Match: 22nd T20, IPL 3
Date: March 26, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Toss: Deccan Chargers elected to bat
Result:Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets

In a contest between two Australian players, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist led teams were playing against each other today. Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first. But this decision could not bear fruits as Rajasthan Royals bowlers got rid of the dangerous Gilchrist in the very first over. This was a big jolt to Deccan Chargers and they could never recover from that. Though Gibbs and Laxman took the score to 40 but once that partnership broke, wickets started to fell like pile of cards. Rohit Sharma (49 runs off 35 balls) tried to play as an anchor but could not find any support from the other end. In the end, they could manage just 148/9 in 20 overs and now the burden lies with the bowlers to save this small total.

Chasing a target of 149 to win and get the momentum, Rajasthan Royals got to a flying start as both openers got a 50 runs opening wicket partnership. This laid a platform for the Rajasthan Royals batsmen to ensure an easy win over Deccan Chargers. Rajasthan Royals were comfortably placed at 100/1 in 11th over. Yusuf Pathan’s innings took any hopes of victory for Deccan Chargers. He scored 73 runs in 34 balls(2*4,8*6) and thus ensured that Rajasthan Royals win the match by 8 wicket and that too in the 16th over. This easy win would do wonders to the confidence of Rajasthan Royals.

Match 22 IPL2010 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard