CENTURION: Shane Warne’s young bunch of nondescripts are at it again. Gradually they’re picking momentum, seizing opportunities, beginning to gel as Bangalore Royal Challengers' Roelof van der Merwe is clean bowled by Rajasthan Royals' Amit Singh at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
On Thursday, the manner in which they demolished Royal Challengers by seven wickets, bowling at an economy rate of close to just five runs per over, restricting Anil Kumble’s side to a mere 105 and then chasing the target with five overs to spare was truly an indication of them rising to the occasion again.
Nothing seemed to go wrong right from the toss for Warne. As if he had mastered the conditions here, the skipper elected to field, and began the attack with young Amit Singh, in whom he is now placing his confidence given Kamran Khan’s absence.
Singh gave Warne four wickets and more importantly he conceded just 19 runs from his four overs. It seemed like the seniors, including Munaf Patel, Lee Carseldine, Morne Morkel and Warne himself, had to rally around the youngster’s performance.
Another youngster in whom Warne places immense confidence gave the next best performance with the ball after Singh. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets, all of them important ones, that of Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher and Virat Kohli. The triple strike enabled Jaipur to take firm control of the proceedings.
Chasing 105 was never going to be difficult, especially if one took into account Jaipur’s batting effort against Kings XI Punjab in the previous match and the efforts of Graeme Smith, Lee Carseldine and Yusuf Pathan.
However, none of the three played a role in the game as much as young wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha did. Ojha scored close to half of Royal Challengers’ total.
In fact, the manner in which he finished the game with two fours and a six off Praveen Kumar, it left little doubt in the minds of those watching this Rajasthan team that Warne’s young brigade were so full of confidence.
Except for Roelof van der Merwe’s one over in which he gave away 11 runs, none of the Royal Challengers bowlers bowled too badly either. However, it was the small target that made the chase look easier.
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On Thursday, the manner in which they demolished Royal Challengers by seven wickets, bowling at an economy rate of close to just five runs per over, restricting Anil Kumble’s side to a mere 105 and then chasing the target with five overs to spare was truly an indication of them rising to the occasion again.
Nothing seemed to go wrong right from the toss for Warne. As if he had mastered the conditions here, the skipper elected to field, and began the attack with young Amit Singh, in whom he is now placing his confidence given Kamran Khan’s absence.
Singh gave Warne four wickets and more importantly he conceded just 19 runs from his four overs. It seemed like the seniors, including Munaf Patel, Lee Carseldine, Morne Morkel and Warne himself, had to rally around the youngster’s performance.
Another youngster in whom Warne places immense confidence gave the next best performance with the ball after Singh. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets, all of them important ones, that of Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher and Virat Kohli. The triple strike enabled Jaipur to take firm control of the proceedings.
Chasing 105 was never going to be difficult, especially if one took into account Jaipur’s batting effort against Kings XI Punjab in the previous match and the efforts of Graeme Smith, Lee Carseldine and Yusuf Pathan.
However, none of the three played a role in the game as much as young wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha did. Ojha scored close to half of Royal Challengers’ total.
In fact, the manner in which he finished the game with two fours and a six off Praveen Kumar, it left little doubt in the minds of those watching this Rajasthan team that Warne’s young brigade were so full of confidence.
Except for Roelof van der Merwe’s one over in which he gave away 11 runs, none of the Royal Challengers bowlers bowled too badly either. However, it was the small target that made the chase look easier.
TOI
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