Dravid, Rahane give Royals decent start

NEW DELHI: Chasing a 155-run target, openers Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane gave Rajasthan Royals a good start in their IPL 6 match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

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The Dravid-Rahane duo put up a quick-fire 50-run stand for the opening wicket in just 37 balls to lead the run chase.

Earlier, a gritty half-century by Ben Rohrer guided Delhi Daredevils to a competitive 154/4 against Rajasthan Royals attack in their IPL 6 match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Rohrer scored an unbeaten 63 (40) and shared indomitable 76-run stand for the fifth wicket with KM Jadhav, who remained not out at 24 off 21 balls.

For Rajasthan, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Shane Watson and James Faulkner claimed a wicket each.

Opting to bat first, Delhi Daredevils were bamboozled by a fiery Rajasthan Royals pace attack.

Delhi suffered two quick blows early on in the match when they lost opener Virender Sehwag and CM Gautam in quick succession.

James Faulkner struck in his first over for the Royals to dismiss Sehwag (11), who was clean bowled.

In the very next over, Shane Watson forced debutant Gautam (2) to get a wicked outside edge only to be caught behind by keeper Sanju Samson.

Stuart Binny then joined the party when he scalped David Warner (13) by getting him caught by Sachin Baby at short cover.

Skipper Mahela Jayawardene then put up a hard-fought innings of 34 runs, which included 4 boundaries and a lone six, before he was dismissed by Siddharth Trivedi.

Delhi have made six changes to their playing XI with Morne Morkel and Rohrer coming in place of Jeevan Mendis and Johan Botha.

Ajit Agarkar, Siddarth Kaul, Pawan Negi and CM Gautam replace Shahbaz Nadeem, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra and Unmukt Chand.

For Royals, Shaun Tait and the 42-year-old leg-spinner Pravin Tambe have come in place of Kevon Cooper and Ajit Chandila.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson (wk), James Faulkner, Shaun Tait, Sachin Baby, Pravin Tambe, Siddharth Trivedi.

Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardene (Capt.), Virender Sehwag, Muralidharen Gautam, David Warner, Ben Rohrer, Kedar Jadhav (wk), Pawan Negi, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.

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