Deccan Chargers ended Rajasthan Royals' hopes of reaching the Indian Premier League 2012 play-offs with a five-wicket win in Hyderabad.
It was just their second victory in four seasons at their principal home ground and Rajasthan could not have picked a worse time to turn in their worst batting performance of the season.
Rajasthan Royals kept themselves in contention for an Indian Premier League 2012 play-off spot with a 45-run win over Pune Warriors at Jaipur.
They are now sixth with 14 points, two away from fourth-placed Chennai Super Kings.
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A close game in bowler-friendly conditions was in the balance until Albie Morkel and Anirudha Srikkanth smashed 43 runs in 12 balls to turn the game decisively in Chennai's favour and lift them into fourth place in the table.
Albie Morkel and Anirudha Srikkanth smashed 43 in 12 balls to help Chennai Super Kings score an unlikely four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2012.
A rain-affected game 56 looked to be heading Rajasthan's way as they put up a spirited defence of 126 for six but Chennai moved up to fourth thanks to a match-winning seventh-wicket partnership.
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The Rajasthan Royals moved into fourth place in the table on the back of some excellent Shane Watson batting and Shaun Tait bowling while the Pune Warriors can go no further than the group stage following their latest defeat.
The Rajasthan Royals cruised to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors, Shane Watson leading them home with an unbeaten half-century.
The Australian all-rounder hit 90 in 51 balls as the 2008 champions passed Pune's score of 125 for six with 22 balls to spare.
Monday evening saw Pune's cricket enthusiasts come together at the Pune Marriott Hotel and Convention Centre as they put their best foot forward and challenged the champion team of Rajasthan Royals.
Rahul Dravid led his team into a one of a kind match as it dared the Pune citizens. As the setting of a stadium arena was created at the Pune Marriott Hotel and Convention Centre, the two teams matched each other's stride.
Rajasthan Royals roared back into Indian Premier League 2012 contention with a big 43-run win over Kings XI Punjab at Mohali.
The convincing victory puts them in fifth position in the table, equal on ten points with Kings XI and just two points behind third-placed Mumbai Indians.
The Rajasthan Royals' West Indian all-rounder Kevon Cooper has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League 2012.
The powerful Trinidadian suffered a knee fracture during the match against the Delhi Daredevils on 29th April and has been sidelined for four to five weeks.
The fifth season of the Indian Premier League has just about crossed the halfway mark. And the organizers couldn’t have hoped for better competition. It is simply too close to call, what with second to eighth-placed teams separated by a mere five points.
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An imperious innings from Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag helped set up a commanding six=wicket win for the Daredevils. He scored 50 in 20 balls, ending his innings of 73 in 38 deliveries as his side eased to a victory target of 142 in 15.2 overs.
Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag smashed a 20-ball half-century as the Delhi Daredevils thrashed the Rajasthan Royals by six wickets in Jaipur.
Sehwag smacked 73 in 38 balls to once again establish a three-point lead for the Daredevils at the top of the Indian Premier League 2012 table.
Indian Premier League 2012's leading run-scorer Ajinkya Rahane was reduced to tears as the Delhi Daredevils held on to beat the Rajasthan Royals by one run at home.
He closed unbeaten on 84 but was unable to get his side over the line in a thrilling finale, Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav closing out the game for Delhi.
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AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan both scored half-centuries and KP Appanna took four wickets as the Challengers won by 46 runs in what turned out to be a one-sided match.
AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan scored half-centuries before KP Appanna took four wickets as the Royal Challengers Bangalore thrashed the Rajasthan Royals by 46 runs in the latest Indian Premier League 2012 match.
De Villiers and Dilshan put on 122 for the fourth wicket as Bangalore closed on 189 for three and Appanna's haul of four for 19 saw Rajasthan close well short, on 143 for seven.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored two runs from the final ball of the match against the Rajasthan Royals to seal a seven-wicket win for his side as another Indian Premier League 2012 match went down to the wire.
This game, a repeat of the 2008 final, saw the match go the distance - as it did on that occasion but with the opposite result - as Dhoni clipped Stuart Binny for the winning runs.
A cricket podcast from Cricket World as John Pennington is joined by Chetan Narula to look back at the second week of the Indian Premier League 2012.
They look back at the past seven days of action which have seen some thrilling matches and upsets as the Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and Pune Warriors continue to excel.
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Brad Hodge hit a stunning 48 not out in 21 balls and Dishant Yagnik made a name for himself by hitting two late fours to secure a five-wicket win that put the Royals back on top of the table.
Brad Hodge struck a magnificent 48 not out in 21 balls and Dishant Yagnik hit two late boundaries as the Rajasthan Royals snatched a five-wicket victory from the jaws of defeat against the Deccan Chargers.
As another Indian Premier League 2012 match went down to the final over, Hodge and Yagnik's partnership enabled the Royals to close on 197 for five with two balls to spare in reply to Deccan's 196 for two.
Ajinkya Rahane's superlative hundred helped the Rajasthan Royals thump Royal Challengers by 59 runs at Bangalore in the latest match in the Indian Premier League.
It took the 2008 champions to the top of the table with six points, while the Challengers now languish in eighth place.
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The Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals by five wickets as the latest match in the Indian Premier League 2012 went down to the final over.
Ryan ten Doeschate won the game in style with a six as the Knight Riders made it two wins in a row to arrest an early-season slump.
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A wonderfully entertaining game saw half-centuries from Kieron Pollard and Owais Shah while Pollard and Munaf Patel both took four wickets in a run-filled encounter.
Kieron Pollard blasted a boundary-filled 64 in 33 balls and then took four wickets as the Mumbai Indians racked up 197 for six on their way to a 27-run win over the Rajasthan Royals.
They did not have things their own way, however, as Owais Shah's excellent innings of 76 in 42 deliveries made them work for their victory before the Royals were bowled out for 170 in reply.
