Smith plays a good knock with some good luck!
Rajasthan Royals put themselves on the verge of a place in the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League with a 65-run win over Bangalore Royal Challengers.
South Africa captain Smith 75 (49b, 8x4, 2x6) received excellent support from Swapnil Asnodkar 50 (44b, 7x4, 1x6) and Shane Watson 46 (28b, 6x4) as the Royals made 197 for one in their 20 overs.
Bangalore never really challenged and finished on 132 for nine - despite India skipper Rahul Dravid's superb 75 (36b, 6x4, 6x6).
The balls did not take the outside edges, and the ones that made that cardinal error of doing so, missed the fielders and went to the boundary. The Powerplay brought 51 runs, what was better was that they managed to keep the wickets column to zero.
Making the semifinals now seems a mere formality, with Royals winning its sixth straight match in its backyard.
The scores:
Rajasthan Royals: G. Smith (not out) 75, S. Asnodkar c Misbah b Kumble 50, S. Watson (not out) 48, Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-1, w-18) 24, Total (for one wkt. in 20 overs): 197.
Fall of wicket: 1-109
Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Zaheer 4-0-46-0, Praveen 4-0-30-0, Kallis 4-0-39-0, Razzak 2-0-29-0, Kumble 4-0-32-1, Kohli 2-0-16-0.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: J. Arun Kumar c Trivedi b Tanvir 0, V. Kohli b Tanvir 3, Misbah c sub (Taruwar Kohli) b Munaf 0 , J. Kallis c Y. Pathan b Trivedi 20, C. White c Trivedi b Munaf 10, R. Dravid (not out) 75, D. Patil c Jadeja b Warne 9, Praveen Kumar c Kaif b Warne 0, Zaheer Khan c & b Warne 1, A. Kumble c Rawat b Tanvir 8, A. Razzak (not out) 0, Extras (w-6) 6, Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 132.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2,3-5, 4-31,5-40,6-73,7-73, 8-83, 9-118.
Rajasthan Royals bowling: Tanvir 4-0-10-3, Munaf 4-0-21-2, Watson 2-0-6-0, Warne 4-0-23-3, Trivedi 2-0-23-1, Pathan 2-0-28-0, Jadeja 2-0-21-0.
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