Punjab XI vs Rajasthan XI 3rd T20 at Pune, 10 Apr, 2015

Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to bowl first
Rajasthan XI 162/7 (20)
Punjab XI 136/8 (20)
Rajasthan Royals won by 26 runs
Man of the Match: James Faulkner
  • Karanveer Singh 5 * (4)
  • Anureet Singh 0 * (3)

Over 1.1 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to M Vijay, no runs, gets forward and flicks it straight to mid-wicket.

Over 1.2CH Morris to M Vijay Wide ball ...

Over 1.2 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to M Vijay, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it over mid-off and picks up couple of runs. 

Over 1.3 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to M Vijay, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 1.4 CH Morris bowls a back of length delivery to M Vijay, no runs, stays back in the crease and defends it to the on-side.

Over 1.5 CH Morris bowls it short of length to M Vijay, Six!! Gets forward and  plays on the rise and lofts it handsomely over long-on for a maximum.

Over 1.6 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to M Vijay, 1 run, gets forward and works it away through mid-wicket and gets a single.

Over 16.1 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to Akshar Patel, 1 run, backs away once again and mistimes the heave towards deep mid-wicket.

Over 16.2 CH Morris bowls it short of length to GJ Bailey, 2 runs, backing away a little, Bailey mistimes the pull towards deep mid-wicket.

Over 16.3 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to GJ Bailey, 1 run, comes across the line and glances it down to fine-leg.

Over 16.4 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to Akshar Patel, 1 run, gets forward and flicks it away through mid-wicket and picks up another single.

Over 16.5 CH Morris bowls it short of length to GJ Bailey, no runs, goes deep in the crease and pulls it hard but straight to mid-wicket.

Over 16.6 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to GJ Bailey, no runs, came down the track and digs it out back to bowler.

Over 19.1 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to Karanveer Singh, no runs, gets forward and looks to swing hard but misses.

Over 19.2 CH Morris bowls a good length delivery to Karanveer Singh, Boundary! Makes room and carves it over a diving backward point, the ball runs away to the backward point fence.

Over 19.3CH Morris to Karanveer Singh No runs ...

Over 19.4 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to Karanveer Singh, 1 run, gets forward and drives it in the air towards long-on.

Over 19.5 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to K Anureet Singh, no runs, gets forward and  fails to lay his bat on it and the keeper collects.

Over 19.6 CH Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to K Anureet Singh, no runs, gets forward and drives it straight back to the bowler.

Rajasthan Royals won by 26 runs

Smith: They were very good. We didn't get off to the best of starts, but we got around in the end. Hooda was good in his first match and Faulkner was great too. He is a little man, but he did brilliantly behind the stumps. I like playing here. I am sure we will be fine, we will look at the combinations and decide accordingly for each game.

Bailey: Pretty happy (on the team's performance). I thought 160 was about par. If we had taken a couple of opportunities, we should have restricted them before. That's the nature of this game, a couple of run-outs and we changed the batting order as well, but it didn't pay off. We thought that David (Miller) and I will come later and finish it off, but it was an error in judgement. Smith was really good and Faulkner was brilliant in the end. Hopefully, we can learn from our mistakes. Obviously, it was a great year for us last year but I am sick of talking about it. It's time for us to move on and concentrate on this year's competition.

James Faulkner is the Man of the Match