The damage had already been done at the start by Rahane who played an innings full of strokes that would not have been out of place in the longer formats of the game. He didn't use power or swagger - he didn't need to - but still hurt Kings XI. Their patchy attack could not bother Rahane at all, as he picked gaps at will with precision.
Gilchrist tried Paul Valthaty's slow-mediums but Rahane took 16 more off that over, his third boundary of the over threading the gap between two point fielders.
Royals lost Dravid and Ashok Menaria in consecutive overs, the 10th and the 11th, but that made no difference to the flow of the innings. Rahane raced towards a century with three consecutive fours off Chawla but was bowled on 98 by Faulker as he tried to make room outside leg, typically, not to slog, but to go through extra cover.
Score card 4th Match - Rajasthan Royals v/s Kings XI Punjab
Rajasthan
Royals ( Batting )
R
B
4s
6s
SR
R Dravid
c Faulkner b Harmeet Singh
28
24
3
0
116.66
A Rahane
b Faulkner
98
66
16
1
148.48
A Menaria
b Chawla
0
3
0
0
0
B Hodge
b Faulkner
21
16
1
1
131.25
O Shah
not out
14
8
2
0
175
K Cooper
not out
11
3
1
1
366.66
Extras
(lb 8, w 11)
19
Total
(4 wickets; 20 overs)
191
(9.55 runs per over)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
P Kumar
4
0
42
0
10.5
J Faulkner
4
0
41
2
10.25
P Chawla
4
0
33
1
8.25
Bipul
Sharma
4
0
28
0
7
Harmeet
Singh
3
0
23
1
7.66
P Valthaty
1
0
16
0
16
Kings XI
Punjab ( Batting )
R
B
4s
6s
SR
A Gilchrist
c Cooper b Singh
27
18
3
1
150
P Valthaty
c Singh b Cooper
13
15
2
0
86.66
S Marsh
c Dravid b Cooper
7
6
1
0
116.66
A Nayar
c Goswami b Cooper
10
10
0
1
100
D Hussey
c Cooper b Trivedi
13
10
1
0
130
Mandeep
Singh
b Chavan
34
25
5
0
136
Bipul
Sharma
c Rahane b Chavan
18
13
2
0
138.46
P Chawla
b Cooper
10
8
0
1
125
J Faulkner
not out
11
9
0
0
122.22
P Kumar
run out (Cooper/Goswami)
10
6
0
1
166.66
Harmeet
Singh
not out
1
1
0
0
100
Extras
(lb 4, w 1, nb 1)
6
Total
(9 wickets; 20 overs)
160
(8.00 runs per over)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
S Trivedi
4
0
32
1
8
J Botha
4
0
36
0
9
A Singh
4
0
26
1
6.5
K Cooper
4
0
26
4
6.5
B Hodge
1
0
8
0
8
A Chavan
3
0
28
2
9.33
Owais Shah and Cooper launched Royals past 190. Cooper, who caught attention with his performances in the Champions League Twenty20 last year, had an IPL debut to remember. He had a role to play in seven of the nine Kings XI wickets to fall.
R
B
4s
6s
SR
28
24
3
0
116.66
98
66
16
1
148.48
0
3
0
0
0
21
16
1
1
131.25
14
8
2
0
175
11
3
1
1
366.66
19
191
O
M
R
W
Econ
4
0
42
0
10.5
4
0
41
2
10.25
4
0
33
1
8.25
4
0
28
0
7
3
0
23
1
7.66
1
0
16
0
16
R
B
4s
6s
SR
27
18
3
1
150
13
15
2
0
86.66
7
6
1
0
116.66
10
10
0
1
100
13
10
1
0
130
34
25
5
0
136
18
13
2
0
138.46
10
8
0
1
125
11
9
0
0
122.22
10
6
0
1
166.66
1
1
0
0
100
6
160
O
M
R
W
Econ
4
0
32
1
8
4
0
36
0
9
4
0
26
1
6.5
4
0
26
4
6.5
1
0
8
0
8
3
0
28
2
9.33
Gilchrist began with a series of pulls but was caught by Cooper at mid-on for 27. Paul Valthaty slashed Cooper to gully and Shaun Marsh and Abhishek Nayar succumbed to his lack of pace. The ball seemed to follow Cooper everywhere.
He soon caught David Hussey at long-on off Siddharth Trivedi as Kings XI slipped to 86 for 5. There was to be another wicket, of Piyush Chawla, to give Cooper figures of 4-0-26-4. Not done yet, he ran out Praveen in the last over. Kings XI, though, had already run out of steam after Rahane's elegant display.
Mandeep Singh was the highest scorer for Kings XI with his fighting 34 with 5 boundaries to his name, rest all players came and passed by to the good captaincy of bowling change by Rahul Dravid.
Man of the Match was very simple to judge - Ajinkya Rahane for his 98 with 16 boundaries and 1 six.
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