20 may 2011
RR beat MI by 10 wickets, give perfect send off to Warne
Mumbai: Shane Watson smashed a breath-taking unbeaten 47-ball 89-run knock as Rajasthan Royals provided the perfect send off to their retiring captain Shane Warne by thrashing Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets in their last IPL match here today.
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It was a stunning display of stroke-play by Watson as out-of-contention Rajasthan got their acts together in time to give a befitting farewell to their inspiration captain Warne.
With this defeat, Mumbai now has 16 points and will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on May 22 in their final round-robin IPL match for a place in the play-off.
Kolkata too are at 16 points, while Kings XI Punjab have 14 points in their kitty with one match to go.
Royals have finished their engagements with 13 points.
Chennai Super Kings, with 18 points, and Royal Challengers Bangalore (17) have already qualified for the four-team play-offs and are in the top two positions on the table.
It was Watson’s day all the way as after grabbing three wickets for 19 runs, the burly Australian simply tore the home team’s attack and struck six sixes and nine fours.
Rahul Dravid, who started slowly before opening out, played the ideal foil to his 29-year-old team-mate, named the man of the match, while making an unbeaten 43 in 32 balls with the help of six fours.
The burly Aussie pulled the ball ferociously and also drove it with power when the opportunity arose and treated all the bowlers with equal disdain. Watson’s pyrotechnics saw Malinga ?- MI’s pride and the highest wicket taker in IPL4, bled 42 runs in his four overs.
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