Rajasthan Royals defeating Royal Challengers, moves on top of the table

BANGALORE: Royals thrash Royals! In a one sided encounter, Rajasthan Royals thrashed Royal challengers Bangalore by 59 runs. Batting first Rajasthan started well. They made a comfortable total of 195 runs with the lost of only two wickets.

Rahane was the main hero who smashed ton in just 60 balls. He made 103 runs with 12 fours and 5 sixes. he was very well supported by Owais Shah. Shah continuing his good form with the bat made 60 runs in just 26 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes.

Vinay Kumar was the main sufferer who gone for 51 runs in his four overs. Zaheer bowled beautifully and give just 15 runs and tookone wicket in his stipulated four overs.

Bangalore started well but after that lost wickets in a flurry to medium pacers. Trivedi took four while Pankaj Singh took two.

Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 195 for 2 (Rahane 103*, Shah 60)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 136 all out (Agarwal 34, Trivedi 4/25, Singh 2/18)

Dravid: “It is always great to play here in front of family and friends. I would like to thank the crowd for making it such a good experience and I would like to thank my team for their performance. Shah and Rahane batted splendidly. Some of their shots were incredible and they played those shots against a side that has five international bowlers. ”

Vettori: “We were pretty satisfied with how we started but then Rahane and Shah really took the game away from us. We know we can come back from this. We need to get back to winning ways.”

Ajinkya Rahane: “That was a special knock from me and i would like to congratulate my team mates for their performance as well. I am playing along side my role model, Dravid, so I get to learn a lot of things from him. This is quite a long tournament, so I just need to keep my form going. “