On Wednesday, the Rajasthan Royals upset the Chennai Super Kings by three runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to claim their third victory of the season.
On Wednesday, the Rajasthan Royals upset the Chennai Super Kings by three runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to claim their third victory of the season. Despite winning the toss and inviting RR to bat first, the inaugural champions posted 175/8 thanks to a half-century from Jos Buttler (52 off 36), contributions from Devdutt Padikkal (38 off 26), Ravichandran Ashwin (30 off 22), and a brisk unbeaten cameo from Shimron Hetmyer (30* off 18).
Rajasthan, despite the absence of Trent Boult owing to a niggle, managed to enjoy an early breather with Sandeep Sharma getting rid of Ruturaj Gaikawad. When Ajinkya Rahane and Devon Conway were in the middle of a 68-run stand for the second wicket, Chennai appeared to be in command of the chase. However, CSK continued to lose wickets in short succession as RR spinners took control.
Following his batting success, Ashin returned with bowling statistics of 2 for 25. Yuzvendra Chahal also took two wickets while surrendering only 27 runs in four overs. Adam Zampa gave up over 10 runs per over but also picked up a wicket after allowing 43 runs in four overs.
