A Royal Clash but in the end it was the Rajasthan royals with the royalty!
Chasing Royal Challengers’ 135, Rajasthan Royals thrived on a 104-run third-wicket partnership between Graeme Smith (49) and Shane Watson (61 n.o., 41b, 8x4, 2x6) to score the winning runs in 17.1 overs.
Earlier, the Royals bowlers stuck to a good line and made maximum use of the bouncy track to restrict Bangalore to 135 for eight, with Watson and Munaf Patel claiming two wickets apiece.Royals skipper Shane Warne marshalled his bowlers very well as his batsmen gave him no hiccups what so ever in achieving the winning target.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are now on top of the table with three wins each although Rajasthan have played four games to Chennai's three.
The scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: S. Chanderpaul c Jadeja b Watson 2, R. Dravid c Jadeja b Watson 0, R. Taylor c Smith b Munaf 44, J. Kallis c Munaf b Trivedi 11, V. Kohli c Rawat b Munaf 13, M. Boucher c Rawat b Warne 4, Praveen (run out) 34, S. Joshi (run out) 3, Zaheer (not out) 17, Vinay (not out) 1; Extras: (lb-2, nb-1, w-3): 6; Total: (for eight wkts. in 20 overs) 135.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-16, 3-59, 4-65, 5-77, 6-78, 7-90, 8-131.
Rajasthan Royals bowling: Watson 4-0-20-2, Tanvir 4-0-31-0, Munaf 3-0-20-2, Trivedi 4-0-29-1, Warne 4-1-23-1, Pathan 1-0-10-0.
Rajasthan Royals: G. Smith c Kumble b Joshi 49, M. Rawat c Boucher b Praveen 0, Y. Pathan c Boucher b Zaheer 21, S. Watson (not out) 61, Kaif (not out) 4; Extras: (lb-1, w-2): 3; Total: (for three wkts. in 17.1 overs) 138.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-26, 3-130.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Praveen 3-0-42-1, Zaheer 4-0-24-1, Vinay 2-0-15-0, Kumble 4-0-22-0, Kallis 1-0-7-0, Joshi 3.1-0-27-1.
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