Rajasthan Royals out of play-offs race after losing to Deccan

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(added 19 May 2012)

Rajasthan Royals out of play-offs race after losing to Deccan

The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium had something for both the spinners and the pacers and the hosts made full use of the opportunity to taste a rare win. Rajasthan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and that dented their chances of putting up a good total. Rajasthan never got the desired going in the crunch game with their prolific scorer Ajinkya Rahane (6) failing to make a significant contribution.

After being dropped by Parthiv Patel in the first ball he faced from J P Duminy, he was dismissed by Steyn, who bowled a very hostile two-over spell. Manpreet Gony could have got two wickets in two balls but the butter-fingered fielders denied him those scalps. First Shikhar Dhawan dropped Dravid and then a chance off Watson (13) was grassed in the next ball. Dravid was on individual score of eight then in the fifth over.

Despite poor fielding, Rajastan batsmen struggled to score as they managed just 31 off the first five overs. In came spinner Amit Mishra and he cleaned up Watson with his first delivery. The leg-spinner returned and this time he castled Stuart Binny (7) to leave the visitors reeling at 61 for three at half-way mark.

There was a big responsibility on the shoulders of Dravid and Shah to steer the team to a competitive total but the skipper started his walk back to the dug out when he slashed one hard off Gony only to find Chris Lynn at the rope. Runs came in through singles and doubles after that and boundaries were far and few. The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium had something for both the spinners and the pacers and the hosts made full use of the opportunity to taste a rare win.

Rajasthan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and that dented their chances of putting up a good total. Rajasthan never got the desired going in the crunch game with their prolific scorer Ajinkya Rahane (6) failing to make a significant contribution. After being dropped by Parthiv Patel in the first ball he faced from J P Duminy, he was dismissed by Steyn, who bowled a very hostile two-over spell.

Manpreet Gony could have got two wickets in two balls but the butter-fingered fielders denied him those scalps. First Shikhar Dhawan dropped Dravid and then a chance off Watson (13) was grassed in the next ball. Dravid was on individual score of eight then in the fifth over.

Despite poor fielding, Rajastan batsmen struggled to score as they managed just 31 off the first five overs. In came spinner Amit Mishra and he cleaned up Watson with his first delivery. The leg-spinner returned and this time he castled Stuart Binny (7) to leave the visitors reeling at 61 for three at half-way mark. There was a big responsibility on the shoulders of Dravid and Shah to steer the team to a competitive total but the skipper started his walk back to the dug out when he slashed one hard off Gony only to find Chris Lynn at the rope.

(added 19 May 2012) / 1125 views

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