Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - KKR vs RR, Match 15

2nd Inning Highlights: IPL 2012 - MI vs RR, Match 12

IPL 2012: Rajasthan Royals Team

Captain: Rahul Dravid

Indian Players: Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Ajit Chandila, Amit Paunikar, Amit Singh, Ankeet Chavan, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Gajendra Singh, Pankaj Singh, S. Sreesanth, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Sumit Narwal, Shreevats Goswami

International Players: Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shane Watson, Shaun Tait, Bradley Hodge, Dinesh Chandimal, Brad Hogg, Kevon Cooper, Owais Shah

Coach: Michael Bevan

IPL T20 Cricket 2012: Rajasthan Royals - Schedule

Date    Match Details    Time    Place
Apr 06    Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab 20:00    Jaipur
Apr 08    Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00    Jaipur
Apr 11    Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians 20:00    Mumbai
Apr 13    Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders    20:00    Kolkata
Apr 15    Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Banglore   20:00    Bengaluru
Apr 17    Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers    16:00    Jaipur
Apr 21    Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings    16:00    Chennai
Apr 23    Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Banglore    20:00    Jaipur
Apr 29    Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils    16:00    Delhi
May 01    Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils    20:00    Jaipur
May 05    Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab    20:00    Chandigarh
May 08    Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors    16:00    Pune
May 10    Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings    20:00    Jaipur
May 13    Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors    16:00    Jaipur
May 18    Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers    20:00    Hyderabad
May 20    Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians    20:00    Jaipur
May 22    TBC v TBC, Q 1 (1st v 2nd)    20:00    Bengaluru
May 23    TBC v TBC, Eli (3rd v 4th)    20:00    Bengaluru
May 25    TBC v TBC, Q 2(L.o.Q1 v W.o.Eli.)    20:00    Chennai
May 27    TBC v TBC, Final    20:00    Chennai

Match12:Pollard provided Top position to Mumbai

 

Kieron Pollard smacked 64 in 33 balls,hitting six fours and four sixes and took four wickets to guide Mumbai to a thumping victory over the Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs.Rayudu batted remained not out on 47 in 32 balls,including three sixes. Munaf Patel's took four for 28.

In reply to Mumbai’s mammoth total of 197 for six,Royals managed to score 170 runs.Owais Shah's excellent innings of 76 in 42 deliveries and Rahane’s fabulous innings of 40 in 31 balls,were the highlights of Rajasthan’s batting.

1st Inning Highlights: IPL 2012 - MI vs RR, Match 12

Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - RR vs KKR, Match 7

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Match 7:Rajasthan beat Kolkata by 22 runs

 

 

 

Rajasthan Royals maintained their winning run,beating the Kolkata Knight Riders by 22 runs.Brad Hodge top scored for Rajasthan with 44 off 29 balls,hitting three fours and two sixes.Maneria made 40 off 30 balls, with four fours and one six.Dravid had mae 26 runs.Shreevats Goswami made 23 runs. 

In reply,Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a bad start as Ajinkya Rahane was run out for a duck. Manoj Tiwary tried to hold the innings together,smashing 59 off 49 balls,including seven fours.but Kolkata Knight Riders reached up to 142.

Match 4:Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 31 runs

 

An excellent inning of 98 by Rahane helped Rajasthan to register a victory against Punjab by 31 runs in Jaipur.Rahane smashed 16 fours and one six.Batting first, Rajasthan made 191 for four.

Kings XI Punjab were restricted to 160 for nine in reply.Mandeep Singh (34 in 25 balls)and Brad Hodge (21) were the top scorers.Cooper took four for 26.

Match-66:Warne Finished His IPL-Career With A Win

 

Watson smashed an unbeaten  89 in 47 balls giving Warne a grand farewell with a victory over Mumbai Indians by ten wickets.Rahul Dravid smacked 43 off 32 balls.

Earlier,Mumbai side were restricted to 133 for five.Sachin Tendulkar scored 31.Rohit Sharma smacked made 58 in 47 balls,hitting five fours and a six.Watson took three  wickets for 19.

 

 

 

 

 

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Match-61:Kochi Won Against Rajasthan By Eight Wickets

 

 

Brad Hodge took four wickets and scored an unbeaten 33 to guide the Kochi Tuskers Kerala to an eight-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals.Brendon McCullum stroked 29 in just 12 balls,including one four and four big sixes.

Earlier,The Royals were dismissed for just 97 in 18.3 overs.Ashok Menaria was the top scorer with 30 runs,hitting three boundaries and one six.Kerala achieved their target in just 7.2 overs.Brad Hodge took 4 for 13 in his four overs, while Sreesanth and  Parammeswaran took two wickets each.

Match-55:Royal Challengers Registered A Sixth Straight Win

 

 

Chris Gayle hammered 77 not out off 44 balls with six fours and four sixes,guiding Royal Challengers Bangalore over Rajasthan Royal by nine wickets at Jaipur.Virat Kohli stayed till the end with Gayle,putting on 83 runs.Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 38 runs off 28 balls. He hit eight fours.

Earlier, Rajasthan batted first and started off well as Shane Watson and Rahul Dravid provided a solid first wicket partnership.Watson hit 34 runs off 29 balls,including three fours and two sixes and Dravid scored 37 off 31 balls,including six boundaries.

Sreenath Aravind struck a double blow,removing both Watson and Dravid.After that no other batsman could stay on pitch for a long time.Royals finished at 146 for six in their twenty overs.

Match-52:Chennai Super Kings Claimed A Victory Over Rajasthan Royals

 

 

 

Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 63 runs at Jaipur.Vijay was scored 53 runs off 40 balls, with two fours and three sixes.Hussey made 46 runs off 30 balls, including eight fours.Along with Michael Hussey he put on 77 runs for the first wicket, the fifty run mark coming in the sixth over.Dhoni smashed a quick fire 41 runs off 19 balls,hitting three fours and three sixes.Raina scored vital 46 runs.Chennai finished at 196 for four in twenty overs.

Rajasthan were under tremendous pressure as they were chasing a stiff target.Rajasthan lost both openers cheaply.Ajinkya Rahane fought hard by making 52 runs off only 36 balls, including seven boundaries.Eventually Rajasthan were bowled out for 133 in the 20th over.

Match-43:Chennai Beat Rajasthan by 8 Wickets

 

 

Michael Hussey scored a classic half-century to guide the Chennai Super Kings to a fifth home win out of five by 8 wickets.

Hussey hit eight fours and a six in his unbeaten  79 in 55 balls.Raina smashed 61 in 51 balls,chasing Rajasthan’s 147 for six.

Rahul Dravid scored 66 in 51 balls and Shane Watson made 33 for Rajasthan.

Shadab Jakati dismissed both Watson and Johan Botha for eight.

Match-38:Rajasthan Royals Rule Pune Warriors

 

 

 

The Rajasthan Royals  post a tremendous six wickets win over the Pune Warriors in Jaipur as Ross Taylor shines with forty-seven runs off thirty-five balls. Rahul Sharma picked up three wickets for Pune.

Earlier,Robin Uthappa scored thirty-five runs while Manish Pandey contributed thirty runs to post the total of 143 from The Pune Warriors.Siddharth Trivedi picked up two crucial wickets. 

Match-34:Rajasthan Royals Beat Mumbai Indians by Seven Wickets

 

Rajasthan Royals upset Mumbai Indians,beating by seven wickets at Jaipur.

Chasing a paltry 95-run target,from the Royals,Johan Botha top scored with 44 runs off 39 balls,hitting two fours as also a six,while Watson made 26 runs off 32 balls,hitting three boundaries and one six. 
  
Earlier, Mumbai Indians struggled from the beginning,as they lost Sachin Tendulkar for just seven runs and  Ambati Rayudu  for just eleven runs.

Shane Warne and Botha collectively picked up four wickets demolishing the batting order of  Mumbai Indians. 

Match-28:Royals Beat Kochi To End Losing Run

 

 

The Rajasthan Royals finally broke their losing run with an excellant eight-wicket win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala at Jaipur.

Winning the toss, Shane Warne elected to field first.Kochi managed to build up only a total of 109. Ravindra Jadeja scored 22 runs off 23 balls. Parthiv Patel scored 32 runs,hitting two boundaries. Shane Warne returned with three wickets.

Rajasthan didn’t have much problems in chasing 110,thanks to Dravid who smacked 44 off 37 balls with four fours and one six and Shane Watson who scored 49.

Match-23:Kings XI crushed Rajasthan Royals by 48 runs

 

 

Shaun Marsh top scored with 71 off 42 balls with six fours and three sixes,as the Kings XI Punjab scored a big win by 48 runs over the Rajasthan Royals in Mohali.Earlier,Kings XI got off to a sensational start bringing up the first 50 runs in only three overs.Gilchrist made 28 runs off 16 balls with four fours and one six.but the real damage was done by  Valthaty-the volcano who made 46 runs off 31 balls,including four fours and three sixes.He took apart Trivedi’s second over for 25 runs.The score read 67 runs in only 4.2 overs.

Chasing a mammoth total of 196 runs,Rajasthan lost their openers for 18.
Shane Watson scored four boundaries in his score of 24 runs.Menaria contributed with 34 runs while Binny and Raut contributed 30 and 25 respectively. In the end, the huge chase proved too much for them.

Match 17:Kolkata crushed Rajasthan beating by eight wickets

 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders topped the table by registering an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata.

Kolkata decided to field first after winning the toss.But Rajasthan lost their wickets cheaply at regular intervals. Ashok Menaria top scored with 21 runs off 17 balls with one four.

For Kolkata Lakshmipathy Balaji took three for 15 in three overs and Shakib Al Hasan took two for 21 from his four. Brett Lee, Yusuf Pathan and Iqbal Abdullah chipped in with a wicket apiece as Rajasthan were bowled out for a low total of 81 in 15.2 overs.

The target was never going to challenge the hosts,and they reach the target easily,thanks to Skipper Gautam Gambhir who made 35 off 35 with three boundaries and Manoj Tiwary who scored 30 runs off 26 balls with four fours and one six.