<div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Ross Taylor struck an unbeaten 35-ball 47 to propel Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket victory over Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League here Sunday.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rahul Sharma was the pick of Warriors' bowlers with 3-13.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Alfonso Thomas gave Warriors the breakthrough when he had dangerous opener Shane Watson caught behind.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>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.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Ashok Maneria played a brisk 22-ball 29, smashing three sixes to give thrust to the Royals' pursuit.</div><div><br /></div><div>He put on 33 runs for the fourth wicket with Taylor before he was was caught by Thomas at deep mid-wicket off Sharma.</div><div><br /></div><div>Taylor and Rahane then saw the team through.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sent in, Warriors were given a good start by Robin Uthappa (35) and Manish Pandey (30) after losing Jesse Ryder early.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Botha got the better of Ryder when he danced down the wicket only to be stumped.</div><div><br /></div><div>But once Uthappa was dismissed caught behind off Warne, the middle order crumbled. Uthappa hit 7 fours in his 21-ball innings.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div>        

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