Hyderabad, May 18: Dale Steyn was impressive with the ball as Deccan Chargers defeated Rajasthan Royals by five wickets here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Friday night.
Here are the highlights of Game 68 of IPL 5. The loss has put Rajasthan out of IPL 5.
# This was only their third victory of the season for Deccan, who are already out of the reckoning for semi-finals
# Rajasthan still have a game to play, but don’t have a chance of qualifying
# Rajasthan now have 14 points from 15 games
# Deccan have 7 points from 15 matches
# Victory today at their home ground was only second at the venue in five seasons
# Dale Steyn was the Man-of-the-match
# Deccan were off to a good start in chase, scoring 58/0 in the first six over of powerplay
# The home team's 100 came off 91 balls
# Siddarth Trivedi was the most successful bowler for Rajasthan with two wickets
# Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first
# Rajasthan batsmen failed to get going and were restricted to 126/8 in 20 overs
# Steyn and Amit Mishra took two wickets apiece for Deccan
# Dravid was the top scorer for Rajasthan with 39 runs
# The next best for Rajasthan came from Owais Shah with 28
# Rajasthan reached 41/1 in the first six overs of powerplay
# Rajasthan’s 50 came off 46 balls
# 100 for Rajasthan was raised in 100 balls
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