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Jaipur: Cooper took four wickets while Rahane and Samson scored fifties as Rajasthan crushed Perth by nine wickets in Group 'A' match of CLT20 in Jaipur on Sunday.
Sanju Samson and Ajinkya Rahane shared an unbeaten 100-run stand to lead Rajasthan Royals chase against Perth Scorchers in Group 'A' match of the Champions League Twenty20 on Sunday.
Perth Scorchers pacer Jason Behrendorff struck in the first over to remove Rahul Dravid for nought.
But target was never going to be tough for a team that has a star-studded batting line-up. Rahane anchored the innings with a fine fifty after the early loss of Rahul Dravid and then was joined by Samson who too played sensibly to register another T20 fifty.
The Perth bowlers couldn't trouble the batsman and with this loss, they are out of the tournament.
Earlier, Kevon Cooper returned with a four-wicket haul as host Rajasthan Royals bundled out lowly Perth Scorchers for a modest 120.
Playing true to expectation and using the home conditions well, Rajasthan Royals compltes their eleventh successive victory at home, riding on a disciplined performance by their bowlers.
For Rajasthan Royals, Cooper (4 for 18) was the most successful bowler, while Pravin Tambe (2 for 17), James Faulkner (2 for 15) and Shane Watson (1 for 23) also contributed with the ball.
Cooper dismissed Hilton Cartwright (5), Voges (27), Joe Mennie (2) and Ashton Turner (11).
Perth lost Liam Davis (18) in the third over and the slide continued with wickets falling till the last delivery of the innings.
Their specialist batsman Adam Voges was the top scorer with 27 made off 21 balls and the rest of the batting looked pretty inept as they wasted their starts and could never build up a momentum.
Half of the Scorchers side, including Voges, were back to the pavillion within 11.3 overs with the score reading 77.
After that, only Turner and Jason Behrendorff managed to score in double figures while the rest scored in single digit.
Earlier, Rajasthan have won the toss and Rahul Dravid opted to field first.
Teams:
Perth: Liam Davis, Ashton Agar, Simon Katich (Capt.), Adam Voges, Hilton Cartwright, Ashton Turner, Tom Triffitt (wk), Joel Paris, Jason Behrendorff, Michael Beer, Joe Mennie
Rajasthan: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson (wk), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Ashok Menaria, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Vikramjeet Malik, Pravin Tambe
Brief scores
Perth Scorchers 120 (Cooper 4-18, Faulkner 2-23)
Rajasthan Royals 121 for 1 (Rahane 62*, Samson 50*)
Result Rajasthan Royals won by nine wickets
Points Rajasthan Royals 4, Perth Scorchers 0
