Deccan Chargers 196 for 2
Not even eight days rest, their best efforts with the bat and Amit
Mishra's three wickets were enough to earn Deccan Chargers a first win
in IPL 2012. After Kumar Sangakkara and Shikhar Dawan put on the highest
first-wicket partnership of the season, and JP Duminy and Daniel
Christian blasted 77 off the last five overs, Chargers piled on a hefty
score for Rajasthan Royals to chase, but they were unable to defend it
on a flat pitch with small boundaries.
Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane did the groundwork and Brad Hodge
finished off fiercely. Almost everything Chargers did, Royals did
better. Although Dravid and Rahane shared a stand of only 62, compared
to Sangakkara and Dhawan's 94 , the Royals pair scored at a faster rate.
They went at 10.62 runs to the over compared to Sangakkara and Dhawan's
8.81. Chargers had amassed 119 for 2 after 15 overs, Royals had the
same score after 13. Duminy's 58 came at a strike rate of 223.07, Brad
Hodge's 48 came at a strike rate of 228.57, and that was perhaps the
difference between the two sides.
Source: cricinfo
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