yderabad: Andrew Symonds thought he had sewn it up when he scored 117 runs for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers against Rajasthan Royals. But Shane Warne had the last laugh as he blasted the fellow-Australian to carve out a near-impossible win.
Needing 17 runs to win in the last over, Warne smashed one boundary and two sixes off Symonds to script the remarkable victory for the spirited Jaipur team. Chasing Hyderabad's 214-5, Jaipur scored 217-7 with one ball to spare.
Graeme Smith (71) and Yusuf Pathan (61) set up the win for Jaipur as they took their team off to a flying start. The duo added 98 runs in seven overs.
Pathan playing some brutal shots, hit six sixes and four boundaries in his 28-ball knock.
But it seemed that Hyderabad were losing their way as Shahid Afridi (3-27) stuck to a tight line and length. And it looked like it was all over for Jaipur when Afridi claimed the wickets of Mohd. Kaif (34) and Smith in the 18th over.
Then RP Singh scored a brilliant penultimate over, as he bowled Ravindra Jadeja and Dinesh Salunke was run out.
But Warne, with Pankaj Singh for company, pulled off a sensational win as VVS Laxman handed the ball to Symonds for the last over.
Earlier, Symonds scored a blistering unbeaten 117 as Deccan Chargers were carried to a blinding 214-5.
Sent in to bat by by Shane Warne, Hyderabad were in some trouble initially before Symonds, initially with Laxman, and then with Rohit Sharma, guided his side to a mammoth total.
Symonds scored his 117 runs off just 53 balls, with seven sixes and 11 boundaries.
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