away Rajasthan in their 'fortress' helping his team register aneasy
6-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals here on Tuesday at the
Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Chasing a modest target of 141, Delhi reached their target in 15.2
overs when Naman Ojha hoisted Ashok Maneria over long off for a
massive six. The game was already setup in favour of the visitors
courtesy 96 runs partnership in just 59 balls by Kevin Pietersen (36)
and Virender Sehwag.
Even Rajasthan had a good start to their innings in the first half
with Dravid and Rahane clobbering the strong Delhi bowling line up to
all parts of the ground with some conventional shots but the
introduction Pawan Negi turned the tide in Delhi's favour. From being
70 for no loss in the ninth over, the hostscrumbled to 95 for 5 in the
13th. From that position, Rajasthan had no one left to provide the
imputes needed to set a challenging target.
The Leg spinner Pawan Negi, playingin place of Ajit Agarkar on the
slow turning track of Jaipur took the crucial wickets of Rahane,
Watson and Hodge in a span of 4 overs whichbroke the Rajasthan's
middle order.
On a seemingly easy track to bat on as demonstrated by Sehwag and
Pietersen, the Rajasthan batting line up, barring Dravid were guilty
of playing through the line and imploding without any reason trying
for the big shots rather trying to pacetheir innings well.
Win this win Delhi have once again proven that they are the team to be
beaten this season as Dravid's Rajasthan slumped further to 6th on the
table tied with Pune and Punjab with 8 points. Rajasthan have now lost
4 matches on the trot.
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