IPL 6: Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI by eight wickets

Jaipur - Rajasthan Royal beat Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Thursday.

Chasing a target of 146, Rajasthan Royals reached home safely scoring 147 for two with an over to spare after Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten on 59 and the young Sanju Samson on 47.

Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab

Mandeep Singh c & b Chandila 0

Adam Gilchrist c & b Cooper 42

Shaun Marsh b Cooper 77

David Hussey b Watson 1

David Miller c Rahane b Cooper 8

Manpreet Singh Gony c Samson b Faulkner 3

Rajagopal Sathish not out 4

Piyush Chawla not out 1

Extras (lb 6, w 3) 9

Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 145

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mandeep Singh, 0.3 overs), 2-102 (Gilchrist, 13.3), 3-105 (Hussey, 14.3), 4-136 (Marsh, 18.4), 5-137 (Miller, 18.6), 6-143 (Gony, 19.4)

Bowling:

Ajit Chandila 4-0-24-1

Sreesanth 2-0-18-0

James Faulkner 4-0-37-1

Shane Watson 4-0-19-1

Siddharth Trivedi 2-0-18-0

Kevon Cooper 4-0-23-3

Rajasthan Royals

Rahul Dravid b Bipul Sharma 4

Ajinkya Rahane not out 59

Shane Watson b Chawla 31

Sanju Samson not out 47

Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6

Total (for two wickets in 19 overs) 147

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Dravid, 1.2 overs), 2-71 (Watson, 9.4)

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-27-0

Bipul Sharma 4-0-21-1

Parwinder Awana 4-0-39-0

Piyush Chawla 4-0-27-1

Manpreet Gony 2-0-22-0

Rajagopal Sathish 1-0-10-0

Toss: Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by eight wickets

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and S.Ravi

TV umpire: C.K.Nandan

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)