1. Rajasthan Royals have given the phrase home advantage

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    Rajasthan Royals have given the phrase “home advantage” a new dimension in 2013 beginning with the opening game of IPL-6 here at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium.Last match hero Brad Hodge fell critically for the Royals off the first ball of the 19th over, and from there it was downhill all the way for a team who pride themselves on their ability and willingness to fight till the last. And on Friday, they handed the Chennai Super Kings a lesson in the business of pressure T20 cricket, thanks in large part to the 41-year-old Pravin Tambe, registering a 14-run win.But for Ajinkya Rahane’s 56-ball 70 (6x4, 2x6) and his 59-run fourth wicket partnership with Shane Watson (32, 23b, 4x4), the unusually subdued Royals would not even have gone that far.The only one to outrank his captain in years in the Royals dressing room, Tambe set aside the minor business of age with a dream spell that read 4-0-10-3 in the course of which he removed Subramaniam Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina to leave Chennai tottering at 72/7 by the 13th over before Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team ended their chase on 145/8.The defeat to the Red Force clearly cast a shadow on CSK’s run here as right from the start, they looked a little shaky.With seamer Rahul Shukla removing the inspirational Dhoni just before that, Chennai’s challenge looked as good as dead and buried before Ravichandran Ashwin and Chris Morris brought them agonisingly close with a battling 73-run eighth wicket association in just 43 balls that ended with two balls to go in the match. The Super Kings lost Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay to run-outs before Tambe spun his magic and the rest chipped in to make it a night to remember for the hostsEarlier, four Untitled-1.Ashwin overcame the disappointment of a poor China customized stress ball Supplier bowling performance, hammering his way to a 28-ball 46 that included three fours and as many sixes while Morris was unbeaten on a 17-ball 26 as the Royals celebrated their much-anticipated and equally-delayed win to complete Rahul Dravid’s unbeaten sequence of 13 straight games here before he finally calls it a daywheel unit bearings Manufacturers wickets for 10 runs in the space of 11 deliveries thanks to Bravo’s devastating final over had held the Royals down to 159/8. But it was Bravo’s fourth over that really capped any push for a substantial total as he took out Rahane, Dishant Yagnik and Stuart Binny in the space of four balls. Bravo’s final over, which went for just four runs also helped Chennai make up for Ashwin’s lone essay, that went for 19 runs inclusive of an unusual three wide balls. Bravo had 3/26, Jason Holder 2/35 and Mohit Sharma 1/37, meaning that the four overs of spin employed by Dhoni cost a wicketless 38 runs.chinadzgroup..Rajasthan Royals have given the phrase “home advantage” a new dimension in 2013 beginning with the opening game of IPL-6 here at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. Ashwin’s wicket, caught by Stuart Binny at long on off James Faulkner, though signalled the end. And on Friday, they handed the Chennai Super Kings a lesson in the business of pressure T20 cricket, thanks in large part to the 41-year-old Pravin Tambe, registering a 14-run win.Leading the way was Morris, whose 2/25 laid the base for Dhoni to mount pressure with his other bowlers
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