The so called underdogs – Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League have shocked all the critics as well as followers by the excellent cricket which they had played so far. In the 18th match of DLF – IPL today, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first against the so called giants of DLF – IPL Knight Riders. Despite loosing Smith in the second over, Rajasthan Royals played intelligently and they approached the game with a define game plan. They continued scoring at a good run rate and scored a total of 196 runs in 20 overs. The highest scorer was Swapnil Asnodkar (60) for Rajasthan Royals. Yousaf Pathan again played a cameo of 55 runs in 33 balls.This was the second 50 for Yousaf Pathan in the tournament.Jadega also supported him brilliantly and scored 33 runs in 19 balls.In the last over Rajasthan Royals lost Yousaf Pathan. Umar Gul was the bowler and bowled and excellent line for first 3 balls and got the wicket of Shane Warne with an intelligent piece of thinking. Shane Warne was run out probably due to his own laziness. The last over was a good one and only 7 runs were given.

Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 18th Match