Watson's luck and pluck ensure win for Jaipur
Posted on May 11, 2008 at 20:05 | Updated May 13, 2008 at 02:54
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Square leg umpire - Steve Davis did not refer the decision to the third umpire but Delhi captain Sehwag insisted with the field umpires to bring in the services of the third umpire for it and the TV replays clearly showed that he was short of his ground.
But, the two new batsmen - Mahesh Rawat (5) and Niraj Patel (4) did not lose their nerve and won the match for their team.
Earlier the Jaipur bowlers crippled Delhi with fantastic bowling spells by Dimitri Mascarenhas (2-29), who made his IPL debut replacing Sohail Tanvir and Siddarth Trivedi (2-28) after being 47-1 in 6 overs.
Delhi were left struggling at 100-6 in the 16th overs with both the top and the middle-order back inside the pavilion. However, Sri Lanka's Maharoof displayed some remarkable stroke-making ability to put Delhi right back on track here on Sunday.
When the hosts were just thinking of restricting Delhi to 140, Maharoof dashed their hopes with four massive sixes off Warne to take 27 runs in the penultimate over of their innings to give some sort of a score for the bowlers to defend.
Though for the major part, Jaipur bowlers dominated. Shane Watson strike the first blow by retuning Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag and then a run-out in the very next over set the tone for Jaipur's dominance.
Meanwhile, one of the leading scorers of the tournament - Gautam Gambhir once again looked set for another blazing knock as he carried the charge but it was cut short by Siddarth Trivedi for a well-made 23-ball 31.
Thereafter, a double strike by Mascarenhas to send back AB de Villiers and Dinesh Karthik in one over left Delhi grasping for breath.
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