Rajasthan Royals vs Highveld Lions 9th CLT20 Match 2013

183/5
20 Overs
Brad Hodge
46(23)
Stuart Binny
38(20)
Lonwabo Tsotso..
26/2
Dwaine Pretori..
27/2
153/9
20 Overs
Alviro Peterse..
40(28)
Hardus Viljoen
24(21)
Pravin Tambe
15/4
Vikramjeet Mal..
26/2

Scorecard - Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs

The Royals emerge winner in a closely fought match - The 9th match of the Champions League T20 was played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Lions in the Sawai Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur. It was a Group A match and in the match Lions after winning the toss decided to field first. Ajinkya Rahane the young star of the team lost his wicket pretty early. He managed to score only 6 runs in the innings and left his team to a score of 21/1 in the 4th over. later Sanju Samson too didn’t shine in this match as he lost his wicket in the 6th over of the game leaving his team to a score of 36/2. Rahul Dravid played a knock of 31 runs. Shane Watson and Stuart Binny set the stage for the team as these two batsmen scored 33 and 38 runs respectively. The quick runs helped the team to recover from the early loss of wickets while Brad Hodge provided the perfect ending to the innings with a 23 ball 46 runs. the Rajasthan Royals scored 183 runs in the 1st innings.

To score such a big score while chasing the team always looks for a good start. The Lions failed to get it as in the 1st 5 overs the team lost 3 wickets at a score of 36. The Royals were on top of the game from the start of the 2nd innings. Hrdus Vilijoen and Alviro Petersen together managed to stitch a partnership taking their team to 89 runs before Vilijoen lost his wicket after scoring 24 runs. the 14th over of the innings saw Lions lose two quick wickets and thus the game became tougher for Lions. Petersen was the top scorer as he scored 40 runs but failed to get a good support from his team. the Lions managed to score only 153 runs losing the game. Pravin Tambe took 4 wickets for Royals and was named the man of the match.

Series Name

Champions League T20 2013 Schedule

Date

25/09/2013

Start Time

20:00 (Local Time)

Match Day

Wednesday

Stadium

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Playing Teams

Rajasthan Royals, Lions

Rajasthan Royals Team Squad

Ajinkya Rahane,	Shane Watson,	Ashok Menaria,
Brad Hodge,	James Faulkner,	Kevon Cooper,
Pravin Tambe,	Sanju Samson,	Stuart Binny,
Vikramjeet Malik,	Rahul Dravid,

Lions Team Squad

Alviro Petersen,	Quinton de Kock,	Aaron Phangiso,
Lonwabo Tsotsobe,	Sohail Tanvir,	Dwaine Pretorius,
Rassie van der Dussen,	Hardus Viljoen,	Thami Tsolekile,
Jean Symes,	Temba Bavuma,

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Rajasthan Royals vs Highveld Lions 9th CLT20 Match 2013

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