2091dThe Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Royals saunter into semi-finals

Rajasthan Royals breezed into the Champions League semi-final with a nine-wicket win over Perth Scorchers that rarely looked an even contest

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AM Rahane
AM Rahane
62(53) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 21 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
7 7 8 1 6 15 4 14
SV Samson
SV Samson
50(42) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 24 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
3 6 8 6 5 3 17 2

Best performances - Bowlers

KK Cooper
O4
M0
R18
W4
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
JP Faulkner
JP Faulkner
O4
M0
R16
W2
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Vishal Dikshit

With that, Rajasthan Royals march into the semi-finals with a convincing nine-wicket win and Perth Scorchers are out of the Champions League. Royals' bowlers did the job today, Kevon Cooper in particular, and Rahane and Samson made sure they were not bothered much during the chase. Scorchers looked out of place today, especially after they were asked to bat. That's all for you all today, thanks for all the comments and feedback, we'll see you for tomorrow' double-header. This is Vishal Dikshit signing off with our scorer Gopi Rangarajan, goodbye!

Ajinkya Rahane: It was a really nice pitch, good for bowlers and batsmen. This wicket was not fast compared to what we played against Mumbai Indians but the ball was doing a bit and holding its line. It was slightly tough initially but was easier later to bat on. I enjoy batting with Sanju, we were just talking about positive cricket while batting. We just need to concentrate on the next game and stay positive.

Simon Katich: We are learning the hard way, we didn't get many partnerships going and were about 50-60 short there. Out bowlers tried their best but nothing worked. We presented four caps the other day and that in itself is tough. Hopefully we'll get a fair bit of this before the Big Bash. We've seen how big the standard is here form the Big Bash and it's a different ball game. We're gonna have to try harder in the next few days.

Time for the presentation:

Rahul Dravid: It's nice to win and play well. It was a really good and clinical performance today. We can always improve and we can keep getting better, we also take a lot of satisfaction from the match today. Our bowlers pulled it back brilliantly today, like Jimmy, Coops and a lot of professionalism from Samson and Rahane who batted very well. Our next game is a big one and Otago is playing very good cricket, they are the team in form.

Kevon Cooper: Hapy to come out here and bowl well and give my team a chance of winning. The yorker is something I practice e a lot, it's very important in this format. It's great to play with players like Dravid, Watson and we sit and plan every game with the support staff. We wanted to play good cricket here and happy to do that.

16.3
1
Mennie to Rahane, 1 run, full on the pads, glanced down to deep fine leg and that's it, RR have won
16.2
1
Mennie to Samson, 1 run, on length outside off, drives it down to long-on for a fifty and the scores are level
16.1
4
Mennie to Samson, FOUR, on length down the leg side from the back of the hand, helps it fine for a four along the way

END OF OVER:
16 | 9 Runs | RR: 115/1 (6 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.18, RRR: 1.50)

  • Ajinkya Rahane61 (52b)
  • Sanju Samson45 (40b)
  • Joel Paris4-0-28-0
  • Michael Beer4-0-26-0
15.6
0
Paris to Rahane, no run, on length on off, slashes and manages an inside edge onto the pads
15.5
2
Paris to Rahane, 2 runs, on length outside off, tried to drive it straight and a thick inside edge goes to deep midwicket
15.4
0
Paris to Rahane, no run, slightly slower on length on the leg stump, tries to flick but misses