Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers in the DLF – IPL. This was the 39th match of the league. Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and Elected to field first. They were given a huge target of 198 runs and that seemed difficult when the players of the team were falling like cards from very first over. The batting of the Rajasthan Royals was not good from the start. Jagadeesh Arunkumar and Virat Kohli opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals. Jagadeesh Arunkumar, Misbah-Ul-Haq and Praveen Kumar were out at duck and Zaheer Khan scored 1 run followed by Virat Kohli who scored 3 runs. The score of the team was 132/9 in 20 overs. Graeme Smith was the top scorer for Bangalore Royal Challengers and thus with his help and the effort of whole Royal challangers team the team, they won the DLF IPL 39th match.

Match Notes Are :

• Rajasthan Royals innings
• Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (38 balls), Extras 8
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (GC Smith 13, SA Asnodkar 29, Ex 8)
• Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 19
• 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (GC Smith 37, SA Asnodkar 44, Ex 19)
• SA Asnodkar: 50 off 42 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
• GC Smith: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
• Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 24
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (GC Smith 18, SR Watson 29, Ex 5)
• Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals – 197/1 in 20.0 overs (GC Smith 75, SR Watson 46)

• Bangalore Royal Challengers innings
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (75 balls), Extras 4
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 16.5 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
• R Dravid: 50 off 25 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)

Today Match 39 – Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers in the DLF – IPL. This was the 39th match of the league. Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and Elected to field first. Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar opened the batting for Royal Challengers and took the score to 109 before Swapnil Asnodkar was out. They gave the team an excellent start. Apart from the splendid shots, they were also helped by some sloppy fielding by Royal Challengers.The score of the team was 151 for the loss of 1 wickets in 16 overs. Smith was the top scorer for Bangalore Royal Challengers. Smith and Watson played some beautiful shots and took the score to 197 in 20 overs.

Today Match 39 – Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batting: Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings

Bowling : Rajasthan Royals

Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings

Bowling: Bangalore Royal Challengers

This is going to be a real entertainer. Both the teams need to win this match so as to get a berth in the semi’s and we hope to see a tough competition between Sehwag and Yuvraj.

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Yo Mahesh, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Kings XI Punjab (probables): 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Luke Pomersbach, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Tanmay Srivastava, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Uday Kaul (wk), 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 17, 2008 Match-40
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20:00 India time.

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