Royals rally to beat Chargers by 3 wickets

Abhishek Raut held his nerve at the death to help the Rajasthan Royals defeat the Deccan Chargers by three wickets with just 2 ball remaining in a classic IPL game at St George's Park.Chasing 142 runs to win, Rajasthan Royals lost seven wickets to achieve the target in 19.4 overs. Yusuf Pathan (24) and skipper Shane Warne (21) brief cameo resurrected Royals' innings after they lost their five top order batsmen before the strategic break against Deccan Chargers at St George's Park. The Royals registered their third victory in the event from seven matches to put their title defence campaign on track, while the Deccan Chargers slumped to their second consecutive defeat to slide from the top of the points table. The Royals started their innings on a disastrous note as they lost three quick wickets by the end of the second over. Opener Graeme Smith was sent back unhappy by Fidel Edwards in the first over for a duck. Swapnil Asnodkar too joined him quickly as he was run out after a huge mix-up with Lee Carseldine. Asnodkar failed to open his account. RP Singh Singh then got rid of Naman Ojha (0) to jolt Rajasthan Royals.Venugopal Rao dismissed Ravindra Jadeja (12) and Lee Carseldine (39) in the 9th over to peg Rajasthan Royals back. Carseldine was unlucky to be adjudged lbw as a big inside edge did not bother umpire Sudhir Asnani to raise his deadly finger. Earlier, Tirumalsetti Suman (41*), Rohit Sharma (38) and Adam Gilchrist (39) guided Deccan Chargers to 141/5 in 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals at St George's Park.