Another win for the Rajasthan Royals. Dravid captaincy is giving fruits to this team and they are very sure to make to the playoff.
Punjab started batting first, but was able only able to make 145 runs in 20 overs with loss of 6 wickets. Shaun marsh and Adam Gilchrist were the only two players who could stand and make this much total. Both have scored 77 and 42 respectively.
From Rajasthan side, Ajinkya rahne and Shane watson batted very well.
Rajasthan: 147/2 (19.0 Ovs)
Punjab: 145/6 (20.0 Ovs)
Rajasthan won by 8 wkts
Sayings from few players:
Gilchrist: 'I thought Rajasthan bowlers worked out a method to bowl on that wicket. It was slower then normal, they took the sting out of our batting. We were hoping to get around 160, that would have been very competitive. We had the foundation, but did not launch. Our batting did not fire towards the end. They batted really well, especially Rahane. We are familiar with such positions, we are not dead and buried as yet. We need to win our remaining games.'
Dravid: 'Really proud of the boys. Very happy with the quality of cricket we have played. The way our bowlers came back in the back end was superb, we had a meeting about our profligacy in the death overs. They responded superbly, we executed our plans very well. Rahane was outstanding in the chase. He was well supported by Watto and Sanju. Sanju is a great find for Indian cricket, he has all the shots in the book and is a competent keeper as well. We have a couple of tough matches coming up, Chennai and Mumbai, they have big stars in their teams and we look forward to playing them.'