IPL 2018: CSK v/s RR - Shane Watson's century powers Chennai to 204/5

Shane Watson scored the second century in two nights in IPL 2018, as Chennai posted 204/5 in 20 overs in their match against Rajsthan. 

They were 150/2 after 13 overs and looked set for a total of above 220 but RR came back well to concede 54 runs in the last seven overs and kept the game in the balance.

Watson was dropped twice during the innings and made Rajasthan pay for the chances they have given him. Watson hit 9 sixes and six fours four to reach the three-figure mark. 

Watson brought up his half-century in 28 deliveries before going onto reach a fine century. 

He was well supported by Suresh Raina who scored 46 off 29 balls. Dwyane Bravo added 24 off 16 balls. 

Shreyas Gopal returned figures of 3/20 for Rajasthan while Ben Laughlin took 2 wickets.

With two wins and two defeats, Rajasthan are fifth with four points, while Chennai have also gathered an equal number of points with two victories from three matches. They are placed fourth because of better net run rate.

Earlier, Rajasthan captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to field first in their match against Chennai. Rajasthan went with two changes in the match. South African Heinrich Klaasen and Stuart Binny were included in the team in place of D'Arcy Short and Dhawal Kulkarni.

Chennai brought back Suresh Raina. Karn Sharma was also in- playing his first game this season. 

Chennai XI: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwyane Bravo, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Imarn Tahir, Shardul Thakur

Rajasthan XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Henirich Klaasen, Ben Stokes, Jose Buttler, Stuart Binny, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin