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Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets in the 47th match of the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Rajasthan then chased down the target of 190 for 3 in 17.3 overs. Shivam Dubey was unbeaten on 64 and Glenn Phillips was unbeaten on 14.
This is Rajasthan's fifth win this season. With this, the team retained the hope of reaching the playoffs. The team went from 7 to 6 in the table, scoring 10 points in 12 games. The CSK team has already reached the playoffs.
Successful Jaiswal, Lewis gave the team a quick start
The Rajasthan Royals got off to a fast start as they chased down a target of 190 races. Starters Jaiswal and Evin Lewis added 77 runs in 5.2 overs for the first wicket. Louis was fired by Shardul Thakur. Scored 27 off 12 balls. Hit 2 fours, 2 sixes.
At the end of the first 6 overs, Rajasthan scored 81 runs for the loss of wickets. Successfully completed a half-century off 19 balls. He scored 50 off 21 balls. The first fifty runs of his career in T20. 6 fours, 3 sixes. Fast pitcher KM Asif fired him.
After falling 2 wickets for 81 runs, Sanju Samson (28) and Shivam Dubey (64 *) added 89 runs for the third wicket to seal the victory. Shardul also fired Samson. Shivam proved his mettle with his first chance to play in the second leg and a half-century. He faced 42 balls. Hit 4 fours, 4 sixes. Glenn Phillips was also unbeaten in 14 races.
Earlier, after losing the draw, the CSK team scored a massive 189 runs. Rituraj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 101 off 60 balls. He hit nine fours and five sixes. Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 32 off 15 balls to cross the 180 mark. He was unbeaten with 4 fours and sixes. Faf du Plessis 25, Moin Ali 21.
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