10th April, Pune (CRICKETNMORE) - Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 26 runs at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune here.
IPL 2015, Scorecard - Rajasthan vs Punjab
Faulkner - "It's obviously to be back for Rajasthan and playing in the IPL. I enjoy playing T20 and also love to be at Rajasthan. Its a fun format and great to start the tournament on a good note. Mitch and me get along really well, I just got a bit lucky today."
Man of the Match - James Faulkner
Smith - "We didn't get off to the best start. But we brought it back at the back end. Hooda did well and Faulkner did what he does best. Samson did well didn't he? He'll only get better with time. It's nice to play in India, it's a wonderful place to play cricket. We'll have to look at our combinations and reassess things before the next game."
Bailey - "I thought 160 was on par. If we had taken some of our chances, the result could have been better. Our approach is the way we handle games and it didn't work today that's all. No issues about that. Early on it looked a bit tough on the pitch but Smith and Faulkner did well. We could have done better with the bat but it's just a bad day. Hope we can correct it in the remaining games."