Rajasthan Royals demolish Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets

After losing to Mumbai Indians a few days back, Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals bounced back in style with a comprehensive 8-wicket victory over depleted Deccan Chargers. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Deccan Chargers managed to score only 140/8 in 20 overs. Gilchrist was the top scorer with 61. Venugopal Rao remained unbeaten on 23. For Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne took 2 wickets.

The victory target did not even bother the Rajasthan Royals for a while and they achieved the target in just 16 overs, losing only 2 wickets in the process. Yusuf Pathan scored his third half century in the IPL. He scored 68. Graeme Smith too scored 40. With this easy victory, Rajasthan Royals again moved to the top of IPL table.