Daijiworld Media Network
Jaipur, May 13 : Welcome to the match between Rajasthan and Pune from Jaipur. This is a must win game for Rajasthan as they look to keep their hopes of qualifying for the play-offs alive. Pune will look to spoil their party. The big question for Pune is: Will Sourav Ganguly come back to lead the side today?
Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and elected to bat
Dravid: Ya it's a simple equation isn't it, we need to win every game. We have played a few close matches and we have played some good cricket. We need to take it one game at a time from here, play good cricket and see what happens. Obviously you want to have a good start at the top, in the past few games either Ajinkya or I have departed early, so that does affect the batting. This track is a little bare and it looks as though it might get slower and lower as the day goes on. Dishant has injured his finger so Srivats has come in for him.
Ganguly: You get all sorts of stories from the media. I was just resting for the last game. Two important games for us now and hopefully we play well. We started this tournament well but then we suffered quite a few losses. It is a new day though, and we have to go out and play well. I would have batted as well. You don't win or lose all the time in sport, so we just need to come out and try to win today. Jesse is back and Callum Ferguson is back as well.
Shane Watson: Last game against Chennai wasn't ideal, so hopefully today will be better. There always is pressure on us but hopefully things will fall in place. I think playing in front of these amazing grounds is very enjoyable. Rahul has been amazing, he is a very balanced and lovely human being so it has been very nice to play under him.
Pune Warriors (Playing XI): Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa(w), Sourav Ganguly(c), Callum Ferguson, Anustup Majumdar, Angelo Mathews, Steven Smith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Murali Kartik, Rahul Sharma, Ashish Nehra
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Rahul Dravid(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Ashok Menaria, Stuart Binny, Johan Botha, Shreevats Goswami(w), Ajit Chandila, Siddharth Trivedi, Shaun Tait