By CricketCountry Staff
Johan Botha remained unbeaten on 39 as Rajasthan Royals registered a comfortable win over Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in Jaipur.
Published: Apr 12, 2011, 04:11 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 12, 2011, 04:11 PM (IST)
By CricketCountry Staff
Jaipur: Apr 12, 2011
Johan Botha remained unbeaten on 39 as Rajasthan Royals registered a comfortable win over Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in Jaipur.
Earlier, Morne Morkel removed Ajinkya Rahane after he added 29 runs with Johan Botha to push Rajasthan closer to victory. Irfan Pathan scalped the wicket of Ashok Menaria after he made a breezy 22 off 15 balls, studded with three sixes.
Rahul Dravid was dismissed for a quickfire 38.
Dravid showed aggressive intent and soon raced to 38 off 31 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six to provide Rajasthan Royals a brisk start.
Delhi seamer Ashok Dinda provided the first breakthrough dismissing Amit Paunikar for five, but Dravid
Earlier, David Warner and Venugopal Rao scored defiant half-centuries to revive Delhi Daredevils after an early slump, which helped them to set Rajasthan Royals a victory target of 152.
David Warner fell after scoring a well made 54 studded with six boundaries and a six. Rao brought up his half-century hitting a six over long-off. He was dismissed for 60 off 40 balls.
Brief Scores: DD 151 for 6 in 20 overs (Venugopal Rao 60, Dave Warner 54; Shane Warne 2 for 17, Shaun Tait 2 for 40) vs RR 152 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Johan Botha 39*, Rahul Dravid 38, Ashok Menaria 22; Morne Morkel 1 foe 11, Ashok Dinda 1 for 34, Roelof van der Merwe 1 for 41, Irfan Pathan 1 for 32).
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