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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Rajasthan bid farewell to play-offs

Deccan Chargers knocked Rajasthan Royals out of the IPL by inflicting on them an upset five-wicket defeat in a must-win match in Hyderabad on Friday, reports ESPNstar.

Deccan overhauled their victory target of 127 with eight balls to spare, finishing on 128 for five.

Produturi Reddy hit 42 from 35 balls, including four fours and one six, while Shikhar Dhawan and JP Duminy contributed 26 and 24 respectively.

Rajasthan made 126 for eight, Rahul Dravid top-scoring with 39 and Dale Steyn the pick of the Deccan bowlers with two wickets for 16 from his four overs.

Defeat ended the Royals' hopes of making it through to the play-offs.

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