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Jaipur: Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten on 44 as he guided a stuttering Rajasthan to a six-wicket victory against Kings XI Punjab in their IPL clash at the Sawai Mansingh stadium on Sunday..
Royals were slow and steady as they chased the smallish target. Ultimately, they reached home in 19.2 overs with Rahane playing the anchor role well.
Sreesanth grabbed the key wickets of Adam Gilchrist and Mandeep Singh in his first over. The visitors could not really recover from the blows, getting bowled out for a disappointing 124 in 18.5 overs.
Royals were slow and steady as they chased the smallish target. Ultimately, they reached home in 19.2 overs with opener Ajinkya Rahane playing the anchor role well with a 42-ball 34. Shane Watson gave the early impetus to the innings with a breezy 32 which had as many a seven fours. After that, it was Royals' game to lose which Rahane, helped along by SV Samson (27 n.o.), made sure they didn't.
Sreesanth, who was quite expensive in the last game against Pune Warriors was a different bowler on Sunday, showing glimpses of his old form. Despite his poor show against the Warriors, captain Dravid expressed faith in him. Sreesanth didn't let him down.
After a disastrous defeat against the Chennai Super Kings, Punjab were looking forward to a Gilchrist blitzkrieg, but the Australian legend failed to deliver the goods, yet again.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Rajasthan brought back Shane Watson, Sanju Samson and Ajit Chandila while Kings XI retain their XI from the previous game.
Teams
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Rahul Dravid (captain), Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Sanju Samson (wk), James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Siddharth Trivedi, Ajit Chandila, S Sreesanth
Kings XI Punjab: Mandeep Singh, Adam Gilchrist (captain & wk), Manan Vohra, David Hussey, Gurkeerat Singh, Azhar Mahmood, Rajagopal Sathish, Piyush Chawla, Ryan Harris, Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana
Brief scores
Kings XI Punjab 124 (Hussey 41, Sreesanth 2-20, Trivedi 2-21)
Rajasthan Royals 126 for 4 (Rahane 34*, Praveen 2-10)
Result Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
MOM James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals)
