IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Live Score: Six runs needed from the last ball. On strike – Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This was the fairytale setup for any Chennai Super Kings fan. Chepauk was on the edge. But as they say that not every fairytale would have a happy ever after! The last ball by Rajasthan Royals’ Sandeep Sharma silenced to boisterous crowd at Chepauk as the visitors defeated host by 3 runs! There were sparkles of pink in the sea of yellow at the end of match as Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja congratulated Sanju Samson and his squad.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023
Chennai Super Kings
172/6 (20.0)
Rajasthan Royals
175/8 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 17 )
Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 runs
With this win, RR have been put right at the top with Lucknow Super Giants. Both teams have now six points each. When asked what went wrong, Dhoni, who was captaining the 200th game for Chennai Super Kings, said that CSK lost the momentum somewhere in the middle of the innings. Yes, everyone was having it easy. But that left Dhoni and Jadeja to do a lot more. Both played some big shots at towards the end but that wasn’t enough. RR’s Sandeep Sharma is being hailed for keeping calm. He defended 21 runs and bowled the last over that scripted the win for the Royals. For the first time since 2008, RR have finally scored a win at Chepauk.
Another factor that went in favour of RR was dew. With Adam Zampa, Yuzi Chahal and Ravichandra Ashwin bowling 12 of the 20 overs, RR were able to halt CSK’s momentum. Both Sandeep Sharma and Kuldeep Sen also bowled well.
Earlier in the day, Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first. Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande And Akash Singh scalped two wickets each. CSK was able to restrict RR to just 175. But as Dhoni pointed out, CSK lacked in batting department today. Ruturaj Gaikwad (8) went cheap, Shivam Dubey, Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu didn’t add much on the scoreboard either. Towards the end, Jadeja and Dhoni had lot to do and they did but it wasn’t just enough! Another thriller for IPL fans come to an end. Do join us tomorrow for Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings match.
Here are key moments of CSK vs RR match:
Last time when we saw CSK vs RR in 2022, Rajasthan Royals had defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets. It was the year when CSK failed to qualify even for playoffs.
IPL fans would know that Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were the finalists in the 2008 edition of the tournament. Since then, the two teams have faced each other 26 times in the history of IPL. Out of these, CSK have won 15 games while RR emerged as winner 11 times.
Prashant Solanki, Subhranshu Senapati, Devon Conway, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(wicketkeeper/captain), Maheesh Theekshana, Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, Sisanda Magala, Tushar Deshpande, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Ben Stokes, Akash Singh, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Moeen Ali, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu
Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Devdutt Padikkal, KC Cariappa, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jason Holder, Dhruv Jurel, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper/captain), Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, Ravichandran Ashwin, KM Asif, Donavon Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Obed McCoy, Joe Root, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen
In the last edition of IPL, DHoni had decided to step down as skipper of Chennai Super Kings. That time, Ravindra Jadeja had taken up the role.
Under Captain Dhoni, CSK have won 120 matches and suffered 78 losses so far. This means that his success rate is 60.30 per cent.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Tata IPL's match 17 today. It's battle of bosses as Chennai Super Kings face Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk today.