Indian Cricket Team Updates

The Rajasthan Royals sealed a semi-final berth in the Karbonn Smart CLT20 2013 after they defeated the Perth Scorchers by nine wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. After putting the visitors to bat and dismissing them for 120, the Royals coasted to a win with 21 balls to spare. (Also Read:  Rajasthan Royals vs Perth Scorchers, M15 - Stats Highlights: CLT20-2013 ) The Royals skipper Rahul Dravid had his middle stump pegged back on the fourth delivery of the innings. But there was not too much drama during rest of the run-chase as Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson were involved in a mature partnership and guided their team home without any further damage. There was never a moment where they gave the visitors any semblance of a chance of defending the target. Both batsmen impressed with their shot selection and played some delightful strokes while at the crease; if young Samson was fluent through the leg-side caressing the ball off his pads, Rahane impressed with h...

More often than not, Kevon Cooper strikes for the Rajasthan Royals’ and accounts for wickets in the middle and death overs. In the contest against Kings XI Punjab, once again the tall pacer from the Caribbean took rear guard toll with James Faulkner after S Sreesanth and Siddharth Trivedi lopped off the top order to help set up the game for the home team. The 24-year old has been an important cog in the Royals’ squad since his inclusion in the team last year and has claimed wickets in all of RR’s three wins in the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013 so far. (Alsos Read:  RR vs KXIP - M18 Report & Stats: IPL 2013 ) On Sunday evening at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, as the pace battery ran through the opposition line-up, Cooper trapped Azhar Mahmood and sent back Piyush Chawla to help restrict KXIP a few runs short of what they would have liked.  Although he refrained from sharing the key to his success, a confident Cooper said is happy to do the job for the team an...