After losing seven of their first eight matches, Bengaluru embarked on a superb five-match winning spree
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Taylor smashed four boundaries and two sixes and rustled up a 52-run unbroken fifth wicket partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (15 not out) to chase down Pune Warriors 143/7 with three balls to spare.
It was Royals' third straight win and they have now moved to the top of the table while Pune, with their sixth successive loss are languishing at the bottom.
Rahul Sharma was the pick of Warriors' bowlers with 3-13.
Alfonso Thomas gave Warriors the breakthrough when he had dangerous opener Shane Watson caught behind.
Sharma put the Royals' chase off-track by dismissing Rahul Dravid and Johan Botha in his successive overs that saw Rajasthan reeling at 59/3 in 10.1 overs. Sharma dismissed Dravid by taking a return catch and then trapped Botha plumb.
Ashok Maneria played a brisk 22-ball 29, smashing three sixes to give thrust to the Royals' pursuit.
He put on 33 runs for the fourth wicket with Taylor before he was was caught by Thomas at deep mid-wicket off Sharma.
Taylor and Rahane then saw the team through.
Sent in, Warriors were given a good start by Robin Uthappa (35) and Manish Pandey (30) after losing Jesse Ryder early.
Botha got the better of Ryder when he danced down the wicket only to be stumped.
But once Uthappa was dismissed caught behind off Warne, the middle order crumbled. Uthappa hit 7 fours in his 21-ball innings.
Yuvraj Singh was run out by Siddharth Trivedi (2-28), who then had Manish Pandey caught by Taylor at deep mid-wicket to reduce Pune Warriors to 93/4.
SCOREBOARD
Pune Warriors:
Jesse Ryder st Yagnik b Botha 18
Manish Pandey c Taylor b Trivedi 30
Robin Uthappa c Yagnik b Warne 35
Yuvraj Singh run out (Trivedi) 7
Harpreet Singh c Rahane b Watson 13
Mithun Manhas c Binny b Trivedi 24
Nathan McCullum not out 11
Rahul Sharma run out (Yagnik/Trivedi) 0
Murali Kartik not out 0
Extras: (b-1, lb-2, w-2) 5
Total: (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 143
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Ryder, 2.6 overs), 2-70 (Uthappa, 8.2), 3-91 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.1), 4-93 (Pandey, 12.5), 5-121 (Harpreet Singh, 18.1), 6-134 (Manhas, 19.2), 7-135 (Sharma, 19.4)
Bowling:
Johan Botha 4-0-23-1
Ashok Menaria 1-0-10-0
Shane Watson 4-0-19-1
Amit Singh 3-0-29-0
Shane Warne 4-0-31-1
Siddharth Trivedi 4-0-28-2
Rajasthan Royals:
Shane Watson c Uthappa b Thomas 12
Rahul Dravid c & b Sharma 18
Johan Botha lbw b Sharma 12
Ashok Menaria c Thomas b Sharma 29
Ross Taylor not out 47
Ajinkya Rahane not out 15
Extras: (b-6, lb-3, w-1, nb-1) 11
Total: (for four wickets in 19.3 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Watson, 4.2 overs), 2-43 (Dravid, 7.1), 3-59 (Botha, 10.1), 4-92 (Menaria, 14.1)
Bowling:
Murali Kartik 4-0-41-0
Alfonso Thomas 4-1-28-1
Rahul Sharma 4-1-13-3
Jerome Taylor 3.3-0-220-0
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-9-0
Nathan McCullum 3-0-22-0
Toss: Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field
Umpires: Shavir Tarapore and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: S. Ravi
Match referee: Dev Govindjee (South Africa
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