Sharne Warne has managed to guide  Rajasthan Royals into the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League by winning the 39th match and giving Banglore Royal Challengers another beating . Rajasthan Royals had Grahem Smith at 75 off 49 and Asnodkar at 50 0ff 44  ( Anil Kumble getting his first wicket in the league by getting Asnodkar ) finishing at 197 for 1 . Captain Rahul Dravid showed that he has come out of his test cricket mode ( a little too late ) by blasting 75 off 36 with six sixes ; but no one from the rest of his team could stay with him and they ended with another defeat at 132 for 9 . This team has a lot of backroom work to do , but it is good to see Rahul Dravid playing so well again and proving the pundits wrong . Until next year then . 

the 40th match of the Indian Premier League at Kotla in Delhi was delayed by rain and the match was to be for 11 overs . Gambhir ( 40 off 28 ) and Shewag ( 51 off 26 with 5 sixes - now the one with the highest number of sixes so far )  went full throttle for Delhi Dare Devils finishing at 118 for 4 . They had Punjab Kings XI in a fix and would have won the match but Shewag decided to take a chance with the ball and gave away  22 runs off his over and the last six by Jayawardene ( 36 off 17 ) tipped the scale towards Kings XI and they won by 6 runs under the D/L method .