Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : Sahara Oval, St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth |
| Toss : Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first |
| Umpires : Brian Jerling (SA) and Sudhir Asnani (Ind) |
| Match Result : Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets |
| Man of the Match : Yusuf Pathan |
| Total : 141/5 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Deccan Chargers | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Pathan | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Gilchrist (C&WK) | c Pathan b Jadeja | 39 | 35 | 5 | 2 |
| Azhar Bilakhia | c Trivedi b Harwood | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Warne b Trivedi | 38 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| T Suman | not out | 41 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| Dwayne Smith | c Warne b Harwood | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Y Venugopal Rao | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | |||||
| RP Singh | |||||
| Pragyan Ojha | |||||
| Fidel Edwards |
| Wides : 4 | No Balls: 0 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 3 | Extras: 7 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-34 (Gibbs, 4.1 ovs), 2-35 (Bilakhia, 5.1 ovs), 3-58 (Gilchrist, 9.5 ovs), 4-117 (Sharma, 16.5 ovs), 5-135 (Smith, 19.2 ovs) |
Rajasthan Royals |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Yusuf Pathan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Munaf Patel | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Harwood | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Warne | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Abhishek Raut | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trivedi | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total : 142/7 | Overs : 19.4 |
| Rajasthan Royals | Target : 142 from 20 Overs | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Graeme Smith | c Shoaib Ahmed b Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Swapnil Asnodkar | run out (Gibbs/Venugopal Rao) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Carseldine | lbw b Venugopal Rao | 39 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha (WK) | c Gibbs b RP Singh | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Smith b Venugopal Rao | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Warne (C) | c Gilchrist b Ojha | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Abhishek Raut | not out | 36 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c Gibbs b RP Singh | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Shane Harwood | not out | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Munaf Patel | |||||
| Siddharth Trivedi |
| Wides : 3 | No Balls: 1 | Byes: 1 | Leg Byes: 2 | Extras: 7 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (Smith, 0.2 ovs), 2-1 (Asnodkar, 0.3 ovs), 3-3 (Ojha, 1.6 ovs), 4-54 (Jadeja, 9.1 ovs), 5-57 (Carseldine, 9.5 ovs), 6-93 (Warne, 14.1 ovs), 7-131 (Pathan, 17.6 ovs) |
Deccan Chargers |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Fidel Edwards | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwayne Smith | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ojha | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Venugopal Rao | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |