Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers, reach Semi Finals

Rajasthan Royals officially became the first team in the IPL to reach the semi finals. They scored an easy 65-run win over the depleted Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals put up 197/1 in 20 overs. Graeme Smith remained unbeaten on 75, while Asnadkor made 50. Shane Watson remained unbeaten on 46.

Chasing a victory target of 198, Royal Challengers Bangalore continued their bad run in the tournament and could manage only 132/9 in 2o overs. Rahul Dravid scored a memorable innings, as he remained unbeaten on 75. He scored those runs from just 36 balls. Kallis scored 20. For Rajasthan Royals, Tanveer and Warne took 3 wickets each. Shane Warne is the leading wicket taker in the tournament with 14 wickets. Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan have taken 13 wickets each.