Cricket

Rajasthan fully charged, Deccans need a charger

Two words for this match ‘Yusuf Pathan’ who scored a smashing 68 of just 37 balls giving the Hyderabadis vistually no chance in this game.

Gilchrist was the only sparkle in the Deccan Chargers innings, will slight support from Gibbs and Styris. However, the DCs failed to capitalise on the good start and fell like a deck of cards starting with Gibbs. Shahid Afridi has not been able to gain momentum throughout the series whereas Rohit Sharma failed in this match. Rohit Sharma remains a good contender for the Indian Team after the IPL Twenty-20 is over based on his consistant good performance.

The Royals started off very well with Yusuf Pathan hitting the ball over the place and great support from Graeme Smith. Yusuf made 68 in just 37 balls whereas Smith made 40 of 43 balls. Yusuf was the first to go in the 13th over when the score was 109 while Smith carried on till the 16th over. Kaif finished the job a quick succession of fours towards the end.

Tags: dcs, Deccan Chargers, gibbs, gilchrist, graeme smith, hyderabad, IPL, Rajasthan Royals, styris, twenty-20, yusuf pathan