IPL Live 2020 / Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets

In the 37th match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 7 wickets. Batting on winning the toss in the match played in Abu Dhabi, Chennai gave a target of 126 runs. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by scoring 126 runs for 3 wickets in 17.3 overs. Rajasthan have defeated Chennai for the second time in the season. Rajasthan moved up to 5th in the points table with a win.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 19, 2020, 11:07 PM
In the 37th match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 7 wickets. Batting on winning the toss in the match played in Abu Dhabi, Chennai gave a target of 126 runs. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by scoring 126 runs for 3 wickets in 17.3 overs. Rajasthan have defeated Chennai for the second time in the season. Rajasthan moved up to 5th in the points table with a win. At the same time, this is Chennai's 7th defeat in the season.


Jose Butler marked his 11th FIFTY in the IPL. He scored an unbeaten 70 off 48 balls. Butler also scored an unbeaten 98-run partnership with Smith for the fourth wicket. Smith scored 26 not out. Both scored 45 runs in the last 5 overs to win their team. Deepak Chahar of Chennai took 2 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket.


Rajasthan also won in the last match between the two

In the last match between the two, Rajasthan Royals defeated CSK by 16 runs in Sharjah. The Royals had scored 216 runs in the fourth match of the season. In response, Chennai could score only 200 runs.


Both openers returned to the pavilion for 28 runs.

Rajasthan did not have a good start. Ben Stokes and Robin Uthappa could not do much in this match. Stokes was bowled by Deepak Chahar on a personal score of 19 runs. After this Uthappa (4) was shown the path of the pavilion by Josh Hazlewood.


Sanju Samson could not even open an account

Sanju Samson, who batted brilliantly in the opening match, continued in this match. Samson played 3 balls, but could not even open his account. He was dismissed by Deepak Chahar. Dhoni caught his great catch behind the wicket.




Chennai scored 125 for 5 wickets

Earlier, the Chennai batsmen could not play big shots during the entire innings and the team was able to score 125 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten with the highest score of 35 runs. Apart from this, captain MS Dhoni scored 28 and Sam Karan scored 21 runs. Rajasthan's Jofra Archer, Karthik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia got one wicket each.


Smallest target of this season

Chennai gave Rajasthan a target of 126 runs. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad gave Kolkata Knight Riders a target of 143 runs. Which was achieved by Kolkata losing 3 wickets in 18 overs.


Chennai's innings took just one six

The Rajasthan bowlers did not let the Chennai batsmen hit big shots. This can be gauged from the fact that only one six was scored in Chennai's innings. That too was his opener Sam Karan.


Watson-Plessis cheaply out

Chennai did not have a good start. Opener Faf du Plessis could do nothing special and was dismissed for 10 runs. Joffra Archer catches him at the hands of Jose Butler. After this, Shane Watson was also out for 8 by Karthik Tyagi.