Rajasthan Royals succeeded to be in the list of top four

PUNE: Watson won it for Rajasthan. The former hero of Rajasthan once again returns to its old self and guide his team to a thumping win against Pune Warriors.

Rajasthan is chasing a very small total of 126 runs. Watson scored 90 runs out o ft he total of 126 runs speaks the contribution of him in the victory. He took just 51 balls and smashed 10 fours and 4 sixes. He got very little support from Dravid and Menaria.

Earlier, Pune chose to bat on a slower track. They opened with Clarke and Ganguly. Both of them gave a very slow start to the team on a slow track.

Every batsman got a start but nobody able to convert it into a big innings. Only Majumdar was able to made 30 runs. Tait bowled beautifully and pick 3 wickets.

Brief Scores:

Rajasthan Royals 126 for 3 (Watson 90*) beat Pune Warriors 125 for 6 (Majumdar 30, Tait 3-13) by seven wickets

Presentation ceremony:

Ganguly: “We had to get Watson out early to get in the game, unfortunately we couldn’t. We are out of the play-offs, that the fact, we have to play well in the remaining three.”

Dravid: “Happy about winning, and the way we are playing, I thought the bowlers really delivered for us, as clinical as it gets, not an easy wicket to bat on but Watson had the power and technique to hit it. I’ve been telling the team to not look at the points table, and look to play good cricket.”

Watson is the Man of the Match. “The wicket was a bit slow, I suppose it was my night tonight. I just back myself, I have a clear mind and try to hit straight. Initially, I was thinking of getting ahead of the rate so that it would get easy in the middle of the innings. My first game I was a bit rusty after Test cricket, but it was better after a couple of practice sessions.”