Shane Watson and Shaun Tait have powered Rajasthan Royals to an impressive seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League.

Australia Test vice-captain Watson smashed an unbeaten 90 as Rajasthan made 3-126 in only 16.2 overs after Tait had taken 3-13 to help restrict the home side to a meagre 6-125 at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium.

Watson hammered four sixes and 10 fours from 51 balls against the hapless Sourav Ganguly-led side.

The win lifted former champions Rajasthan into fourth place in the nine-team league with six wins and six losses from 12 games.

Pune is next-to-last with four wins and nine losses from 13 games and virtually out of contention for the playoffs.