Jaipur in control as Delhi crumble

Rajasthan Royals won by 105 runs.Jaipur were at their aggressive best as they set up a stiff 193-run target in the first semi-final of the Indian premier League against Delhi on Friday. After a flying start by the openers, Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan helped Jaipur post an impressive 192-9 in their allotted 20 overs.
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Now match is in Progress staytuned for more videosThough Delhi managed regular breakthroughs but they could not halt Jaipur’s surge, who never allowed the scoring-rate to sag. And it was once again Jaipur’s men-in-form who came good in the crunch game. Graeme Smith (26), Swapnil Asnodkar (39), Watson (52) and Pathan (45), all came to the party at a belter in Wankhede to give Delhi a mountain to climb.

Blazing beginning

Smith pulled a hamstring while taking a quick run and was almost run out. But the injury turned to be a boon for Jaipur as the southpaw opened his shoulders to smash the Delhi attack.
Asnodkar from the other end was his blazing self, manufacturing some of the most astounding shots. Even the ever-reliable Glenn McGrath was taken to the cleaners as Smith bludgeoned three consecutive boundaries in the Aussie’s third over. Asnodkar after being dropped by Farveez Maharoof off Yo Mahesh’s first ball smacked the first six of the game two deliveries later.
And just when it seemed the Jaipur openers will run away with the game, Maharoof redeemed himself for the dropped catch.

Maharoof turns it around

With bowlers getting flayed all over, it took brilliance in the field for Delhi to bounce back in the game. Smith’s cameo came to an end when Shikhar Dhawan took a blinder in the deep and one ball later Asnodkar’s fierce square-cut sent the ball right down throat of Manoj Tiwary.

Teams:

Delhi: Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Manoj Tiwary, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Farveez Maharoof, Amit Mishra, Yo Mahesh, Mohammad Asif, Glenn McGrath.

Jaipur: Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Warne, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Sohail Tanvir, Sidharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.