RR vs SRH - Eliminator Report & Stats: IPL 2013

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Match Report:

Rajasthan Royals progressed to the second Qualifier after they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets in the eliminator at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.

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Rahul Dravid and Cameron White at the toss during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013
Chasing 133, Rahul Dravid got RR rolling with two gorgeous strokes through mid-wicket off Dale Steyn. Ishant Sharma got SRH the first breakthrough as Dravid (12) was caught by Karan Sharma of a leading edge. Shane Watson hit two boundaries off Ishant Sharma in the fourth over and then Ajinkya Rahane hit a six off Ishant Sharma before Watson smashed two boundaries. RR made 44 from their Power Play. 

Watson (24) was sent back by Karan Sharma as Darren Sammy pulled off a stunning catch at the mid-wicket boundary. Sammy then knocked back Dishant Yagnik's (0) off-stump. The collapse continued as Rahane (18) was deceived in flight, reached out and chipped one straight back to Amit Mishra. Stuart Binny (2) was bowled by Sammy in the tenth over. At the halfway stage, RR were 57 for five, still requiring 76 runs.

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The match coin during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013
Brad Hodge plundered 18 runs off Karan Sharma in the 14th over as he hit two sixes and a boundary. Needing 34 needed from 30 balls, Steyn trapped Sanju Viswanadh (10) leg before. Faulkner (11*) struck a couple boundaries to reduce the equation to 15 from the last two overs. Thisara Perera bowled a tight 19th over, conceding only five runs, to leave RR to score 10 off the last over. Hodge (54*) sealed the match with two massive sixes as RR reached the target with four balls remaining. 

Earlier, SRH won the toss and elected to bat. RR struck first blood as Parthiv Patel (1) miscued Vikramjeet Malik to Viswanadh in the very first over. Malik struck again as Hanuma Vihari (1) hit one straight to Kevon Cooper at mid-on to leave SRH two down in the third over. Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White consolidated, adding 52 runs.

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Brad Hodge of Rajasthan Royals hits over the top for six during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013 
White (31) slammed a boundary off Siddharth Trivedi before perishing the next ball caught by Cooper. After a few quiet overs, Sammy got a move on as he slammed a six off Watson. Dhawan (33) trying to improvise, only managed to scoop Faulkner to Trivedi at short fine-leg. In the 17th over, Sammy launched Cooper for a six, before Perera followed suit and put him into the crowd. Sammy (29) then pulled Watson for a six before he was run out, courtesy a brilliant throw from the deep. Perera (11) then departed edging one off Watson to the wicket-keeper. SRH eventually finished at 132 for seven.

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Rajasthan Royals during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013
Man-of-the-match: Brad Hodge

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 132 for 7 (Shikhar Dhawan 33, Vikramjeet Malik 2-14) lost to Rajasthan Royals 135 for 6 in 19.2 overs (Brad Hodge 54*, Darren Sammy 2-27) by 4 wickets.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013 
Stats Highlights:

3: Number of times James Faulkner dismissed Shikhar Dhawan in three games - twice caught by Ajinkya Rahane and once by Siddharth Trivedi.

5: Number of sixes hit by Brad Hodge in the match; equaled the combined total of all other batsmen in the match.

10.34: Karan Sharma’s economy (runs per over conceded) against Rajasthan Royals in IPL2013. Against all other opponents in the tournament his economy was a mere 5.52

219: Number of dot balls bowled by Dale Steyn in IPL2013 – most by a bowler in a single edition of IPL.

5548: Runs scored by Brad Hodge in Twenty20 format- most by any batsman. He went ahead of Chris Gayle’s tally of 5512 runs.

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Kapil Dev Former Indian Cricket Team Captain presents the Star Plus Champion of the Match Trophy to Brad Hodge of Rajasthan Royals during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013
Presentation:

White: Ebbed and flowed in those last few minutes, mixed emotions, Hodgey showed his true class. Good show from us through the tournament but disappointed to lose from here. We will be back next year, fighting harder. We weren't relying on any one person so that was a good thing.

Dravid: Been a pretty difficult week for us but to play a game like this and win was good. Didn't bat too well in that period between 7th-10th over, but it's a young side and they will learn. Hodge put his hand up and got us through. These games are competitive and there's always going to be a bit of a needle. Mumbai is a very good side, in some ways the pressure is on them. In many ways we have a moneyball team and will look to get going at Eden Gardens.

Brad Hodge is the man of the match: Was looking to get the Chris Gayle distance than the Hodge distance in the 19th over! Quite a frustrating week last and so was a good thing to dust it off and play cricket. There's been a lot of celebration going on in the tournament and I was just trying to show that I have got children too with my celebration.

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Ms Rinki Dhingra President of Multi National Banking of Yes Bank presents the Yes Bank Maximum Sixes Award to Brad Hodge of Rajasthan Royals during the eliminator match of the 2013 Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on the 22nd May 2013

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