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Even a magnificent unbeaten knock of 117 by Andrew Symonds with 11 boundaries and seven over-boundaries could not save Deccan chargers from Shane Warne and his boys who covered the score with just one ball to spare.

Earlier Deccan finished with a decent score of 214 for 5 and even cornered Rajasthan Royals with brilliant bowling by Sahid Afridi who summed up three wickets for just 27 runs. Grame Smith (71) and Yusuf Pathan (61) batted well to build up the score but the targets seemed a bit far until in the end Shane himself took the charge and scored an impossible 22 of just 9 balls with two fours and two spectacular sixes off Symonds in the last over - playing under such tremendous pressure to keep the match.

All we can say that this format of cricket will remain totally unpredictable and one can expect the game to turn any moment and swing from one side to the other. Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets with a final sixer by Shane on the fifth ball of the last over. Yusuf Pathan was awarded the Man of the Match for his score of 61 in just 28 balls with six sixes and four fours.

Score:

Deccan Chargers - 214/5 in 20 overs
Rajasthan Royals - 217/7 in 19.5 overs

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 Wickets.
Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan

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After the Indian cricketers, it’s the turn of their Aussie counterparts for shooting!
Australian cricket players are busy with the shooting for a promotional movie ‘Victory’ based on the 20-20 cricket matches.
Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium is abuzz with activity as the Australian and Indian players are fiercely competing with each other for the cameras to capturing the real life excitement for the reels.

The players are expected to hold a news conference today.

“Players like Samuel, Bred Hog, Brett Lee, Clarck, Mathew Hayden and Indian players like R.P. Singh, Dinesh Kartik, Yusuf Pathan and Praveen Kumar are all shooting here. As far as we have been informed, it is a promotional film. They have the permission of the BCCI,” said Taposh Chatterjee, ground-in-charge and pitch curator, Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Audience present in the stands of the stadium acting as exited cricket fans watching the match for the movie that is based on the success story of the Indian Team in 20-20 Championship when India defeated Australia.

“India had defeated the Australians in the 20-20 series. We want that should be incorporated in the movie. The way England was defeated by India in the movie Lagaan, we want Australians to be defeated in this movie,” said Gaurav Arora, a fan.

The flick is being directed by Ajit Pal and the lead role of cricketer is being played by Harman Baweja. Amrita Rao, a Bollywood actor, will be the main female protagonist of the movie.

Leading Australian cricketers including Brett Lee, who are in India ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches scheduled to begin from April 17 onwards, are busy shooting for this movie.

The movie has generated curiosity after the much-hyped and known Indo-Australia cricketing rivalry.

This joint production is likely to strengthen the friendship between the players of the two teams.

This is one promo video I am dying to see!