HYDERABAD: Deccan Charges knocked Rajasthan Royals out of the Indian Premier League after claiming five-wicket victory in a must-win match.
Having set a target of just 127, the Royals would have been prepared for the worst but the visitors did manage to topple the last three wickets in a bit of a rush. Siddharth Trivedi claimed two wickets and the match, despite a good start, looked like going down to the wire. It was not meant to be be as Ashish Reddy and Parthiv Patel finished the match with 8 balls to spare.
It was an easy start to an easy chase. Openers Akshath Reddy (42 off 35) and Shikhar Dhawan (26 off 24) put on 63 in a little over 8. Even JP Duminy, coming at one-down, batted responsibly for his 24 off 31. The middle-order though was iffy at best and the likes of Cameron White and Chris Lyn fell too early.
Reddy and Patel though managed to stop the match from slipping away and helped the hosts, finally, register a win at home.
Rajasthan needed to win today's match as well as their last league clash against Mumbai Indians on May 20 to qualify for the knock-out stage but today's defeat has pushed them out of the race.
