Following are the matches of Rajasthan Royals in IPL Season 5, 2012.

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Match: 53 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 17, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to bat.

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals out of IPL 2010

In a must win match for both teams, Rajasthan Royals won the tos and elected to bat first. Rajasthan Royals got off to a very good start with S Watson and N Ojha scoring 59 for the first wicket partnership. Once Watson was out, Rajasthan Royals lost the track and kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers never gave them any opportunity to score easy runs. Rajasthan Royals middle order collapsed badly leaving them tottering at 101/5 in 14.2 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders bowler produced a much better spell today even in the last overs to limit Rajasthan Royals to a total of !@!@#$ in 20 overs.

After restricting the Royals to a petty total, it was upto Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen to win today’s match and raise hope for semi finals. KKR opened with McCullum and Ganguly but this time they could not give a good start as McCullum was out for just 6. In the very same over, KKR got another shock as Gayle was out for a duck leaving them at 22/2 in 2.5 overs. Ganguly(75 not out) and Pujara(45 not out) then played sensibly and took the score past 100. Dada again lead from the front and scored a brilliant fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders win by 8 wickets and thus closer to semi final spot.

This is the end of road for Rajasthan Royals in this edition of DLF IPL 2010.

How can Kolkata Knight Riders qualify for semi finals ?
1) Kings XI beat Chennai Super Kings
2) Delhi beat Deccan Chargers
3) Kolkata Knight Riders win against Mumbai by a huge margin.

Match Notes

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.3 overs, Extras 0
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.5 overs, Extras 1
* Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals – 132/9 in 20.0 overs

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, Extras 5
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.5 overs, Extras 7
* SC Ganguly: 50 off 39 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)

Match 53 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match: 53 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 17, 2010
Time: 8 pm Indian Standard Time

At Eden’s Kolkata 8pm fans will witness a nail biting encounter between two teams which are desperate to win and then hope to get a spot in semi final on the virtue of net run rate. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in a must win situation for both teams. Royals have 12 points from 13 games where as KKR have 10 points from 12 games and thus if KKR win today’s match, Royals would be out for the race as they are playing the last match in group stage today. On the other hand KKR will then have one more opportunity when they take on Mumbai Indians on 19th April.

The way points table is poised at this moment, it looks a real hard battle for the spot in semi finals. Rajasthan Royals would have to play extraordinary today to make sure they win today and get 14 points and then wait for other teams performances which will decide the net run rate.

Whole of the Kolkata would be praying for Tiger of Bengal – Saurav Ganguly and fan’s would be waiting for this match eagerly today.

Team Compositions
Rajasthan Royals Team
S Warne (captain), SA Asnodkar, J Botha, S Trivedi, F Fazal, Y Pathan, A Finch, A Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, N Ojha(wk), M Patel, A Paunikar, S Quadri, A Raut, A Singh, S Tait, A Uniyal, A Voges, S Wagh.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team
S Ganguly (captain), C Gayle, A Mathews, G Vignesh, L Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, B Hodge, C Pathak, C Pujara, O Shah, M Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, B McCullum, W Saha, A Agarkar, V Aaron, A Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, C Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.

Match 49 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 49th T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Maan Singh Stadium Jaipur
Date: April 14, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to .
Result: Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets.

Today in the 49th match of DLF IPL, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Rajasthan Royals needed to win today to keep semi’s hope alive but they could not get the desired start as they lost M Lumb when the team score was just 16. After that wickets started to fell one after the other and Rajasthan Royals were in deep trouble. A Jhunjhunwala and Watson took the home side to 50 runs in 10th over and soon they both were out adding to the woes. Yusuf Pathan also got out for just 11 and RR were struggling at 72/6 in 13.1 overs and it looked they would have a tough time to reach 100. But a brilliant seventh wicket partnership betweem Abhishek Raut (32 not out) and Adam Voges (28 not out) of 58 runs helped Rajasthan Royals to score a total of 130/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing a small target of 131 to win and make semi final path extremely difficult for Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Jacques Kallis for a duck and it looked Rajasthan would not let them win easily. But K Pieterson was in a total different mood. Right from the first ball, he looked in awesome touch as he hammered the bowling attack of Rajasthan Royals and scored 62 runs off just 29 balls. He along with Uthapa took the team past 100 run mark in the 10.2over. They were in total control of the game but suddenly Rajasthan Royals got 3 quick wickets. But by that time, Bangalore was inches away from a win and finally in the 16th over they scored 132/5 and thus won the match by 5 wickets.

Match Notes

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 9.2 overs, Extras 3
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 16.2 overs , Extras 8
* Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals – 130/6 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.3 over, Extras 0
* KP Pietersen: 50 off 24 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 10.2 overs, Extras 1

Match 49 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 49th T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 14, 2010

Today in the 50th match of DLF IPL, two teams will fight for a place in semifinals. Rajasthan Royals will take on Bangalore Royal Challengers in a very crucial match today to be played at 8 pm IST. Both teams have 12 points and a win today will take them to second spot in the points table.

So IPL fans watch out for today’s match as this match promises to be a real thriller in which teams will fight for survival in IPL 2010.

Team compositions
Rajasthan Royals Team
S Warne (captain), SA Asnodkar, J Botha, S Trivedi, F Fazal, Y Pathan, A Finch, A Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, N Ojha(wk), M Patel, A Paunikar, S Quadri, A Raut, A Singh, S Tait, A Uniyal, A Voges, S Wagh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.