Rajasthan got back on track with a crushing victory over the Deccan Chargers.    After Gilchrist was dismissed, there was very little resistance from Deccan. 

Rajasthan, after their blip in the last game, look to be back on track for the semi-finals.   A complete performance of all round excellence saw them home with plenty to spare... 

IPL Match Report
Date    : 9/5/2008
Teams (Home first)  : Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers
Result    : Rajasthan won, 8 wickets
Toss Won   : Rajasthan, chose to field
Top Bat Home   : Pathan, 68
Top Bat Away   : Gilchrist, 61
Highest first 6 over score : Dec 50, Raj 50
Highest Opening Partnership : Dec 61, Raj 109
Total sixes hit   : Dec 3, Raj 2
Total wides   : Raj bowled 1, Dec bowled 5
Total run outs   : 2

Lineups / Scorecard

Deccan
A. Gilchrist     c Rawat     b Trivedi    61 (49b)
H. Gibbs        c Rawat     b M. Patel  19 (20b)
S. Styris         c Warne    b Pathan   13 (11b)
R. Sharma      run out                      5 (8b)
S. Afridi         c M. Patel   b Warne     1 (3b)
S. Bangar       c Rawat     b Watson   3 (6b)
D. Ravi Teja    lbw           b Warne     6 (8b)
V. Rao           not out                     23 (11b)
R. Singh         run out                       2 (3b)
P. Ohja          not out                       1 (2b)
D. Vijaykumar
Total             (8 wickets, 20 overs)       140

Rajasthan
G. Smith   c Ohja  b R. Singh  40 (43b)
Y. Pathan   c Gibbs  b Ohja   68 (37b)
M. Kaif    not out     17 (14b)
S. Watson   not out     5 (2b)
N. Patel
R. Jadeja
S. Warne
M. Rawat
S. Tanvir
S. Trivedi
M. Patel
Total  (2 wickets, 16 overs)      141

The Deccan innings got off to a flyer, with dashers Gilchrist and Gibbs partnered together.   Gibbs wasn’t able to bat as expansively as his partner, and in fact was embarrassingly dropped by Smith, his national captain, on 5.   But he rotated the strike effectively to allow Gilchrist to showcase his talent yet again...