Chennai Superkings have to consider themselves lucky. They were outplayed in every department of the game on Sunday by the Rajasthan Royals but still lost on just the final ball. The scorecard suggests a really close match, the highlights make you wonder how?
Chennai batted first and scored a formidable 168. Formidable as this was a high pressure game and MSD had defended 157 too in a final, that too a close match! Almost everyone contributed in bits and pieces to help reach the total. The Rajasthan bowling was accurate without being incisive
Rajasthan Royals Bowling Analysis

Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Econ

S Tanveer
4
0
40
1
10.00

SR Watson
4
0
29
1
07.25

MM Patel
2
0
14
0
07.00

YK Pathan
4
0
22
3
05.50

SK Trivedi
2
0
21
0
10.50

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If you thought the first Semi Final was one sided enough, think again! This match really redefined one sided for me. Yuvraj’s…ahem….Preity’s boys came into the match with ultimate gusto and passion, as they always do. They were subjected to some great bowling from the Chennai Superkings.

Bundled out for a paltry 112, the end was always waiting for the formalities to be done. Piyush Chawla bowled really well, but the century partnership between Suresh Raina and Parthiv Patel stole the show. Congratulations Chennai. Hope to see Rajasthan beat you guys tomorrow in the final!

Oh yes, I am frustrated! Glen McGrath is on the top of my list of people I am frustrated with. This pitch had bounce, this pitch had carry, this pitch had movement. THIS PITCH HAD LIFE! Mr. Amit Mishra, this pitch HAD TURN FORGOSSAKE! You already know that despite all the above facts, Delhi allowed Rajasthan to get away and score 192. After that innings, I was thinking that this is a belter of a pitch and whenever you mention the term belter to Sehwag, he would say : “I’ll get it”. Maybe someone did….Maybe no one did. Whatever! He …read more

After a long hiatus, six and out is back! Was watching the first semi-final of the IPL between the Rajasthan Royals and the Delhi Daredevils. In previous meetings, both the teams have won their respective home games!
The match is being played in the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, certainly not anywhere near home for any of the two North Indian teams. Delhi, having won the toss, put in the Royals in to bat. Glen McGrath was at his worked up best when Swapnil Asanodkar started treating him like he would treat a certain Mr. Ankit Mishra if he thought about hanging up …read more

First of all, thank you. YES YOU! ALL OF YOU! For the first time since man invented the wheel, six and out has touched 50k page views. There is a party for you too, if you can make it. To know more, ask me.
With the Deccan Chargers losing to Chennai Superkings tonight, all the four semi finalists of the inaugural DLF IPL have been decided. Not that I care as both my teams (Kolkata and Mumbai) are out. Anyway’s, for people too naive to not support Kolkata, they are

Rajasthan Royals
Kings XI Punjab
Chennai Superkings
Delhi Daredevils

in that order of course. After watching …read more

Continuing the series, sixandout dwells a little bit into the owners of the IPL Franchises.
Everytime I talk about the success of the Rajasthan Royals, people ask me : “Who owns them?” This post is for the most subdued owner in the Indian Premier League.
Emerging Media is the owner of the Rajasthan Royals. Apart from owning the IPL Team, these guys are mainly into media-property development business with a focus on developing programs for the Indian sub-continent.
In India, they are more known (if at all) for their reality cricket show : Cricket Star, whose runner …read more

Watching the IPL fixture between the Deccan Chargers and the Rajasthan Royals tonight, a few things caught my eye. Lets go through them:

Afridi had a go at Warnie, Warnie said something like : “Grow up, mate”
Tendulkar’s Birthday had the crowd more excited than their home team Deccan Chargers
Deccan Chargers continued their bad form. Having arguably the best team on paper, they have lost 3 out of three now.
Warnie won the game for the ROYALS, with the bat!
Warnie hit about 15 off the last over, bowled by Roy Symonds

That’s about it. This post was a tribute to one of the most …read more