Rajasthan Royals Ross Taylor struck 47 to achieve a six- wicket victory over Pune Warriors in IPL 4 on Sunday.He scored 47 for 35 unbeatably and smashed four boundaries and two sixes and ended up a 52 run partnership unbroken with Ajinkya Rahane
To chase Pune Warriors with three balls to spare it was RR’s third straight win and they have now reached the top of the table
While with their sixth consecutive loss Pune slid down to the bottom. Rahul Sharma took three wickets for 13.
Alfonso Thomas gave Warriors the breakthrough when he had dangerous opener Shane Watson caught behind.
Sharma put the Royals' chase off-track by dismissing Rahul Dravid and Johan Botha in his successive overs that saw Rajasthan reeling at 59/3 in 10.1 overs. Sharma dismissed Dravid by taking a return catch and then trapped Botha perpendicular .
Ashok Maneria played a brisk 22-ball 29, smashing three sixes to give plunge to the Royals' hunt .
He put on 33 runs for the fourth wicket with Taylor before he was was caught by Thomas at deep mid-wicket off Sharma.
Taylor and Rahane then saw the team through.
Sent in, Warriors were given a good start by Robin Uthappa (35) and Manish Pandey (30) after losing Jesse Ryder early.
Botha got the better of Ryder when he danced down the wicket only to be stumped.
But once Uthappa was dismissed caught behind off Warne, the middle order crumbled. Uthappa hit 7 fours in his 21-ball innings.
Yuvraj Singh was run out by Siddharth Trivedi (2-28), who then had Manish Pandey caught by Taylor at deep mid-wicket to lessen Pune Warriors to 93/4.
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