Royals Crush Tuskers

Rajhistan Royals crushed Kochi Tusker by coasting to a eight wicket victory at Jaipur.

Skipper Shane Warne, bowling first, led the team quite nicely by finishing the top half of Tuskers with figures of 4/16, Siddharth also helped to wrap Tuskers to 109 runs  by taking 3 wickets,

Rajhistan Royals were superb in the field with 5 catches and 2 runs outs.

44 runs of Rahul Dravid and 49 scored by Shane Watson helped Royals to achieve the target in just 14.1 overs, unfortunately Shane Watson did not complete his half century, but both batsmen helped Rajhistan to maintain their 2^nd position in the points table.

Kochi were struggling with run rate, skippe Mahela Jayawardene scored 13, Laxman with 8 and as a result they were on 32 in 6 overs.

Things improved for Tuskers when a partnership between Jadeja and Parthiv Patel 48 runs looked promising, but Shane Warne got the break through, his successive deliveries dispatched both batsmen to leave Kochi Tuskers on 90 for five.

Rahul Dravid and Watson were smashing with the bat and scored 70 runs under 11 overs, Dravid was playing quick and hit 4 boundaries. Shane Watson also controlled the innings with his bat but he could not finish the game. However, Botha came out and was there for the winning shot.