Rajasthan Royals are playing good cricket in the IPL 2019 but somewhere the luck is not favouring them. They lost two out of two matches before the game against Chennai Super Kings where they lost the game at a crucial juncture. The same thing happened in Chennai, where they were close to winning the game but last nervy moments didn’t go in their favour.
CSK was batting first on a typical Chennai surface and got off to a horrible start. They lost three wickets inside the powerplay. But Suresh Raina and captain MS Dhoni came to rescue them and take their innings to 175/5 in 20 overs. Rajasthan was nowhere in the chase but some heroics towards the end brew a life in a rather one-sided game. But eventually, Chennai came at the top and won the game by eight runs.
Watch – Jadeja takes a stunning catch against RR
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MS Dhoni (CSK)
Chennai’s skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the crease when Kedar Jadhav got out in the fifth over. He shared a crucial 61-run stand with Suresh Raina to revive CSK’s innings. Skipper turned his beast mode on in the death overs and punished all Rajasthan bowlers. He scored an unbeaten 75 runs in just 46 balls, where he hit four fours and four sixes. He finished the innings with three back-to-back sixes and gave Chennai a score to fight.
Jofra Archer (RR)
Rajasthan’s all-rounder Jofra Archer was breathing fire with the ball in hand. He began with a wicket maiden over where he dismissed Ambati Rayudu for just one run. His first spell of two overs was fantastic as he gave away only one run. He finished his four overs with a spell of 4-1-17-2. He played a cameo with the bat as well and took Rajasthan pretty close to the total. Archer scored an unbeaten 24 runs in just 11 balls, where he hit one four and two sixes.
Watch – Dhoni finishes the innings with three consecutive sixes
Ben Stokes (RR)
England all-rounder Ben Stokes played a crucial innings, which helped Rajasthan to reach close to the CSK total. He scored 46 runs in just 26 balls, which features one four and three sixes. He got out at the most crucial moment where Rajasthan had required just 12 runs off six balls. Earlier, he took one wicket with the ball during his three overs.
