Rajasthan Royals continued to climb up the points table beating Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets in a Twenty20 Indian Premier League match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here, Saturday The win put Rajasthan level with the Chennai Super Kings with three wins each. The Royals restricted Bangalore to 135, allowing the batsmen to chase comfortably. Bangalore skipper Rahul Dravid failed again, caught at long leg by Ravindra Jadeja off Shane Watson for nought. Watson, the man of the match, later hit Praveen for 26 runs in an over (4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4). Scores: Bangalore Royal Challengers - 135 for 8 (Taylor 44); Rajasthan Royals - 138 for 3 (Watson 61*, Smith 49).Chennai sails smoothly In the day's first match the Chennai Super Kings humiliated the Kolkata Knight Riders with the 9-wicket win. After restricting Kolkata to 147, Chennai crossed the target in 17 overs for the loss of one wicket. LR Shukla was Kolkata's top scorer with 42. Matthew Hayden hit an unbeaten 70 to ensure victory for Chennai. Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 147 for 9 (Shukla 42, Oram 3-32); Chennai Super Kings - 152 for 1 (Hayden 70*, Dhoni 43*) .
