on
Ojha you champ! full, fast, way down the leg side, he flings full length down the leg side, saves four wides
Tait comes back
full toss, hit powerfully to Lumb at midwicket, they get a single despite the misfield
this time he is expecting the slower ball, and times the slog perfectly, carves him for six over wide midwicket, is it too late?
goes for the big slog, ends up playing it three seconds before the ball arrives, comprehensively beaten
walks across the stumps to get it over short fine, Sid bowls the slower ball, he misses, and I wonder why they didn't go for the lbw shout! He was dead!
Some discomfort with Sid T's foot. Could be cramping up
slower ball, right up to the stumps, hit powerfully and slightly wide of long-off, gets a couple
slower bouncer, Ganguly has no clue about it, limply plays it to short fine, they don't even come through for one
misses the yorker this time, ends up a fulltoss and you could almost here the sigh of relief from Shah as he freed his arms and swung it high over long on. Six, they need more of those.
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | |
Toss | Rajasthan Royals, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009/10 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00 |
Match days | 20 March 2010 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Rajasthan Royals 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
Over 20 • KKR 134/5