Date – May 2, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 3 Wickets

This was one of the most sensational IPL match in which Rajasthan Royals holed on to the nerves and clinched the victory.

Deccan Chargers Innings
After winning the toss, Hyderabad elected to bat first.Gibbs got out early but some good performance by Gilchrist, Suman and Sharma enabled them to score 141/5 in alloted 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Rajasthan Royals got the worst start any team could get in a match and lost 3 wickets when the team score was just 3. So from 3/3 it looked Rajasthan Royals would loose this match but a sensational performance by Shilpa Shetty’s team proved once again that cricket results can not be anticipated. After the top order failure, it was the middle order which came to the team’s rescue and each batsmen played an important role in this victory. Once again when the run rate was increasing, Yusuf Pathan came to the center and played a cameo. His batting along with good performances from Shane Warne, Carseldine and Raut helped them defeat Deccan Chargers. Also some sloppy fielding by Deccan Chargers helped them win this match in the last over.

Fall of wickets
Deccan Chargers
:H Gibbs (34-1, 4.1), A Bilakhia (35-2, 5.1), *A Gilchrist (58-3, 9.5), R Sharma (117-4, 16.5), D Smith (135-5, 19.2)

Rajasthan Royals
G Smith (0-1, 0.2), S Asnodkar (1-2, 0.3), N Ojha (3-3, 2), R Jadeja (54-4, 9.1), L Carseldine (57-5, 9.5), *S Warne (93-6, 14.1), Y Pathan (131-7, 18)

Man of the match – Yusuf Pathan