Chennai, dt. 12: Jos Buttler’s half-century in the IPL match at the Chepauk Stadium here today, his short partnership with Ashwin and Hetmyer’s 18-ball 30 in the final overs saw Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled in the middle overs to chase down a target of 176 for Rajasthan Royals at 175 for 8. Chennai Super Kings lost by 3 runs in a match that went to the last ball due to Gallia.
- In addition to Buttler’s half-century, a short partnership with Paddicle, Ashwin and Hetmyer’s 30-run innings saw Rajasthan post 175 for 8.
- CSK lost the match by three runs as Chahal and Ashwin struggled in the middle overs in a match that went to the last ball.
CSK, who were on the field to set the target, also did not have a good start and Rituraj Gaekwad was dismissed for just 8 runs. Devon Conway and Ajinkya Rahane then put on a 68-run partnership, after Rahane was dismissed for 31, the wickets of Shivam Dubey, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu and Conway took CSK to 113 for 6 in 15 overs. Ravindra Jadeja scored 19 runs with 2 sixes and 1 four in the 19th over against 40 runs to be scored in the last two overs. After 21 runs in the final over, Dhoni hit two sixes, the last ball came to score five runs but Rajasthan won the match by 3 runs.
Earlier, Yashshwi Jaiswal, who had given Rajasthan Royals an explosive start after losing the toss, had only 11 runs on the board in the second over as the pavilion gathered. However, Jose Batlow, who scored a half-century, shared 77 runs with Devdutt Paddical and 47 runs with Ravichandran Ashwin. Rajasthan Royals scored 175 runs for 8 wickets thanks to Shimron Hetmyer’s innings of 29 runs off 19 balls in the final overs. For Chennai, Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Singh, Tushar Deshpande took 2-2 while Moeen Ali took 1 wicket.