An easy task for Rajasthan batters



Yusuf Pathan, who did not get a chance with the ball, played a decent cameo with the bat soon after resumption.

A cover drive off Kallis and a pull towards the long-leg boundary being the only two boundaries in his 19-ball 22.

He fell soon after hitting the second of those shots, a shorter one from Dillion du Preez, straight to Jaffer at long leg.

Ojha scores a half-century



Naman Ojha on his way to an unbeaten half-century. He scored 52 off just 38 balls.

Ojha hit Van der Merwe for a huge six over the long-off boundary as Rajasthan went into the strategic time-out at 62 for two, needing 44 more to complete an expected win.

Proteas pack the punch



Jacques Kallis celebrates after dismissing opener and South African counterpart Graeme Smith for 20 runs.

Bangalore Royal Challengers were all out for 105 runs off their 20 overs.

Lee Carseldine celebrates the dismissal of Rahul Dravid



Lee Carseldine (left) of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates the dismissal of Rahul Dravid, caught by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha for naught, during their Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in Centurion on Thursday.

An unbeaten 38-ball 52 by Ojha enabled Rajasthan Royals thrash Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets.

Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Photos

Bowler Dwayne Bravo celebrates after dismissing Tirumalsetti Suman, who was caught by wicketkeeper Pinal Shah, for 20 off 13 deliveries, including a four and 2 sixes.

Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist celebrates with Tirumalsetti Suman after the dismissal of Bravo.

Bravo scored 13 runs before being caught by Chris Harris off Suman's bowling.


Dhawal Kulkarni (center) of the Mumbai Indians celebrates with team mates after the dismissal of Deccan Chargers' opener Herschelle Gibbs during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in Centurion on Wednesday night.

A superb all-round effort from man-of-the-match Rohit Sharma -- 38 and 4 for 6 in two overs, including a hat trick -- enabled Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 19 runs.


J P Duminy (in the picture) was the lone Mumbai batsman to play an innings of any worth, his 48-ball 52 containing seven boundaries. But he was desperately let down by his teammates.

This was the Hyderabad team's second successive win over Mumbai in the competition, having got the better of them in their opening match-up at Durban.


Paceman Rudra Pratap Singh celebrates after the dismissal of opener and Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar for just 2 runs.

"I thought the bowlers did a fantastic job. It was the batting in the middle stages that didn't go according to our plan. Pinal batted really well, he kept the scoreboard ticking quite nicely. But it's just that in between overs we lost wickets and didn't score many runs," Tendulkar said after the match.

Earlier Deccan Chargers scored 145 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.


Rohit Sharma celebrates with Gilchrist after the dismissal of the top scorer for Mumbai Indians J P Duminy.

Duminy's wicket made sure Sharma got his hat-trick. He dismissed Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh in his previous over.

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