CSK vs RR / Rajasthan beat Chennai by 3 runs on the last ball of the thrilling match

CSK vs RR: Even after the explosive innings of Dhoni-Jadeja, Chennai had to face a crushing defeat in the Indian Premier League-16. Rajasthan defeated him by 3 runs. CSK needed 21 runs in the last over. In this over, Sandeep Sharma spent only 17 runs in front of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja. Dhoni hit 2 sixes in the last over, but could not win the team.

Dhoni scored 32 runs in 17 balls and Jadeja scored 25 runs in 15 balls. Both shared an unbeaten 59-run partnership in 30 balls.

Batting first after losing the toss at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, RR scored 175 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, CSK's team could only score 172 runs in 20 overs.

This is how the wickets of Chennai fell.

First: On the second ball of the third over, Sandeep got Gaikwad caught by Jaiswal.

Second: Ashwin lbw Rahane on the third ball of the 10th over.

Third: Ashwin made Shivam Dubey LBW on the fourth ball of 12 overs.

Fourth: On the 5th ball of the 14th over, Jampa got Moin Ali caught by Sandeep Sharma.

Fifth: On the first ball of the 15th over, Chahal got Rayudu caught by Hetmyer.

Sixth: On the last ball of the 15th over, Chahal got Conway caught by Jaiswal.

Gaikwad returned cheap

Chasing a target of 176, Chennai got off to an average start. The team lost one wicket in the powerplay to make 45. Rituraj Gaikwad got out after scoring 8 runs.

Rajasthan scored 175 runs, Butler's 18th half-century

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captaining the 200th match for CSK at the Chepauk Stadium, has won the toss and decided to field. The team scored 175 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Jose Butler played a half-century innings of 52 runs off 36 balls. This is Butler's 18th half-century in the league. Apart from Butler, Devdutt Paddikkal scored 38 runs on 26 balls. There was a half-century partnership of 77 runs between the two.

Both the teams have played 3-3 matches so far and have won 2 and lost one.

Rajasthan's wickets fell like this...

First: On the fourth ball of the second over, Tushar Deshpande got Yashasvi Jaiswal caught at mid-off by Shivam Dubey.

Second: On the third ball of the ninth over, Jadeja got Paddikkal caught by Conway.

Third: On the last ball of the 15th over, Akash Singh got Ashwin caught by Magala.

Fourth: On the last ball of the 15th over, Akash Singh got Ravichandran Ashwin caught by Magala.

Fifth: Wicketkeeper Dhoni stumped Butler on the second ball of the 17th over. This wicket was given by Moeen Ali.

Sixth: On the last ball of the 18th over, Akash Singh got Jurel caught by Shivam Dubey.

Seventh: On the 5th ball of the 20th over, Tushar Deshpande got Holder caught by Conway.

Eighth: Adam Jampa was run out on the last ball of the 20th over.

Butler's 3 thousand runs completed

Rajasthan's top order batsman Jose Butler has completed 3000 runs in the Indian League. Jose achieved this feat in 85 innings. The record of making the fastest 3000 runs is in the name of Chris Gayle. He scored 52 runs in 36 balls at a strike rate of 144.44.

Rajasthan lost wicket in powerplay, but good run rate

Batting first after losing the toss, Rajasthan Royals lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the very second over. Jaiswal could only score 10 runs. Then Devdutt Paddikkal, who came to bat, took the team's score to 57 runs in the powerplay with Jos Buttler.

Dhoni captaining the 200th match for CSK

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is captaining the Chennai Super Kings in the 200th IPL match. In the IPL, Rohit Sharma is second in terms of maximum playing time for a team as captain. Rohit has captained Mumbai in 146 matches. With captaincy in 140 matches for Bangalore, Virat Kohli is at number three in this list.

3 changes in CSK

Chennai Super Kings have made 3 changes in their team. Akash Singh has come in place of Deepak Chahar, Mahish Teekshana in place of Mitchell Santner and Moeen Ali in place of Dwayne Pretorius. Ambati Rayudu will be part of the team in the second innings as an impact player.

Rajasthan Royals have made 2 changes in their team. Devdutt Paddikal has come in place of Riyan Parag and Kuldeep Sen has come in place of KM Asif. Trent Boult will be part of the team in the second innings.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahish Teekshana, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh and Tushar Deshpande.

Impact Players: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Sheikh Rashid and Rajvardhan Hungergekar.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen and Sandeep Sharma.

Impact Players: Riyan Parag, KM Asif, Danoman Ferreira, Adam Zampa and Joe Root.