Smith,Faulkner take Rajasthan to stunning win

A stunning 85-run partnership in just 5.2 overs between James Faulkner and Steve Smith took Rajasthan Royals to a five wicket victory with seven balls to spare against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Rajasthan looked down and out with the score at 106/5 in the 14th over before they produced a sensational turnaround.
Image: James Faulkner of the Rajatshan Royals and Steven Smith of the Rajatshan Royals celebrate the win during match 35 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League Season 2014 between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Rajasthan Royals held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


Scorecard:

Bangalore vs Rajasthan, 35th Match

Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru   Toss: Bangalore (Elect to bat)

Other innings: RAJ Inngs | BAN Inngs

	Rajasthan Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	A Rahane	c Parthiv Patel & b Chahal	24	22	3	0	109.09
	K Nair	b Yuvraj	56	39	8	0	143.59
	S Watson(c)	b Yuvraj	1	5	0	0	20
	S Binny	c (sub)R Rossouw & b Yuvraj	1	2	0	0	50
	S Samson(wk)	c & b Yuvraj	13	8	1	1	162.5
	S Smith	not out	48	21	4	4	228.57
	J Faulkner	not out	41	17	3	3	241.18
	R Bhatia	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	K Richardson	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	P Tambe	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	R Tewatia	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	Extras	b - 0, lb - 1, w - 5, nb - 1, Total - 7
	Total: (191 for 5 in 18.5 overs)		191 (10.14 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets1/54 (Ajinkya Rahane, 7.1 ov.), 2/61 (Shane Watson, 8.3 ov.), 3/63 (Stuart Binny, 8.6 ov.), 4/82 (Sanju Samson, 10.6 ov.), 5/106 (Karun Nair, 13.3 ov.)

	Bowler		O	M	R	W	Econ
	Albie Morkel		2	0	20	0	10
	Mitchell Starc		3	0	33	0	11
	Ashok Dinda		3	0	37	0	12.33
	Varun Aaron		2.5	0	41	0	14.49
	Yuvraj Singh		4	0	35	4	8.75
	Yuzvendra Chahal		4	0	24	1	6

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	Bangalore Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Kohli(c)	c R Bhatia & b Kane Richardson	4	9	1	0	44.44
	C Gayle	c Samson & b Tambe	19	25	3	0	76
	V Zol	c Watson & b Rahul Tewatia	16	14	3	0	114.29
	AB De Villiers	c A Rahane & b Faulkner	58	32	1	5	181.25
	Y Singh	lbw Kane Richardson	83	38	7	7	218.42
	A Morkel	not out	1	1	0	0	100
	P Patel(wk)	not out	2	1	0	0	200
	M Starc	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	V Aaron	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	Y Chahal	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	A Dinda	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
	Extras	b - 0, lb - 2, w - 5, nb - 0, Total - 7
	Total: (190 for 5 in 20 overs)		190 (9.5 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets1/6 (Virat Kohli, 2.3 ov.), 2/38 (Chris Gayle, 7.4 ov.), 3/40 (Vijay Zol, 8.1 ov.), 4/172 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.6 ov.), 5/186 (AB de Villiers, 19.4 ov.)

	Bowler		O	M	R	W	Econ
	Kane Richardson		4	0	43	2	10.75
	Shane Watson(c)		4	0	35	0	8.75
	James Faulkner		4	0	42	1	10.5
	Pravin Tambe		4	0	38	1	9.5
	Rahul Tewatia		3	0	17	1	5.67
	Rajat Bhatia		1	0	13	0	13