- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 Deshpande strikes and Jaiswal is out of here! It's an excellent back of a length ball, angling away outside off. Jaiswal had his weight on the back foot and looks to heave it to the on side. Ends up getting it high on the bat and slices it towards mid-off where Dube makes no error. 11/116.2 Buttler loses his off stump! Tosses it up generously and lands it on a length outside off. Dips enough to pass under Buttler's attempted swipe across the line. Uproots the off stump and Moeen has his sweet revenge. 142/58.3 Jadeja gets Padikkal! An impressive little knock ends prematurely. Tosses it up and lands it on a length outside off, he has to fetch the sweep from outside off. Ends up top-edging it straight to Conway at deep backward square leg. The 77-run stand ends. 88/28.5 Jaffa from Jadeja and Samson has to walk back! What a ball that. He bowls it on a length around off and middle and gets it to straighten just enough. There good bounce on that and Samson has no time to adjust and gets beaten on the outside comprehensively. The noise at Chepauk is deafening! 88/314.6 And that's that for Ashwin with the bat tonight! Goes back and across to the length ball. He looks to heave it over mid-off but ends up skying it straight to Magala there. Magala hurt his finger while taking that. 135/418.6 Another full toss, Akash ends up dismissing Jurel. He skies it high and long-off comes in to pouch that easily. The umpires want to check the height of the ball and it is well below the waist. 167/619.5 Holder finds deep midwicket to perfection! Slower one again, the offcutter at 123 clicks. Holder goes back and heaves across the line but finds Conway stationed there. 174/719.6 Theekshana drops a sitter but Zampa is run-out! He scoops it high to short fine leg but he runs around and drops it. Regathers and throws it to Dhoni, who underarms a throw at the stumps. Royals have 175 on the board. 175/8Extras10 (w 10)TOTAL175/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.75)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 1.4 ov), 2-88 (Devdutt Padikkal, 8.3 ov), 3-88 (Sanju Samson, 8.5 ov), 4-135 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 14.6 ov), 5-142 (Jos Buttler, 16.2 ov), 6-167 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.6 ov), 7-174 (Jason Holder, 19.5 ov), 8-175 (Adam Zampa, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Akash Singh 4 0 40 2 10.00 7 2 3 1 0 TU Deshpande 4 0 37 2 9.25 7 4 1 1 0 M Theekshana 4 0 42 0 10.50 4 5 1 0 0 RA Jadeja 4 0 21 2 5.25 11 0 0 3 0 MM Ali 2 0 21 1 10.50 3 0 2 0 0 SSB Magala 2 0 14 0 7.00 2 0 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 Straight up, goes very high and Jaiswal has taken a very good catch! Length ball with just a hint of shape away from Gaikwad, who closes the face of the bat a touch too early. Takes the leading edge of his blade and balloons straight up. Jaiswal runs in from cover, calls early and takes the catch, rather comfortably. 10/114.6 Conway departs and things are looking even tougher for CSK now! Tossed up outside off, Conway looks to go over cover but the angle meant he could not reach it properly. Ends up skewing it straight up as Jaiswal backtracks from extra cover and completes a well-judged catch. 113/69.3 Loud, loud appeal as Rahane misses and is rapped on the pads! The umpire agrees and Ashwin is over the moon. Pre-meditated slog sweep from Rahane, but Ashwin pushed that carrom ball through and on middle and leg. Rahane misses and once that happened it was always going to be trouble. He does not opt for the review. Wasn't too impressed by his shot. 78/211.4 Oh, what a bowler, Ashwin! Now, gets the one that fizzes quickly into the pads of Dube. He was just not expecting it and is caught plumb in front of the stumps. The umpire's finger is up in a flash and Dube does not review. 92/313.5 Oh, that's an excellent catch from Sandeep Sharma running across from deep backward square leg. Tossed up ball on middle stump. Moeen goes for the slog sweep, but does not get it anywhere close to the middle. I thought he had placed it well but Sandeep sprinted across so well. 102/414.1 Another one bites the dust! Rayudu makes no impact whatsoever. Short of a length ball on middle and leg. He romps back looking to clear the field, but does not get it off the middle. Hetmyer runs to his right from deep midwicket and completes an excellent catch. They are catching everything, are RR and CSK are losing the plot. 103/5Extras10 (lb 2, w 8)TOTAL172/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.6)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2.2 ov), 2-78 (Ajinkya Rahane, 9.3 ov), 3-92 (Shivam Dube, 11.4 ov), 4-102 (Moeen Ali, 13.5 ov), 5-103 (Ambati Rayudu, 14.1 ov), 6-113 (Devon Conway, 14.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Chennai Super Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
12 April 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (JC Buttler 16, D Padikkal 30, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 88/2 in 8.3 overs (JC Buttler 34)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 110/3 in 13.0 overs (JC Buttler 44, R Ashwin 10)
- JC Buttler: 50 off 33 balls (1 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 9
- Over 18.6: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - DC Jurel (Struck down)
- Over 19.3: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Vinod Seshan, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 175/8 in 20.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 30)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (DP Conway 28, AM Rahane 22, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 61/1 in 8.0 overs (DP Conway 30, AM Rahane 22)
- Over 8.5: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - DP Conway (Upheld)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 5
- DP Conway: 50 off 37 balls (6 x 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 117/6 in 16.0 overs (RA Jadeja 4, MS Dhoni 2)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 8
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (RA Jadeja 22, MS Dhoni 24, Ex 4)
Match Coverage
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