who hit the winning runs for rajasthan royals in the 2008 ipl
2008 Indian Premier League Final In reply, the Royals lost its first batsman as N. Patel went out after scoring two runs in 11 balls.[1] Manpreet Gony bowled a full length ball outside the off stump, which hit the leg stump after getting an inside edge as N. Patel opted to pull it.[14] He went out in the first ball of the fourth over, leaving his team at 19 runs with loss of one wicket.[1] The Royals lost its second opener when Raina caught Asnodkar as he hit a full and wide ball by Morkel to point.[1][14] He made 28 runs facing 20 balls.[1] In the same over, Makhaya Ntini ran out Akmal with a direct hit. Akmal played the ball to mid-on, but Ntini glided downwards and threw the ball at the stumps.[1][14] After the fall of Akmal's wicket, Watson and Pathan started playing more aggressively, and scored 65 runs for a fourth wicket partnership at a run rate of 8.66; this was also the highest partnership of the match.[15] In the eleventh over, Raina dropped Pathan on Murlitharan at deep midwicket.[9] At the end of the thirteenth over, the Royals reached a score of 100 runs.[1] In the fifteenth over, Muralitharan broke the partnership as he bowled Watson; the ball hit the leg stump.[1][14] The next wicket was of Kaif, who was caught by Dhoni on Muralitharan. Kaif pushed a flat doosra, and Dhoni took a simple catch at cover.[1][14] In the next ball, Jadeja went out for a golden duck.[1] Morkel bowled a short ball, and Jadeja tried to pull it. However the ball went to mid-on, and Kapugedera caught the ball after running towards his left.[14] In the same over, Raina ran out Pathan with a direct hit at the stumps. Morkel bowled a full ball which was pushed by Warne to point. He ran for a single, but Raina hit the stumps, running out off-striker Pathan.[14] Pathan went out scoring a half-century; he made 56 runs out off 39 balls with a strike rate of 143.58 and hit three fours and four sixes.[1] The Royals needed 18 runs at the end of the eighteenth over.[9] The second last over was bowled by Ntini, in which he gave up ten runs.[9] In the last ball of the over, Ntini bowled a good length ball, and Warne hit a four by Warne at cover.[9] In the last over, the Royals required eight runs, and Dhoni gave the ball to Lakshmipathy Balaji.[9] Six runs were required from the last three balls, but Balaji bowled a wide outside off stump, which was missed by the wicket-keeper P. Patel. This resulted in two extra runs.[9] In the next ball, Warne hit a full ball for a run.[9] The Royals needed three runs from the last two balls.[9] Tanvir played the fifth legal delivery of the over, which was an angling full toss. Tanvir hit the ball at the long leg, and ran two runs.[9] The Royals needed one more run off the last ball, with Tanvir on strike; Balaji bowled him a short ball. Warne had already covered the half distance of the pitch when Tanvir hit the ball. The two batsmen ran for a single and the Royals won the match.[9] Both of them remained not out with nine runs each.[1] Morkel and Muralitharan got two wickets each, giving 25 and 39 runs respectively.[1] Gony got one wicket, whereas Ntini and Balaji had none.[1]
List of Indian Premier League centuries The first century in the IPL was scored in the first match on 18 April 2008 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by Brendon McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore.[6] The highest score in the competition was made by Chris Gayle, who scored 175 runs not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India.[5] The fastest century in terms of strike rate was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored 100 runs in 30 balls while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.[5] The slowest century was scored by Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians against Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He scored 100 runs not out in 66 balls at a strike rate of 151.51.[5]