Match 38 facts and Scorecard: RR on Top, Pune holds to Bottom

Rajasthan Royals completed an easy victory over Pune Warriors.

Match Facts

Match 38
Venue: Jaipur
Captains: Warne (RR), Yuvraj (PWI)
Toss: RR
Result: RR def PWI by 6 wkts
MOM: Ross Taylor
3wkts or more: 3/13 by Rahul Sharma
6s: 8 (PWI 2, RR 6)
4s: 24 ({WI 15, RR 9)
50-plus partnership: 52 5th wkt Taylor and Rahane (RR)

Records

Rajasthan top the points table now.
Rahul Sharma registered his best figure in IPL.
Taylor received his first MOM of 2011.

Pune Warriors innings (20 overs maximum)

Ryder st Yagnik b Botha 18 runs 12 balls 3 4s
Pandey c Taylor b Trivedi 30 runs 31 balls 4 4s
Uthappa c Yagnik b Warne 35 runs 21 balls 7 4s
Yuvraj Singh run out 7 runs 11 balls
Harpreet Singh c Rahane b Watson 13 runs 19 balls
Manhas c Binny b Trivedi 24 runs 19 balls 1 four 1 six
Nathan McCullum not out 11 runs 6 balls 1 six
Rahul Sharma run out 0
Kartik not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2) 5
Total (20 overs) 143/7

Fall of wickets

1-24 (Ryder, 2.6 ov), 2-70 (Uthappa, 8.2 ov), 3-91 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.1 ov), 4-93 (Pandey, 12.5 ov), 5-121 (Harpreet Singh, 18.1 ov), 6-134 (Manhas, 19.2 ov), 7-135 (Sharma, 19.4 ov)

Bowling

Botha 4 ov 23/1
Menaria 1 ov 10/0
Watson 4 ov 19/1
Amit Singh 3 ov 29/0
Warne 4 ov 31/1
Trivedi 4 ov 28/2

Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 144 runs from 20 overs)

Watson c Uthappa b Thomas 12 runs 14 balls 1 six
Dravid c & b Sharma 18 runs 20 balls 2 4s
Botha lbw b Sharma 12 runs 18 balls 1 four
Menaria c Thomas b Sharma 29 runs 22 balls 3 6s
Ross Taylor not out 47 runs 35 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Rahane not out 15 runs 9 balls 2 4s
Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 1) 11
Total (19.3 overs) 144/4

Fall of wickets

1-29 (Watson, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Dravid, 7.1 ov), 3-59 (Botha, 10.1 ov), 4-92 (Menaria, 14.1 ov)

Bowling

Kartik 4 ov 41/0
Thomas 4 ov 1 maiden 28/1
Rahul Sharma 4 ov 1 maiden 13/3
Taylor 3.3 ov 22/0
Yuvraj Singh 1 ov 9/0
N McCullum 3 ov 22/0