Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2023 Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal once again displayed his talent as he conjured up a brilliant half-century before Rajasthan Royals spinners choked Chennai Super Kings to register a comfortable 32-run win and move to the top of the IPL table here on Thursday.
Jaiswal (77 off 43) continued his rich form with his third fifty of the tournament before Devdutt Padikkal (24 not out) and Dhruv Jurel (34 off 15) provided the final flourish to register the highest total — 202 for five — at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Spinners Adam Zampa (3/22 in 3 overs) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/35) then shared five wickets between them to restrict CSK to 170 for 6 despite Ruturaj Gaikwad (47) and Shivam Dube’s (52) best efforts. With the win, the Royals moved to the top of the table, while CSK dropped down to third.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023
Rajasthan Royals
202/5 (20.0)
Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 37 )
Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 32 runs
Another sixer from Jaiswal. This one was 89 metres. A 50-run opening partnership comes up between Jaiswal and Buttler.
Dhoni takes DRS on Maheesh Theekshana's LBW delivery to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Loses the review as Rajasthan camps takes a sigh of relief. Economical over by Theekshana as he gives just 3 runs in the over. RR 45/0 (4)
Jaiswal gets a boundary in the first delivery by Akash Singh. He doesn't stop at that. Hits the first maximum of the match (83 metre) on the third ball. Two consecutive 4s by Yashasvi in the final balls. RR 42/0 (3)
Butler oozes class with a well-placed boundary. Finds a gap in Deshpande's 5th delivery for another 4. RR 24/0 (2)
Yashasvi Jaiswal opens the over with two consecutive boundaries. Hits another 4 on the fourth delivery of Akash Singh. RR 14/0 (1)
Just like the last match in Kolkata's Eden Garden where majority of crowd donned the yellow jersey supporting Dhoni, the crowd today at Sawai Mansingh seems to be bath in yellow too. The Dhoni fever grips the stadium as CSK will field first in the second clash with Rajasthan Royals on the home ground.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (WK/C), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
RR's Sanju Samson: We would like to bat first. We like to stick to our strength, which is to defend. It feels really great to play RR's 200th game, feels great to be playing for 10 years. Would love to see some pink here today, but it's yellow and we know that the reason is.
CSK's MS Dhoni: This pitch has decent pace but the average bounce is slightly less. We are trying to build characters in our team (bowlers) and make them believe in themselves. Our batting has been good so far. Same side for us.
Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals has won the toss and elected to bat first. Playing XI named.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (WK/C), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Abdul Basith, Akash Vasisht, Donavon Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Riyan Parag, Joe Root, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Singh Rathore
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu
Hello and welcome to the live blog of Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings match in Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The match will start at 7.30 pm and the toss will take place at around 7 pm IST. Stay tuned to catch all the live updates here.