IPL / Rajasthan beat Chennai by 16 runs - Royals' second biggest win against Chennai in IPL

In the fourth match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 16 runs. In the match played in Sharjah, the Royals gave a target of 217 runs. In response, Chennai could only score 200 runs after losing 6 wickets. This is the Royals' second-biggest win against Chennai in the IPL. Earlier, on March 28, 2010, they were defeated by 17 runs in Ahmedabad.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 22, 2020, 11:39 PM
In the fourth match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 16 runs. In the match played in Sharjah, the Royals gave a target of 217 runs. In response, Chennai could only score 200 runs after losing 6 wickets. This is the Royals' second-biggest win against Chennai in the IPL. Earlier, on March 28, 2010, they were defeated by 17 runs in Ahmedabad.

Royals won the hero Sanju Samson and spinner Rahul Tewatia. Samson smashed 74 runs off 32 balls. At the same time, Tewatia dismissed three players from Chennai.

Samson hits fifty off 19 balls

The Royals scored 216 runs losing 7 wickets, which is the highest IPL score in the UAE. Earlier on 18 April 2014, Kings XI Punjab scored 206 against Chennai itself. Apart from Samson, captain Steve Smith scored 69 runs. Smith placed 9th in the league and Sanju Samson his 11th. Simson also became the 8th player to put a fifty on 19 balls.

Archer finally hit 27 off 8 balls.

Finally, Joffra Archer, who came to bat at number 9, played a blistering innings of 27 off 8 balls. He scored 30 runs in the last over of the innings and lungi ngidi. Archer hit 4 sixes in it. Thanks to these innings, the Royals scored 216 runs losing 7 wickets. Sam Karan took 3 wickets for Chennai, while Deepak Chahar, Engidi and Piyush Chawla got 1-1 wickets.


Rituraj's debut match in IPL

At CSK, foreign players Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Sam Karan and Lungi Ngidi got the chance. Rituraj was replaced in place of the injured Ambati Rayudu in the team. This is his debut match. At the same time, Tom Karan, Joffra Archer and David Miller are foreign players in the Royals team including captain Steve Smith.



Rituraj joins the team defeating Corona

Rituraj of Chennai has joined the team by defeating Corona. His third report recently came out negative. In fact, 13 people including Rituraj and Deepak Chahar of Chennai were found infected before the tournament. All the people, except Rituraj, were already cured. Deepak has also played the first match of this season.


Smith returns after a head injury

At the same time, this is the Royals' first match this season. In this, the team has landed with its regular captain Steve Smith. During the same month, Smith was injured during a practice injury to his head. Due to this, he could not play ODI series in England.


Both teams:

Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Karan, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla and Lungi Ngidi.

Rajasthan: Steve Smith (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, David Miller, Ryan Parag, Shreyash Gopal, Tom Karan, Rahul Teotia, Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat.


Butler and Stokes did not play in the match

Rajasthan Royals key players England's Ben Stokes and Jose Butler did not play in the first match. Butler had moved from the bio-secure environment to the UAE with the family. For this reason they will spend 6 days in Quarantine. At the same time, Stokes' father has brain cancer. For this reason they are in Christchurch to treat them.


Expensive players from both teams

Captain Dhoni is the most expensive player in CSK. The team will give him Rs 15 crore a season. He is followed by Kedar Jadhav, who will get Rs 7.80 crore this season. At the same time, Smith is the most expensive player in Rajasthan with 12.50 crores and Sanju Samson worth 8 crores.