Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals handed over Mumbai Indians their worst defeat of Ipl Season 6 when they beat them by 87 runs at Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Wednesday.

A happy Rajasthan Royals skipper, Rahul Dravid, said that he couldn't have asked for better. “It was brilliant. I couldn't have asked for better. I wanted our A game to come out, I think our A+ game came out. We discussed it during our meeting to get Yagnik out and try to unsettle the spinners. Demoting myself wasn't a big deal as had we lost a wicket early I would have come out to bat. We believe we are a good side and can beat teams. But it's early days in the tournament. However, a win like this gives a lot of confidence,” said Dravid.

Meanwhile, admtting that they were outplayed in all the three departments – batting, bowling and fielding – Mumbai Indians captain Ricky Ponting credited Rajathan for the way they batted.

“It would be fair to say that we were outplayed in all three departments. The pitch looked very good but it held up a little when we batted. Full credit to RR for the way they batted,” said Ponting, adding that they needed to address a few areas of their game.

“We need to talk about it. I don't think the conditions were too bad. We needed to adapt quicker. The way they bowled a lot of slower balls, took the pace off it, they did well. It's better to lose these games early in the tournament than later,” said Ponting.

Ajinkya Rahane, who was man-of-the-match, said, “Again I wanted to bat till the last over. We all know that Mumbai is a big team and we did a good job. That's my natural game. Even last year I was doing the same thing and will love to continue doing that,” said Rahane, adding that Shane Watson was a crucial player fro Rajasthan. “Yagnik and Brad Hodge did their job very well too.”

By ISN