Binny finishes it off in style, comes down the track and lofts that beautifully over the extra cover boundary
CSK vs RR, 61st match at Jaipur, IPL, May 12 2013 - Match Result
RR won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
At the end of the day, this is a thrashing. The Super Kings have been beaten comprehensively. Rajasthan have won all their home games. 93 off just 45, that partnership, an all-out attack against the Chennai bowlers. Royals have climbed to No.2 in the points table. Devashish Fuloria's report should be ready in some time. Just superb hitting from both Watson and Binny. The Rajasthan players are doing a lap of the ground to thank their home fans, they've won each game here and have been very well supported. We'll get you presentation details in a bit. Watson threw his cap towards the fans in the stands.
Gautam: "Note to Inverarity and Co: Hire Dravid and make him the non playing captain of the Aussie team. Remove Clarke from Captaincy. No homework-gate, and you will see a firing Watson. Bat him at the top, I say!"
Harsh: "Dwyane Bravo now shares the purple cap with his Windies team mate...but look at the difference in their economy rate.! Massive.!"
Dhoni: "We bowled well in the first 10-11 overs. Watson batted really well. We were not able to capitalise on the good starting our batting. In the positives, our middle and lower middle order got a chance to bat. I was worried about the spinners, once they went after Ashwin I thought let's bowl the fast bowlers. There were a couple of overs of fast bowling where they didn't bowl well. It was a lovely track, we should have scored more runs. We didn't get enough."
Dravid: "It was a wicket where we had to back-end our batting. They had a couple of spinners we knew we wanted to target. I would have liked a few more runs in the first 10 overs. It was an amazing spell of four or five overs, it's only someone like Watto who can do that. It's a fantastic cricket wicket, there's something in it for the bowlers and good for the batsmen as well. 20 points, we've got a couple of games on the road now. It's been great to play and win eight here in Jaipur. The support, every game here has been played in front of a packed house. It's one of the memories I'll cherish."
Watson is Man of the Match, he's still got his pads on: "It was a bit of a slow start, I started to take a few risks and it came off for me. Mishits were falling into gaps. We knew 140 was going to be a decent chase, we just needed one big partnership, Binny got it going in the Ashwin over. We were waiting for one opportunity to get one big over. It seemed like spin was a bit easier to play than faster bowling."
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bowled on a good length, drives it towards long-off, no run on offer there
Bravo is excited but the match has been lost. Excellent stuff from Watson
yorker, a superb yorker that gets rid of him, Watson tries to drive him through the on side, Watson misses and the leg stump is knocked back
Shakib: "At the start of IPL there was doubt over Watson's place in the team. Well, this is just an example of how much power he can show..RRR from 10 to 2 in matter of 5 overs. Unusual that he performs with the batter when he plays as an allrounder!"
Watson keeps finding the boundary, short of a length, flies off the outside edge as he tries to slap it back past the bowler
Guruprasad S: "Binny has been a revelation and a useful contributor to Royals' campaign this IPL, especially with his bat."
makes a bit of room and plays that towards third man for a single
on a good length, Binny tries to drive through off, just goes past the outside edge
SACHIN: "So Rajasthan Royals finishes off in style. Winning all of there home matches this season. Great record and entertainment for the Rajasthan Crowd.. Congrats Dravid and RR..."
Bravo runs in
Time for a timeout. Dravid and Upton walk out to speak to the pair. 88 runs in 40 balls is the stand, the tide began to turn in that Ashwin over.
slightly short outside off, cut away towards deep point for a single
shortish on the off, slapped towards long-off for a single
shortish outside off, that's cut away towards point
tickles it into the leg side for a single
slightly short, punched off the back foot to the left of midwicket
floating it on middle, driven towards midwicket
Just heard on TV commentary that if Rajasthan win in 16 overs, they go to the top of the table. Jadeja to bowl
oh dear, four more, down the leg side and he tries to clip it fine, if his bat didn't connect, the pads did the work for him, oh the umpire has actually given it runs, there you are
edged and four, length ball and he tries to smash that down the ground, gets a thick edge past Dhoni to the boundary
he keeps finding the boundary, low full toss on middle and he flicks it away into that big gap between deep midwicket and deep square leg, Ashwin dives, can't get to it
back of a length outside off, nips back in and he chops it, too close to his body there, towards the keeper
that's poorly bowled, slow ball down the leg side and Watson helps it on its way to the fine-leg boundary, applause for Watson all around, a half-century
Rohit: "Wow..5 big hits to the fence and that's 30 runs wiped out in a flash. Teams chasing big totals should simply decide to hit a certain number of sixes and go about the rest of the chase at a reduced run rate."
shortish outside off, tries to open the face to play it to third man, misses
Morris runs in now
69 runs off 28 balls is what this partnership is worth. A game-changing one, it should be a cakewalk from here. Some time back, we were talking of Rajasthan being in trouble.
bowled it full on middle, driven towards wide long-on for a single this time
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |
Toss | Rajasthan Royals, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2013 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05 |
Match days | 12 May 2013 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 18 • RR 144/5
RR won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)