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Rajasthan vs Chennai Live Cricket Score, Match 25, Indian Premier League, 2019, April 11, 2019

RR 151/7 (20)
Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets
CSK 155/6 (20)
Match over
Commentary :
0.0 : A warm welcome to Match 25 of the Indian T20 League between Rajasthan and Chennai at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The hosts would like their big guns like Jos Buttler to fire and put a statement against the away side who are on top of the table. Ajinkya Rahane needs to start delivering as a skipper for the hosts. On their bowling, Dhawal Kulkarni's form is a concern for them. On the other hand, Chennai have all their bases covered except Watson and Raina's inconsistent form. Deepak Chah
TOSS - Chennai win the toss and elect to field first!
Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni, says that they will bowl first because the wicket remains good and it is difficult to defend here. He reckons that there is plenty of room for improvement especially in the fielding department and also in the match awareness. Informs that they have a couple of changes with Mitchell Santner and Shardul Thakur coming in.
Rajasthan skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, says they were also looking to bowl first. This one looks a different wicket and he believes it will remain the same through the game. He is not sure about the dew and he hopes his team can play well here. States they will look to play freely and play their best. Ends by saying that Samson is fit and back, Riyan Parag is making his debut and Unadkat is back.
Chennai XI - Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner (in), Shardul Thakur (in), Imran Tahir.
Rajasthan XI - Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Steven Smith, Sanju Samson (in), Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag (in), Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat (in), Dhawal Kulkarni.
We are all set to begin. The Chennai players are out in the middle. Jos Buttler and Ajinkya Rahane will open the batting for Rajasthan. Deepak Chahar will start the proceedings for Chennai.
0.1 : D Chahar to A Rahane, Straightaway, Rajasthan are underway! Chahar looking for some shape away starts off on the leg pole. The ball though goes straight on. Rahane looks to flick but misses. The ball hits the pads and rolls towards square leg. A leg bye taken.
0.2 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, On a good length on middle, Buttler punches it off the back foot to mid on.
0.3 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, FOUR! What a shot to get off the mark! Takes a few steps ahead and then flicks it right off the middle and past the diving square leg fielder for a boundary. Lovely timing there by Jos the boss.
0.4 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, On a good length on middle, Buttler comes down the track and looks to flick but gets hit high on the thigh pad. Chahar appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. Probably height might have saved Jos here.
0.5 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, SIX! STAND AND DELIVER! That shot just shows how powerfull this guy is. Not a bad delivery this, length and on off. Buttler stands tall and slaps it over the bowler's head. The timing is such that it carries all the way. Jos has started off really well here.
0.6 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, On a good length on leg, Buttler comes forward to flick but gets hit on the pads. 11 runs have come from the first over. Great start from Rajasthan.
Mitchell Santner to bowl from he other end.
1.1 : M Santner to A Rahane, Tossed up on off, Rahane drives it back towards Santner where he does well to stop it.
1.2 : M Santner to A Rahane, Flighted delivery on middle, Rahane flicks it to mid-wicket.
1.3 : M Santner to A Rahane, FOUR! First boundary for Ajinkya Rahane. Tossed up on middle, Rahane comes down the track and flicks it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
1.4 : M Santner to A Rahane, FOUR! Another top shot by Rahane. This is even better than the last one. This time he steps out and also makes room. He maybe expected the ball to be outside off. It is and Rahane lofts it over the cover fielder for a boundary.
1.5 : M Santner to A Rahane, FIVE WIDES! The start keeps getting better for Rajasthan. The pressure telling on Santner. He fires this one down the leg side, Rahane looks to sweep but misses. Dhoni fails to collect the ball behind and races to the fine leg fence.
M Santner to A Rahane, Beauty of a delivery from Santner. Tosses it up just outside off, Rahane looks to defend but gets beaten due to the turn away on this one. Good comeback from Santner.
1.6 : M Santner to A Rahane, A single to end another excellent over for Rajasthan. 14 from it. Rahane works it with soft hands towards mid-wicket and takes one. Keeps the strike with that single.
2.1 : D Chahar to A Rahane, On a good length on middle, Rahane looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
2.2 : D Chahar to A Rahane, FOUR! Excellent placement! Slightly short and outside off, Rahane stays back and punches it through the gap in the cover region. Dealing in boundaries are Rajasthan.
2.3 : D Chahar to A Rahane, On a good length and outside off, Rahane gets a leading edge towards covers for a run.
2.4 : D Chahar to Jos Buttler, Bowls full on middle, Buttler makes room and plays it towards mid on for a single.
Review time! Chahar feels he has got Rahane LBW, the umpire feels different. Deepak convinces his skipper to go for the review and Dhoni does so. It might just be umpire's call.
2.5 : D Chahar to A Rahane, OUT! It is not umpire's call, it is actually three reds. Rahane has been given the marching orders. The exciting start for Rajasthan has been cut short. All the credit here has to go to Chahar as he was the one who was adamant to take the review. It is a length ball and angling into the batsman. Rahane takes a few steps ahead and then looks to flick. He misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal follows and then the umpire shakes his head. Deepak wants it to be reviewe
Sanju Samson is the new batsman in.
2.6 : D Chahar to S Samson, FOUR! That has been creamed! Chahar bowls it slightly short and Samson picks the length early, he goes back and nails the pull shot. It races to the square leg fence. Off the mark with a boundary. End of an action-packed over, 10 runs and a wicket from it.
Shardul Thakur is into the attack.
3.1 : S Thakur to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Welcome into the attack, Thakur! It is raining boundaries here. A short ball and on the body, Buttler goes deep inside the crease, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to the fine leg fence. Chahar looks to stop it with a dive but fails to. He seems to have hurt himself in the process.
3.2 : S Thakur to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Three in a row for Rajasthan. This has been clobbered! Back of a length on off, Buttler stands tall and slaps it through extra cover. No stopping that.
3.3 : S Thakur to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Three in the over and four consecutive ones! Poor delivery, this! It is down the leg side. Buttler just helps it on its way to the fine leg fence.
3.4 : S Thakur to Jos Buttler, OUT! In the air... taken! Thakur has the last laugh. He has probably got Rajasthan's best batsman. Buttler is guilty of playing one shot too many here. Having already got three boundaries in the over, not sure if this was needed. He once again goes for the audacious back foot slap over covers. This time though the ball hits the higher portion of the bat and lobs up in the air towards covers. Rayudu there settles under it and takes it with ease. So the runs are flowi
Steven Smith is the new batsman in.
3.5 : S Thakur to S Samson, On a good length on off, Samson taps it to point.
3.6 : S Thakur to S Samson, Short of a length delivery on leg, Samson pulls it through square leg for a single. Big over for Rajasthan where 13 runs came from the over but a productive over for Chennai where they got the wicket of Jos Buttler.
4.1 : D Chahar to S Samson, Length delivery on off, Samson guides it towards third man for a run.
4.2 : D Chahar to S Smith, On a good length outside off, Smith punches it to point.
4.3 : D Chahar to S Smith, Short delivery outside off, Smith looks to pull but misses it.
4.4 : D Chahar to S Smith, FOUR! Save your legs, you need not run for those! Crunched! Slightly short and Smith is onto the back foot quickly, he pulls it through mid-wicket and it races away. 50 up for the hosts.
4.5 : D Chahar to S Smith, Slower delivery outside off, Smith looks to pull but he misses it because he was early into the shot.
4.6 : D Chahar to S Smith, Length delivery outside off, Smith comes forward and plays it to covers. Just 5 runs from this over.
Mitchell Santner is back on.
5.1 : M Santner to S Samson, This is fired on off, it turns away a little. Samson plays inside the line and gets an outside edge to point.
5.2 : M Santner to S Samson, OUT! Samson holes out! Not sure what the Rajasthan batsmen are doing here. They are only looking to hit the boundaries. Samson falls in the attempt to do so. He goes for the slog sweep but due to the extra bounce Santner gets, a top edge is induced. It goes uppishly towards deep mid-wicket. The substitute Shorey there runs in and takes it not in the first, not in the second but in the third attempt. A much-needed wicket for Santner as this will boost his confidence wh
Rahul Tripathi is the new batsman in.
5.3 : M Santner to S Smith, Floated on off, Smith drives it towards mid off for a run.
5.4 : M Santner to R Tripathi, Flighted delivery on off, Tripathi defends it out.
5.5 : M Santner to R Tripathi, BEATEN! There was slow turn on this delivery. Tossed up outside off, Tripathi looks to drive but misses it.
5.6 : M Santner to R Tripathi, Tossed up on middle, Rahul blocks it off his front foot. Very good over from Santner. Just 1 run and a wicket from it.
Ravindra Jadeja is on now.
6.1 : R Jadeja to S Smith, This is tossed up on middle, Smith eases it down to long on for a single.
6.2 : R Jadeja to R Tripathi, Plays this nicely as he brings out the paddle sweep. It goes towards fine leg for a single.
6.3 : R Jadeja to S Smith, On the middle pole, Smith leans into it and strokes it with the turn to covers.
6.4 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Uses his feet but does not get to the pitch of the ball, it is worked to mid-wicket.
6.5 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Tossed up on middle, Smith flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.
6.6 : R Jadeja to R Tripathi, Full on middle, Tripathi drives it towards mid on for a run. Good start from Jadeja. Just 4 runs have come from the over.
7.1 : M Santner to R Tripathi, Tossed up on middle, Smith flicks it through square leg. The batsmen pick up a couple.
7.2 : M Santner to R Tripathi, DROPPED! You do not see Dhoni drop these quite often, he just could not grab hold of it. This is fired in on off, it pitches and turns away. Tripathi looks to play it very late but ends up getting a faint outside edge which Dhoni fails to hold onto. RT now will want to make use of this life.
7.3 : M Santner to R Tripathi, Floated on middle and leg, Tripathi plays it towards long on for a single.
7.4 : M Santner to S Smith, Tossed up on off, Smith plays it towards covers for a run.
7.5 : M Santner to R Tripathi, Full on middle, Tripathi drives it towards mid off for a single.
7.6 : M Santner to S Smith, A single to end! Another tight over this. Santner bowls this slower, Smith waits for it and then strokes it down to long on for a single.
8.1 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Turn for Jadeja. It was tossed up on off, Smith looks to cut but misses it.
8.2 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Floated on off, Smith plays it towards covers for a run.
8.3 : R Jadeja to R Tripathi, Tossed up on off, Tripathi plays it to point.
8.4 : R Jadeja to R Tripathi, FOUR! Misfield! From another man who does not do it often, Faf du Plessis. Tripathi plays a very good shot against Jadeja. He goes inside out over covers. Faf runs to his left, dives and looks to stop the ball but pushes it onto the ropes.
8.5 : R Jadeja to R Tripathi, OUT! Another one bites the dust! An excellent catch by Jadhav. Tripathi fails to make the most of the reprieve. He looks to repeat what he did on the last ball, as he once again looks to hit it over covers. This time though there is a little turn on this one. It flies off the outside edge towards point. Jadhav there takes a couple of steps back and then stretches one hand up but the ball spills out. He though does really well to keep his eyes on the ball and take it
Strategic break! Rajasthan have been jolted not once, not twice but four times after being asked to bat first despite a flurry of boundaries at the start. The batsmen have played one shot too many and in the process, lost their wickets. Ben Stokes has walked out and joined Steven Smith in the middle. Chennai are well on top here and now will know that if they separate the Aussie-English duo of Smith and Stokes, they can dictate terms even further. The hosts, on the other hand, will need a big st
8.6 : R Jadeja to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on leg, Stokes flicks it through square leg for a couple. He straightaway gets off the mark. 7 runs and a wicket have come from the Jadeja over.
Imran Tahir is on now!
9.1 : I Tahir to S Smith, Slower through the air on middle, Smith lunges and blocks it out.
9.2 : I Tahir to S Smith, Stump-to-stump line again! Smith is solid in defense.
9.3 : I Tahir to S Smith, Full on middle, Smith flicks it through mid-wicket for a run.
9.4 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Bowls a googly outside off, Stokes leaves it alone.
9.5 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on off, Stokes plays it towards point for a run.
9.6 : I Tahir to S Smith, Floated on middle, Steven drives it towards mid on for a run.
10.1 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Flatter and on off, Smith pushes it a little wide of the sweeper cover fielder for a couple. Good running.
10.2 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Flighted delivery outside off, Smith drives it through covers for a single.
10.3 : R Jadeja to Ben Stokes, Floated on leg, Stokes flicks it towards square leg. The batsmen change ends.
10.4 : R Jadeja to S Smith, Tossed up on middle, Smith defends it off the back foot.
10.5 : R Jadeja to S Smith, OUT! 100th wicket for Jadeja in this league! Half the side back in the hut! Smith is the man walking back now. A body blow, this, for the hosts as they would have hoped for him to anchor the innings. Another poor stroke. Smith brings out the slog sweep. It is not right off the middle and it goes straight to Ambati Rayudu at deep mid-wicket. He makes no mistake. Rajasthan slip further.
Riyan Parag is the new batsman in.
10.6 : R Jadeja to R Parag, Short and outside off, Parag cuts it towards point for a run.
11.1 : I Tahir to R Parag, Full on leg, Parag drives it towards mid on for a single.
11.2 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Floated on off, Stokes drives it towards covers. The batsmen cross ends.
11.3 : I Tahir to R Parag, Floated on leg, Parag flicks it towards square leg for a run.
11.4 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Full on off, Stokes drives it towards mid off for a run.
11.5 : I Tahir to R Parag, Flighted delivery on middle, Riyan drives it towards mid on for a run.
11.6 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on off, Stokes plays it towards point for a run.
Mitchell Santner is back into the attack.
12.1 : M Santner to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on leg, Stokes flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single.
12.2 : M Santner to R Parag, Flighted delivery on middle, Parag tucks it towards the leg side for a run.
12.3 : M Santner to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on middle, Stokes nudges it to square leg.
12.4 : M Santner to Ben Stokes, Floated on off, Stokes looks to cut but gets a bottom edge on this one.
12.5 : M Santner to Ben Stokes, Full on off, Stokes drives it towards mid off for a run.
12.6 : M Santner to R Parag, Tossed up on middle, Parag defends it towards mid-wicket for a run. Santner has kept it tight and a good over from him. He finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-25-1.
13.1 : I Tahir to R Parag, FOUR! Full toss and it has been put away! Good shot, pikced the spot nicely. On the pads, Riyan flicks it over the mid-wicket fielder. No one in the deep and a boundary. Much-needed one.
13.2 : I Tahir to R Parag, The googly, it though is short. The batsman has enough time to go back and adjust. Parag guides it to the slip fielder.
13.3 : I Tahir to R Parag, FOUR! Could have easily been a caught and bowled. Tahir got wrong footed there. It is short and on middle, the ball seems to stop in the surface. Riyan looks to check his shot but till then the ball hits the bat. Goes to the right of Tahir who is moving to his left. The long on fielder too can't stop it and it results in a boundary. Second in the over.
13.4 : I Tahir to R Parag, Tossed up outside off, Parag looks to cut but gets beaten due to the away turn on this one.
13.5 : I Tahir to R Parag, Full on middle, Parag drives it towards mid on for a run.
13.6 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, EDGED BUT SAFE! Tossed up on off, it is the googly. Stokes looks to defend but the ball turns away and takes the outside edge. He played it with soft hands and hence, it fell short of the first slip fielder. A productive over for the visitors.
Shardul Thakur is back.
14.1 : S Thakur to R Parag, Good length delivery on middle, Parag punches it towards mid on for a run.
14.2 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, On a good length on off, Stokes plays it to point.
14.3 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, WIDE! 100 up for Rajasthan. It has been hardwork for the batsmen. Bowls short and outside off, Stokes looks to chase that but misses it.
S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Full on middle, Stokes drives it towards long on. The batsmen get two runs.
14.4 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Full again on middle, Stokes plays it towards mid on for a single.
14.5 : S Thakur to R Parag, Short of a length delivery, Parag plays it to mid off.
14.6 : S Thakur to R Parag, OUT! The debutant's start has come to an end. A bit of a loose shot, really. It's a bit short and well outside off, Parag moves a step across and looks to heave it over the leg side. Only manages an edge behind which Dhoni takes comfortably. He sticks around for some reason, unsure of what exactly, but the umpire tells him to walk off.
Jofra Archer is the new batsman in.
15.1 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on off, Stokes drives it towards mid off. The fielder goes for a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it. The batsmen take a run.
15.2 : I Tahir to J Archer, Full on middle, Archer plays it towards mid on for a run.
15.3 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Reverse sweep and it comes off! Stokes holds the key here. Stokes is down on one knee and hits it through short third man. It races away.
15.4 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, Now watchfully hits it through mid-wicket for a run.
15.5 : I Tahir to J Archer, What was that now? This was way down the leg side, not sure why Archer looked to play it. The ball goes off the leading edge towards point for a single.
Run out appeal at the bowler's end! Archer the man in question but he might have just gotten home in time!
15.6 : I Tahir to Ben Stokes, NOT OUT! Archer is well in! A handy couple for the hosts. This is full and Stokes pushes it to the right of long off. They take one and then go for the second. The fielder fires a very good throw to the bowler who collects it and appeals. The umpire takes it upstairs and replays show that Archer has made it in. An expensive last over by Tahir. 10 from it. He goes wicket-less today as he finishes with figures of 4-0-28-0.
Strategic break! Rajasthan have not been able to pull away at all. They have been pegged back by wickets at regular intervals and despite most of their batsmen getting starts, they have not been able to convert them. Chennai, on the other hand, will be very happy with the way things have gone and would love to finish well with four overs remaining. The hosts, though, would like Stokes to smack a few out of the ground and take them as close to 150 as possible! Meanwhile, it is Jadeja to bowl afte
16.1 : R Jadeja to J Archer, Flatter and on off, Archer pushes it to covers.
16.2 : R Jadeja to J Archer, On the stumps, it is worked around the corner for a run. Gets Stokes on strike, he would fancy his chances vs the left-arm spinner.
16.3 : R Jadeja to Ben Stokes, Doesn't go for it this time. Happily works it through square leg for a run.
16.4 : R Jadeja to J Archer, Archer does what he has to do, pushes it down to long on and give the strike to Stokes.
16.5 : R Jadeja to Ben Stokes, This time Stokes looks to go after Jadeja. He though gets it off the inner half to the man at deep square leg for a single.
16.6 : R Jadeja to J Archer, A dot to end another excellent over and a fine spell by Jadeja. He has taken two wickets and given away only 20 runs. He bowls this on the stumps and Archer keeps it out.
17.1 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Archer was a goner! A risky run that! Stokes makes room and pushes towards sweeper cover. They take one, Stokes wants a second. Rayudu there throws it to the bowler who does not collect it. Had he done so, Archer was way out.
17.2 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Brilliant fielding! Excellent commitment by Faf! He makes up for the misfield early on. Stokes smashes this down towards the long on fence. Du Plessis makes a lot of ground to his right, dives and saves two.
17.3 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Full on off, Stokes drives it towards covers for a run.
17.4 : S Thakur to J Archer, Length delivery on off, Archer plays it towards point for a run.
17.5 : S Thakur to Ben Stokes, Bowls a slow short of a length delivery, Stokes pulls it towards mid-wicket for a run.
17.6 : S Thakur to J Archer, Short delivery on leg, Archer pulls it towards square leg for a single. 8 runs have come from the over but Rajasthan need a big one here.
Deepak Chahar to bowl from the other end.
18.1 : D Chahar to J Archer, Full and outside off, Archer drives it towards long on for a run.
18.2 : D Chahar to Ben Stokes, OUT! TIMBER! Any hopes of 150 now seems to have disappeared with that wicket. The slower ball does the trick for Chahar. It is on the stumps. Stokes throws the kitchen sink at it but the ball keeps low and rattles the stumps behind.
Shreyas Gopal is the new batsman in.
18.3 : D Chahar to S Gopal, Length delivery on middle, Gopal flicks it towards square leg for a run.
18.4 : D Chahar to J Archer, Short of a length delivery, Archer pulls it through mid-wicket for a run.
18.5 : D Chahar to S Gopal, FOUR! Up and over! Handy boundary, they would love a few more. Gopal makes room and picks the slower one. He waits for it and then lofts it over the mid off fielder. It bounces just before the ropes.
18.6 : D Chahar to S Gopal, Short of a length delivery outside off, Gopal plays an upper cut over Dhoni. However, third man is just fine and the batsmen take a run. 8 runs have come from the over and the wicket of Ben Stokes.
19.1 : S Thakur to S Gopal, Good fielding by Santner. Gopal lofts this over covers. Santner makes good ground to his right and he manages to push it back in. Saves two for his side.
19.2 : S Thakur to S Gopal, FOUR! 6 from the first two balls. A very good shot this. Gopal slaps this length ball on off over the bowler's head and it races to the fence.
19.3 : S Thakur to S Gopal, SIX! Gopal is turning on the heat here. What a cameo this is. 12 from the first three. Poor bowling though to be honest. With mid off up, this is right in the arc. Full and on off, Gopal lofts it over mid off. This time the connection is such that it carries all the way. Three balls to go, can they make it a 20 run over?
19.4 : S Thakur to S Gopal, Good change in length! Bowls it short and on middle, Gopal pulls it to deep square leg for a single.
19.5 : S Thakur to J Archer, FOUR! Archer gets into the act now! 150 up. 17 from the over with one ball to go. Another freebie. Short and on the body. Archer swivels and pulls it over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary.
19.6 : S Thakur to J Archer, A single to end! 18 from the over. A top nut to end. Not sure why he did not bowl this earlier. A yorker on middle, Archer jams it out towards covers for a single.
It was mostly Chennai through the innings, but that last Shardul Thakur over, which went for 18 runs, could just be the psychological edge Rajasthan need in the second half of the game. The hosts got off to a fast start with Buttler and Rahane firing away, but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. After a point, the away side was on top, right up till the point where Thakur conceded 18 runs, with Gopal hitting the bulk of them.
It was a good bowling performance from the collective standpoint. Barring Tahir, who remained relatively economical, rest all chipped in with the wickets. Jadeja was the standout with his 2/20. The fielders were on it too as they backed their bowlers with their athleticism, but that final over would make them feel a little disheartened. Still, despite that, it's a good batting surface and Chennai will back themselves to chase this down. Let's see how it goes.
Ravindra Jadeja who is up for an interview says he is very happy with all his wickets in international cricket and he is enjoying his game. Further adds he is feeling great to be playing against his first Indian T20 League team. Mentions the crowd here is fantastic. He hopes they can continue the momentum and end on the winning side. States he wanted to get Smith out as he was looking for wickets and he did manage to get him. Ends by saying they have variety in their bowling and they did a good