Kevon Cooper struck twice in the final over in which 9 runs were needed by Delhi to win.Stuart Binny shared an enterprising 55-run partnership with Dravid. Binny hammered 40 runs from 20 balls, including two fours and three sixes.David Warner, who hit a fighting 77, was run out in the 19th over, leaving the match in the balance.Sri Lanka's wicket-keeper batsman Kushal Janith Perera made his IPL debut, opening the batting for the Rajasthan, but could not score more than 14 runs from 12 balls.Cooper finished with 3 for 30 and Sreesanth and RahulShukla struck once for the visitors.Rajasthan Royals beat the Delhi Daredevils by 5 runs on Saturday to open their 2013 Indian Premier League campaign with a win.Earlier, former India skipper Rahul Dravid struck his eighth fifty in the IPL as Rajasthan Royals finished with 165 for 7.Chasing 166, Delhi were restricted to 160 for 6 in their 20 overs at the Feroz Shah Kotla.The visitors could have ended with a lot more but the last four batsmen fell in space of 7 balls and four runs. Umesh Yadav took four wickets and Ashish Nehra struck twice.
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