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Nitish Rana put a fifty off 22 balls.
CSK suffered a second consecutive defeat in the 18th season of IPL due to poor batting in the death overs. The team was defeated by Rajasthan Royals on Sunday by a close margin of 6 runs in Guwahati. Vanindu Hasranga took 4 wickets. At the same time, Nitish Rana scored 81 runs off 36 balls.
After losing the toss, the Royals came out to bat first and scored 182 runs losing 9 wickets. Chennai scored 122 runs in 15 overs, requiring 61 runs in the last 5 overs. In the next 3 overs, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja could score 22 runs. 39 runs were needed off 12 balls, the team could score 32 runs. Read match updates …
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
After winning the toss and batting first, Rajasthan lost wickets in the first over. Nitish landed on number-3, he batting fast and put pressure on CSK bowlers. Nitish put fifty off 22 balls. He scored 81 runs off 36 balls.
2. Hero of victory
- Vanindu Hasranga: Leg spinner Hasranga took 4 wickets for 35 runs. He took big wickets of Shivam Dubey, Rahul Tripathi, Rituraj Gaikwad and Vijay Shankar.
- Ryan pollen: After losing 2 wickets in the 8th over, captain Parag came to batting. He scored 37 runs by scoring 2 fours and 2 sixes, bringing the team to 150.
- Jofra Archer: Archer, who came to bowling with the new ball, gave just 1 run in the first 2 overs. He sent Rachin Ravindra to the pavilion. He conceded only 13 runs in 3 overs spell.
Jofra Archer took the wicket of Rachin Ravindra in the first over.
3. Fighter of the Match
Captain Rituraj Gaikwad from Chennai was seen showing the fight. He had to go down to bat on number-3. Gaikwad scored 63 off 44 balls. He was dismissed in the 16th over and the team was shattered in a big runchase.
Rituraj Gaikwad scored 63 runs.
4. Turning point
Chennai needed 61 runs off the last 30 balls. Here Dhoni and Jadeja could score 22 runs in the next 3 overs, this increased the pressure on CSK. Slow batting in the death overs became the major reason for the team’s defeat. The team needed 39 runs off the last 12 balls, the team could only score 32 runs.
Rajasthan bowled well in the death overs. Vanindu Hasranga took 4 wickets.
5. Who said what?
CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad said
Rajasthan did a good batting in the powerplay. Nitish batting well. Our fielding was also poor. At the time of the auction, the team had dissected that I would bat on number-3. Noor is bowling well. Khalil and Jaddu Bhai also bowled well. In the bowling department you need a momentum. We are just waiting for that.
Rajasthan captain Ryan Parag said
Happy to win Wins after 2 games. I thought we scored 20 runs. We did a good batting in the middle overs, but the wicket fell in the middle. We did good bowling. We saved 20 runs from fielding. Boys did a lot of work with fielding coach Dishant Yagnik.
Ryan Parag hit 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Vanindu Hasranga, who took 4 wickets, said
I was trying to do basic things. Finally, I was trying to put wide length, our batters batting well. I liked taking the wicket of Gaikwad, he did well. Pollen and Hetmyer caught good catch. I have seen the film Pushpa many times, so I was celebrating after the wicket. My and Mahish’s role is different, we try to fulfill it.