CSK vs RR: Rajasthan Royals’ playoff maths long again, Chennai defeated Rajasthan by 5 wickets

Rajasthan Missed Opportunity to Solve Playoff Calculations:

The toss fell in favor of Rajasthan Royals. In this match, Rajasthan Royals decided to bat first. But failed to build a big score. Not much could be done in the playoffs. So the calculation of the next runs was wrong. None of the batsmen could hit aggressively. Ryan Parag scored an unbeaten 47 off 35 balls with the help of 3 sixes and a four. Apart from this other batsmen could not perform accordingly. Rajasthan Royals scored 141 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and set a challenge of 142 runs for victory. Chennai Super Kings scored 142 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 18.2 overs.

Chennai Super Kings’ Clinical Chase:

Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad got off to a good start as the Rajasthan Royals faced little challenge. Rachin Ravindra scored 27 runs off 18 balls. He hit 1 four and 2 sixes. Daryl Mitchell scored 22 off 13 balls and was dismissed. Shivam Dubey scored 18 off 11 balls when he was caught by R Ashwin. On one hand, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad performed well as captain. Holding the match in hand. Ravindra Jadeja was the victim of off-field obstruction. He was dismissed for 5 runs off 7 balls. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 42 off 41 balls. He was supported by Sameer Rizvi. He scored an unbeaten 15 off 8 balls.

Both teams are playing 11

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Mahesh Thikshan.

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper/Captain), Ryan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

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