Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils.Rajasthan Royals made full use of the home advantage on Tuesday when they defeated an out-of-sort Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in the Indian Premier League 2011 at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur.
Shane Warne once again proved a better captain and he also inspired his side with some gritty leg-spin bowling that strangled the Sehwag eleven.
Rajasthan Royals now have won their both matches and are at second position in the league with only run-rate separating Mumbai Indians, the toppers, and the Shane Warne’s team.
Shilpa ShettyBatting first, Delhi Daredevils lost their skipper Virender Sehwag (4 from 2) early in the innings and couldn’t completely recover from that loss as Aaron Finch (11 from 14), U Chand (2 from 10), and Naman Ojha (Duck), all went in a quick succession leaving the visitors at 4/36.
With Delhi wobbling tremendously, somebody had to play a manful knock and opener David Warner (54 from 44 – 6 fours, 1 six) and Venugopal Rao (60 from 40 – 4 fours, 4 sixes) provided the required impetus to the innings as Daredevils managed to achieve a fighting total of 151 runs for the loss of six wickets from their 20 overs.
Shaun Tait
Shaun Tait, Virender SehwagAL Menaria (22 from 15 and AM Rahane (18 from 17) came handy with cameos before Ross Taylor (18 not out from 10 – 1 four, 1 six) completed the job in 18.3 overs.
With this loss, Delhi Daredevils are at ninth position with two defeats in two matches.
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne was declared Man of the Match for his super bowling spell of 2/17 as well as his exceptional captaincy.
