Published: Apr 11, 2013, 07:38 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 11, 2013, 07:38 PM (IST)
Robin Uthappa scored 32 off 16 deliveries to give momentum to Pune run chase © AFP
Pune: Apr 11, 2013
PWI 148/3 | Overs 18.4 | Yuvraj 28* , Mathews 1*
Yuvraj finishes the match in style. A six through mid-wicket off Sreeshant. A comprehensive seven-wicket win for Pune opens the tournament. Rajasthan lose their first IPL 2013 game. Well played Aaron Finch.
PWI 138/3 | Overs 18 | Yuvraj 18* , Mathews 1*
Yuvraj hits a boundary to fine-leg and Pune is there. Cooper erred in his length. Two overs and eight runs to get. Will the 19th over be the last over of the match?
PWI 131/3 | Overs 17 | Yuvraj 12*
Faulkner bowled good over, got the big wicket of Finch. Are Pune making heavy weather of this run chase. Surely they cannot lose from here.
PWI 128/2 | Overs 16 | Finch 63*, Yuvraj 11*
Yuvraj hits his first six off Trivedi. Yuvi muscles it over wide long-on and the Pune fans want more of this. Four overs and 19 to get. It’s strategic time out.
PWI 117/2 | Overs 15 | Finch 60*, Yuvraj 3*
Cooper is still giving his best not letting Pune get easy runs. A five-run over is decent but Pune one gets the feeling that Yuvraj is setting up for big hits. 29 needed off five overs.
PWI 112/2 | Overs 14 | Finch 57*, Yuvraj 1*
A three-run over from Trivedi. Yuvraj is unable to get a move-on but has plenty of time to get himself in. No pressure on Pune, as far as required run rate is concerned.
PWI 109/2 | Overs 13 | Finch 55*, Yuvraj 0*
A quiet over from Faulkner. Yuvraj missed out scoring off three deliveries. The first two thud on his thigh pad. Yuvraj can play himself in, and win it for Pune. Finch meanwhile is looking menacing. He has almost won the game for Pune.
PWI 104/2 | Overs 12 | Finch 50*
Harmeet was slog-swept for a six from Taylor. But he kept on flighting the deliveries. Finally Harmeet has Taylor. A decent outing for Taylor comes to an end.
PWI 96/1 | Overs 11 | Finch 50*, Taylor 9*
Finch brings his first IPL fifty by spanking Cooper over square-leg for a six. What a turn around. The new year in Maharashtra has brought some luck to Pune.
PWI 87/1 | Overs 10 | Finch 43*, Taylor 7*
Trivedi beat Finch but Pune looking for singles. Taylor is playing himself in. If he gets going, this will be over quickly.
PWI 82/1 | Overs 9 | Finch 40*, Taylor 5*
Harmeet concedes three off his comeback over. He got away with couple of loose deliveries. Pune are doing it easily here.
PWI 79/1 | Overs 8 | Finch 38*, Taylor 4*
Rajasthan’s most capped bowler Siddharth Trivedi is bowling a tad short. Finch is in no mood to spare the freebies. A couple of fours- one past short fine leg and the other past backward point makes Pune’s equation easier.
PWI 67/1 | Overs 7 | Finch 28*, Taylor 3*
Faulkner is bowling well. Only three runs off that over. He is mixing his deliveries well. But as long as Pune do not look wickets this will be an easy run chase.
PWI 64/1 | Overs 6 | Finch 27*, Taylor 1*
Rajasthan’s highest wicket taker Kevon Cooper gave only six runs. But Royals need wickets from him. Finch got a lucky boundary off the first delivery.
PWI 58/1 | Overs 5 | Finch 23*, Taylor 0*
Series of excellent catches continues. Skipper Dravid pulls off a blinder. What a stunner, falling to his right at mid-wicket. Faulkner picks up a wicket on his debut for his new franchise.
PWI 51/0 | Overs 4 | Uthappa 31*, Finch 18*
A 21-run over from Sreesanth. A front foot no ball went for a four. Free hit went for a six and the over started with a six. What a start.
PWI 30/0 | Overs 3 | Uthappa 12*, Finch 17*
Harmeet experiment has backfired for Pune. A 17-run over just gives Pune a momentum. A couple of short deliveries and then a Finch special over long-on. Pune are off to a flyer.
PWI 13/0 | Overs 2 | Uthappa 2*, Finch 10*
Aaron Finch hits a six. Sreesanth pitched the final ball of the over up to the bat, Finch just swung his arms. The ball sailed over long-on.
PWI 6/0 | Overs 1 | Uthappa 1*, Finch 4*
Surprise surpise. Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh begins the proceedings for Rajasthan. Dravid does not want to give Pune openers to use the pace off the new ball. Finch prefers ball coming on.
RR 145/5 | Overs 20 | Hodge 22*, Faulkner 19*
A 15-run final over. Kumar was hit nonchalantly. Three fours in the final over. So Royals have got 145. PWI need 146 to win.
RR 130/5 | Overs 19 | Hodge 13*, Faulkner 14*
What an over from Ashok Dinda. Everything was bowled in the blockhole. FOur singles is all what Royals got. Final over coming up.
RR 126/5 | Overs 18 | Hodge 11*, Faulkner 12*
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar started the over with a low full toss which was carted over long-on by Faulkner. The over finished with a four. A 14-run over gives Royals the much needed momentum.
RR 112/5 | Overs 17 | Hodge 7*, Faulkner 4*
Mathews finishes his spell (0-27). He bowled a blockhole length, not allowing Hodge or Faulkner with any leeway to free their arms.What can Royals get?
RR 106/5 | Overs 16 | Hodge 5*, Faulkner 0*
Yagnik tried a Rohan Kanhai-like falling sweep. It was a falling paddle.Inspired spell from Rahul Sharma (4-0-16-2) comes to an end. Pune are pulling things back here.
RR 101/4 | Overs 15 | Hodge 4*, Yagnik 9*
Dravid fell in this over. What a catch from Ross Taylor. One handed catch in the covers. Dishant Yagnik smashed Yuvraj for two fours.
RR 92/3 | Overs 14 | Dravid 54* , Hodge 3*
Mathews dropped Hodge. But only four runs conceded. Mathews is slowing it up. Pune are bowling well. Royals will be looking for momentum.
RR 88/3 | Overs 13 | Dravid 52* , Hodge 1*
Yuvraj (the spinner) gets Binny who was looking to dictate terms. Dravid scored a sublime fifty. He needs to bat till the end.
RR 83/2 | Overs 12 | Dravid 49* , Binny 1*
Rahane fell for 30, Stuart Binny got a let-off from umpire off his first delivery. Sharma thought he had Binny. Three runs and a wicket is a commendeble effort from Sharma.
RR 80/1 | Overs 11 | Rahane 30*, Dravid 47*
Two senior pros doing it easily here. Dravid comfortably smashed Mathews over mid-wicket off the second delivery. So, nine overs to go. What will Royals get?
RR 72/1 | Overs 10 | Rahane 29*, Dravid 40*
Rahane and Dravid score a boundary each. As soon as a seamer, Mitchell Marsh, came into the attack the duo attacked him. A 11-run over opening over from Marsh.
RR 61/1 | Overs 9 | Rahane 23*, Dravid 36*
Rajasthan make a move on. Dravid hits Yuvraj behind point for a boundary. The duo will now be looking for quick runs. Still Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge to come. Rajasthan on course for a big score.
RR 54/1 | Overs 8 | Rahane 21*, Dravid 31*
Spinners have now conceded 14 runs off the last three overs. Royals might soon target a spinner. They have got a good start. Rahul Sharma is bowling stump-to-stump line.
RR 49/1 | Overs 7 | Rahane 17*, Dravid 30*
Comeback man Yuvraj Singh gives away only five off his first over. Spinners are slowing the pace. We might see more of spin.
RR 44/1 | Overs 6 | Rahane 14*, Dravid 28*
Spin being introduced in the sixth over. Rahul Sharma gave away just four runs. Slow bowling might just stem the flow of runs.
RR 40/1 | Overs 5 | Rahane 12*, Dravid 26*
Rahane started the over with a cover drive and his partner Dravid too played that shot off Dinda. Two batsman who are so similar in styles. Pune are leaking runs.
RR 30/1 | Overs 4 | Rahane 7*, Dravid 21*
Angelo Mathews went for 10 in his first over. Dravid hit a boundary past short fine-leg. Pune skipper erred in his length. So the first-ball wicket advantage has been offset.
RR 20/1 | Overs 3 | Rahane 6*, Dravid 12*
Kumar bowled a front-foot no-ball. And Dravid carted him for a straight hit off the free hit. Dravid is looking dangerous. Six-runs off Kumar’s second, Rajasthan are 20 for one.
RR 14/1 | Overs 2 | Rahane 6*, Dravid 8*
Rajasthan are going at seven-runs per over. Dinda was exquisitely hit through covers from Dravid. But there is swing available for bowlers.
RR 7/1 | Overs 1 | Rahane 6*, Dravid 1*
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got the wicket of Kushal Parera off the first delivery. What a delivery, an outswinger that caught Parera plumb on front. Kumar is getting prodigious swing.
Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid has won the toss against Pune Warriors India and has elected to bat first in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013.
Rajasthan will continue to look their winning streak going and Pune will be looking to open their account today. The wicket has been on the slower side, Pune crawled their way to 99 for 9 in the first game.
Rajasthan have lost Rahul Shukla, Shane Watson and Shaun Tait due to injuries. In comes, James Faulkner, Harmeet Singh and Kushal Parera.
Pune has brought in Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch for Manish Pandey and Marlon Samuels.
Teams:
Pune Warriors India: Angelo Mathews (c), Aaron Finch, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Tirumalasetti Suman,Ross Taylor, Abhishek Nayar, Mitchell Marsh, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda.
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Kushal Parera , Stuart Binny , Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Harmeet Singh, S Sreesanth, Siddharth Trivedi, James Faulkner.
