Date – Apr 28, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wkts

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first but unlike earlier played matches, this time they could not get off to a flyer. Though the run rate was in excess of 6 but Delhi Daredevils lost wickets at regular interval and it never looked they were in complete charge of the game. A B de Villers was the only hope for Delhi Daredevils and he scored a 50 of just 40 balls to take the score to a respectable total.Vettori and Manhas also chipped in with useful contributions and in the end Delhi Daredevils were able to score a total of 143/7 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals got to a very bad start and lost 3 quick wickets when the team score was just 34.Then Jadega and Smith got together and scored some runs for Rajasthan Royals. Just when things started to look good for Rajasthan Royals, Mishra struck twice in the same over and thus Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 64/5 in 11 overs. At this stage it looked like its all over for Rajasthan Royals but Yusuf Pathan came and played an innings of lifetime. He along with Smith washed all the hopes of Delhi Daredevils. Yusuf Pathan scored 61 runs of just 30 balls ( 3 fours and 6 sixes) and helped Rajasthan Royals snatch a victory from mouth of Delhi Daredevils.

Fall of wickets
Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (20-1, 2.3), V Sehwag (25-2, 3), T Dilshan (38-3, 5.5), D Karthik (49-4, 7.2), AB de Villiers (105-5, 15.2), D Vettori (135-6, 18.3), A Mishra (142-7, 19.5)

Rajasthan Royals
R Quiney (20-1, 3.3), S Asnodkar (31-2, 4.5), P Valthaty (34-3, 6.4), R Jadeja (63-4, 10.3), S Warne (64-5, 11)

Man of the Match – Yusuf Pathan

Date – Apr 26, 2009
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. But the decision proved to be disastrous as they lost four wickets for just 48 runs on board. Then it was K Sangakarra and Irfan Pathan who played sensible knocks and took the score pass 100.In the 18th over, Pathan fell to Khan and Kings XI Punjab were tottering at 123/5. Soon Sangakkara also lost his wicket and it was almost all over for Kings XI Punjab. At the end of 20 overs, Kings XI Punjab scored only 139/6 and now its upto the bowling department to save this match for them.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
A dismal batting performance by Rajasthan Royals or you can say a splendid bowling performance by Punjab helped them to win the match which was earlier considered to be a cake walk for Rajasthan Royals. The openers were back in pavilion with the team score of 9/2. The fall of wickets continued and Rajasthan Royals were 42/6 in the ninth over. Jadega and Warne tried to save the match but there heroics were not sufficient and they ended with 112/7 in alloted 20 overs.

Fall of wickets
Kings XI Punjab
K Goel (0-1, 0.1), R Bopara (21-2, 4.1), *Yuvraj Singh (38-3, 6.1), D Jayawardene (48-4, 8.2), I Pathan (123-5, 18.1), K Sangakarra (130-6, 19)

Rajasthan Royals
S Asnodkar (7-1, 1.1), G Smith (9-2, 1.5), R Quiney (23-3, 4.1), Mascarenhas (27-4, 4.3), Y Pathan (36-5, 6.4), A Raut (42-6, 8.4), R Jadeja (102-7, 18.1)

Man of the match: K Sangakarra

Date – 23 April 2009

Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in a thriller today. When the scored were tied at 150 after 20 overs, the ‘Super over’ was brought into play for the first time in the IPL. Rajasthan Royals batsmen Yusuf Pathan scored 16 runs to win the match and thus Knight Riders faced their second defeat in three matches.

In a super over, the team which scores the highest runs wins. But in case its again a tie then the one with maximum sixes in that over is declared the winner.

Batting first Kolkata Knight Riders scored 15 runs in their over, thanks to three boundaries by Chris Gayle of Kamran’s over. When Rajasthan Royals came to bat, Yusuf Pathan scored 6, 2, 6 and 4 off Ajantha Mendis to win the most closed contest of IPL-2.

Man Of The Match – Yusuf Pathan

Date – 21 April 2009

Clash Between two giants of cricket world Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne called off due to heavy rain. Both teams Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals got 1 point each. Before this Rajasthan Royals lost their opening match to Banglore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians were victorious over Chennai Super Kings.

Date – 18 April 2009

It was a perfect start for Royal Challengers Banglore at Newlands, Cape Town where they beat last time IPL Champions Rajasthan Royals by 75 runs. New captain of Royal Challengers, Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to bat first. It was not the good start for Royal Challengers as Rajasthan all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas give early double blow to them by sending Jesse Ryder and Kiwi Ross Taylor back to pavilion. After that Robin Uthappa too joined company of Taylor and Ryder by scoring just 3 runs. But it was Pietersen and Dravid who started a fightback. Pieterson made 32 runs but the ‘Wall’ Dravid scored 66 runs from just 48 balls with eight fours and a six and put a total of 133 for 8 in 20 overs. In reply to this Rajasthan Royals opening batsman Asnodkar and Smith were bowled out by Praveen Kumar in first his two overs. Veteran leg spinner legend Anil Kumble helped Royal Challengers to win the match as he took 5 wickets in his 3.1 over by giving just 5 runs. No batsman of Rajasthan Royals scored more than 11 runs and whole time was bowled out for just 58 runs

Man Of The Match – Rahul Dravid

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