Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 runs in a thrilling match. Nitish Rana of Rajasthan, Vanindu Hasranga and Sandeep Sharma had a great performance in this victory. Chasing the target of 183 runs given by Rajasthan, Rituraj Gaikwad of Chennai played a captaincy innings, but his innings was not enough to win the team.
Gaekwad scored 63 runs from 44 balls. Rahul Tripathi contributed 23 runs and Shivam Dubey contributed 18 runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni also returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. Rajasthan scored 182 runs while batting first. Nitish Rana scored a brilliant 81 -run innings, in which he hit 10 fours and 5 sixes off 36 balls. Captain Ryan Parag scored 37 runs, while Sanju Samson was dismissed for 20 runs. Shimron Hetmyer scored 19 runs.
Among the bowlers of Chennai, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed and Mahisha Patairana took 2-2 wickets. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin got 1-1 wickets. In this match, Rajasthan Royals strengthened their position by defeating Chennai Super Kings with excellent bowling and batting.
