Pune Warriors VS Rajasthan Royals - Analysis

Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

May 1, 2011.

Points

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Points	NRR	Place
PW	7	2	5	4	-0.066	10th
RR	8	4	3,1(No Result)	9	-0.202	4th

Team Vs Team

Teams

TEAM NAME	RR	PW
Strength	Great Batting Line-Up.	Yuvraj’s All-round performance.
Weakness	Expensive Bowlers	Players Except Yuvraj.
Opportunities	To move into top of the points table.	To leave the basement of the table.
Threats	J Ryder,Yuvraj.	S Watson,J Botha
Last 5 Matches	L,NO,L,W,W	L,L,L,L,L

Key Players

Rajasthan Royals

Rahul Dravid

Matches(IPL)	49
Innings	43
NO	3
Runs	1056
HS	75*
Average	26.40
Strike Rate	118.51
50-100-0	0-4-3
4’s-6’s	115-19
Strength	Specialist on Driving skills, Classical Player
Weakness	Little bit of defensive.
Last 5 Batting Performances	DNP,NO,8,44,5

Shane Warne

Matches	49
Innings	49
Balls	1080
Runs	1312
Wickets	54
Best Bowling	4-21
Average	24.29
Economy	7.28
Strike Rate	20.0
4W-5W	1-0
Strength	King of Spin.
Weakness	Sledging the against team players.
Last 5 Bowling Performances	1-17,NO,1-50,3-16,1-13

Pune Warriors

Manish Pandey

Matches(IPL)	24
Innings	22
NO	3
Runs	461
HS	114*
Average	24.26
Strike Rate	115.82
50-100-0	1-0-3
4’s-6’s	49-11
Strength	Young Classical Player
Weakness	In Bad Form
Last 5 Batting Performances	DNP,DNP,12,10,19

Rahul Sharma

Matches	21
Innings	21
Balls	430
Runs	500
Wickets	19
Best Bowling	3-14
Average	26.31
Economy	6.97
Strike Rate	22.6
4W-5W	0-0
Strength	Top-Spinner. Good Height.
Weakness	Inexperience in the depth overs.
Last 5 Bowling Performances	1-17,NO,1-50,3-16,1-13

Players to Watch….

Tim Paine

                        Australian Wicket-Keeper batsmen who can give a aggressive start for the team but he couldn’t get a correct rhythm in his first match but he will get today.

Amit Singh

                        A right-arm medium-pacer for Gujarat came into prominence when he was signed on by the Rajasthan Royals for the second edition of the IPL in South Africa. He is in good form throughout this tournament and he will continue the good run.

Trivia

Ø      Yuvraj Singh has struck 13 sixes so far this IPL, the highest by a batsman this season. 

Ø      Siddharth Trivedi, despite improved performances in the last two games, still has the dubious distinction of conceding the most runs in an innings this IPL - 59 in four overs against Kings XI Punjab.

Mic Testing 1...2...3...

Shane Warne - "We have been lucky here. We know a few things about this ground like the angles to be blocked off and that gives us the extra confidence."

Yuvraj Singh - “We have to win six out of six to have a chance,”

Pitch Conditions

Ø      Not easy to field under the lights.

Ø      Chasing is the best one.

My Predictions…

Playing XI

RR
My XI	Warne’s XI
S Watson(ALL)	S Watson(ALL)
R Dravid(BAT)	R Dravid(BAT)
J Botha(ALL)	J Botha(ALL)
S Asnodkar(BAT)	R Taylor(BAT)
R Taylor(BAT)	A Menaria(ALL)
A Menaria(ALL)	A Rahane(BAT)
A Rahane(BAT)	S Binny(ALL)
D Yagnik(WK)	D Yagnik(WK)
S Warne(BOW)	S Warne(BOW)
S Trivedi(BOW)	S Trivedi(BOW)
A Singh(BOW)	A Singh(BOW)
PW
My XI	Yuvraj’s XI
J Ryder(ALL)	J Ryder(ALL)
M Mishra(BAT)	M Pandey(BAT)
M Pandey(BAT)	M Manhas(BAT)
Y Singh(ALL)	Y Singh(ALL)
R Uthappa(WK)	R Uthappa(WK)
M Manhas(BAT)	Harpreet Singh(BAT)
N McCullum(BOW)	N McCullum(BOW)
W Parnell(BOW)	M Kartik(BOW)
M Kartik(BOW)	J Taylor(BOW)
R Sharma(BOW)	R Sharma(BOW)
A Thomas(BOW)	A Thomas(BOW)

Result

(1)               If RR bats first

RR	158-5(20)
PW	159-8(19.5)

(2)               If PW bats first

PW	138-7(20)
RR	139-3(19.1)

Man of the Match

(1)       If RR wins

                              J Botha or A Singh              

(2)               If PW wins

Y Singh or R Sharma

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