Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Match 61 12 May 2024

61st T20 • MA Chidambaram Stadium • Chennai

Rajasthan Royals

141/5 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

145/5 (18.2)

CSK won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Date & Time

12 May, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Match

61st T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Rohan Pandit(India), Yeshwant Barde(India), Anil Chaudhary(India, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh(India)

Toss

Rajasthan Royals elected to bat

Pitch Report

It's very hot at Chepauk - 37 degrees Celsius but it feels like 40 says Pommie Mbangwa. 66 meters and 70 meters square on either side of the surface today while the straight hit is 79 meters long. 183 has been the average score this season. No covering of grass and Daren Ganga confirms that it's normal water content in the pitch according to the curator. If there is a bit of moisture, it could be tacky and sticky and could challenge the team batting first. There will be a bit of turn with the average turn at this ground for the season standing at 2.1 degrees - more than the tournament average. CSK have played twice on this pitch and scored in excess of 200 batting first in two night games. That's what the team batting first will be aiming for. Reading the pitch and adjusting accordingly is going to be the key, concludes Mbangwa!

1st Innings

158Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

132.21Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.61Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

3- 7

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Ruturaj Gaikwad

CSK . BAT

541 Runs

12 Matches

Sanju Samson

RR . WK

471 Runs

11 Matches

Riyan Parag

RR . ALL

436 Runs

11 Matches

Top Bowlers

Tushar Deshpande

CSK . BOWL

14 Wkts

11 Matches

Mustafizur Rahman

CSK . BOWL

14 Wkts

9 Matches

Yuzvendra Chahal

RR . BOWL

14 Wkts

11 Matches

Fantasy Top Picks

Small League Team

J Buttler

R Gaikwad

Grand League Team

R Gaikwad

Y Jaiswal

Venue Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

1st Innings

158Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

132.21Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.61Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

56%Bat First Bowl First44%

Team Batting First

56%Wins Losses44%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 49 • May 1 • Indian Premier League

CSK 162/7 (20)

PBKS 163/3 (17.5)

PBKS won by 7 wickets

vs live score

Match 46 • Apr 28 • Indian Premier League

CSK 212/3 (20)

SRH 134/10 (18.5)

CSK won by 78 runs

vs live score

Match 39 • Apr 23 • Indian Premier League

CSK 210/4 (20)

LSG 213/4 (19.3)

LSG won by 6 wickets

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Match 22 • Apr 8 • Indian Premier League

CSK 141/3 (17.4)

KKR 137/9 (20)

CSK won by 7 wickets

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Match 7 • Mar 26 • Indian Premier League

CSK 206/6 (20)

GT 143/8 (20)

CSK won by 63 runs

vs live score

Match 1 • Mar 22 • Indian Premier League

CSK 176/4 (18.4)

RCB 173/6 (20)

CSK won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Qualifier 1 • May 23 • Indian Premier League

GT 157/10 (20)

CSK 172/7 (20)

CSK won by 15 runs

vs live score

Match 61 • May 14 • Indian Premier League

CSK 144/6 (20)

KKR 147/4 (18.3)

KKR won by 6 wickets

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Match 55 • May 10 • Indian Premier League

CSK 167/8 (20)

DC 140/8 (20)

CSK won by 27 runs

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Match 49 • May 6 • Indian Premier League

CSK 140/4 (17.4)

MI 139/8 (20)

CSK won by 6 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

3- 7

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

180

Average Score

185

212/3

Highest Score

224/8

141/3

Lowest Score

127/4

Player of the Match Simarjeet Singh

3/26

CSK

Info

Rajasthan Royals

141/5 (20)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

114.29

c Gaikwad b Singh

Jos Buttler

84.00

c Deshpande b Singh

Sanju Samson

78.95

c Gaikwad b Singh

Riyan Parag

134.29

Not out

Dhruv Jurel

155.56

c Thakur b Deshpande

Shubham Dubey

0.00

c Dube b Deshpande

Ravichandran Ashwin

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.05)

141/5

Did not Bat

Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowlers

EXT

Tushar Deshpande

7.50

Maheesh Theekshana

7.00

Shardul Thakur

8.00

Simarjeet Singh

6.50

Ravindra Jadeja

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c Gaikwad b Singh

1-43

6.2

Jos Buttler

c Deshpande b Singh

2-49

8.1

Sanju Samson

c Gaikwad b Singh

3-91

14.2

Dhruv Jurel

c Thakur b Deshpande

4-131

19.1

Shubham Dubey

c Dube b Deshpande

5-131

19.2

Chennai Super Kings

145/5 (18.2)

Batters

Rachin Ravindra

150.00

c & b Ashwin

Ruturaj Gaikwad

102.44

Not out

Daryl Mitchell

169.23

lbw b Chahal

Moeen Ali

76.92

c Khan b Burger

Shivam Dube

163.64

c Parag b Ashwin

Ravindra Jadeja

83.33

Obstructing The Field

Sameer Rizvi

187.50

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 7.91)

145/5

Did not Bat

MS Dhoni, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh

Bowlers

EXT

Trent Boult

2.2

10.29

Sandeep Sharma

10.00

Ravichandran Ashwin

8.75

Nandre Burger

7.00

Yuzvendra Chahal

5.50

Avesh Khan

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rachin Ravindra

c & b Ashwin

1-32

3.4

Daryl Mitchell

lbw b Chahal

2-67

7.5

Moeen Ali

c Khan b Burger

3-86

11.5

Shivam Dube

c Parag b Ashwin

4-107

13.6

Ravindra Jadeja

Obstructing The Field

5-121

15.5

Match Info

Date & Time

12 May, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Match

61st T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Rohan Pandit(India), Yeshwant Barde(India), Anil Chaudhary(India, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh(India)

Toss

Rajasthan Royals elected to bat

1 0 2 1 1W 0

Over 16

Runs: 5

1 1 0 4 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 8

1 0 1 6 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 8

4 4

Over 19

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Simarjeet Singh

3/26

Commentary

We come to end of out first match of the day and how befitting it is of the Chennai Super Kings to win it and give their beloved home fans a game to remember! This means that their playoff hopes are alive and kicking and also, a possibility of MS Dhoni returning to the ground for at least one match in those playoffs! For the Rajasthan Royals, it is about heading to Guwahati now and ending this three-match losing streak. They are in contention to qualify alright, but just that it isn't getting official yet. With that, we, the pair of Soorya and Bidipto, bid you good bye! You can join us here for the second match of the day which has just begun. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Simarjeet Singh (Player of the Match, 3/26 in 4 overs): (Initial feeling) I enjoyed bowling on this surface, even if the weather was hot and humid! (On what it took to execute the plans) It was challenging to execute the plans, but I was clear about what lengths I needed to hit and how often I needed to change pace. (On whether things are pre-planned all the time) Nothing was predetermined as such, but the conversation with the captain was on all the time. I am glad that I came out with three wickets and managed to keep the runs in check.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings captain): (First thoughts) Wonderful feeling! Last home game of the league stage, so great to get this win! (What he felt when the start was good with the bat) I think once we were around 55/1 in the power play, we were cruising. But one or two wickets here and there does make it tricky, still, with our batting, we were always in the ascendancy. (On the pitch) We like pitches like these, but it also means that our batters have to take much more responsibility! When the wicket is slow, and one side is bigger, it's always helpful to bowl slower balls into the pitch.

Daryl Mitchell returns to take the On-The-Go Fours of the Match Award!

Riyan Parag bags the Super Sixes of the Match Award with three sixes!

Simarjeet Singh takes home the Ultimate Fantasy Player of the Match Award!

Daryl Mitchell wins the Super Striker of the Match Award!

It's time for the post-match presentation!

Ravichandran Ashwin was seen having a chat with MS Dhoni post the game. All smiles there between two of the finest of this sport - one a Chennaiite by birth and another adopted by the city. The CSK players are going around for a lap of honor to thank the crowd considering this is their last round-robin fixture of the season.

Daryl Mitchell (Chennai Super Kings): Obviously really nice to get over the line on what is a slow wicket. I thought the way the boys bowled up top, put pressure on them and restricted them was great. The way we bowled in the powerplay with the newer ball, we built some pressure on them and asked them to take some risks. I'm not sure what number was par, it's harder in day games. But it was nice to restrict them and chase it down. It's just working in partnerships. For me when I come in, (it's about) recognizing the new ball is the best time to bat. And obviously Rutu then got the job done. It's working with your partner and having communication with each other - matchups and who you can take down. And when they're bowling well, just getting off strike. Always happy, it's pretty cool to play in front of a crowd like this. Noise like this makes us feel lucky.

Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals captain): Right after the powerplay, the message was the wicket was a bit slow, maybe a bit two-paced and the bounce wasn't as expected. After the powerplay and while I was batting in the middle, the score we were expecting was around 170. But we were 20-25 runs short to be honest. They knew the conditions better than us and the youngster (Simarjeet) bowled very well. (On the toss decision) Honestly we are not very sure on what to expect when you travel. Looking at the wicket we thought batting first might be better. But when you know what's the score to chase, batting second they had a better idea. We were expecting the wicket to get slower in the second innings but I think it was a touch better. When you play a night game at Chepauk it's a no-brainer to chase with the dew coming in. In a day game, the summer tends to heat the wicket up. I expected the wicket to slow up but they also batted well. Taking the game to the 18th over was a good job. In this tournament it's normal to think of qualification but the chat in team meetings is to focus on what is in our control. I would like to tell my teammates in the debrief to focus on what we can control. We are playing some decent cricket, it's not like we are playing bad cricket. Just focus on the process and hopefully we come out on top next game.

Chennai Super Kings win by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare!

Ruturaj Gaikwad 42* (41) | Simranjeet Singh - 3/26 (4)
Riyan Parag 47 (35) | Ravichandran Ashwin - 2/35 (4)

The beginning from Rachin Ravindra, the carry forward of that start by Daryl Mitchell, the cameo from Shivam Dube and the anchoring of the innings by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad did it for the home side! In the last home match of the group stage, Chennai Super Kings gifted their fans a really important win to keep their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs, well and truly alive!

It was slightly surprising that Rajasthan Royals chose to go with Nandre Burger as the Impact Sub and not Keshav Maharaj, but the bowling was overall from all the bowlers was not quite up to the mark.

Spin did tell a tale, as both the frontline spinners spun a web and picked up 3 wickets between them, but they went for 47 runs and needed to pick up more scalps, given the nature of the surface.

Pace on the ball was helping the batters today. That didn't change in the second innings. Pace was not taken off all that intelligently by the Royals fast bowlers and it had a bearing on the result in the end. Overall fielding from the Royals also needed a lift, but they weren't quite sharp enough to be honest today!

Even though MS Dhoni did not bat, the crowd got to watch an amazing win by their favourite team. Chennai Super Kings have completed 50 victories in the IPL at the Chepauk now!

Rajasthan Royals have to wait just that bit longer to qualify for the playoffs but are well placed in the table to do so, at second. But this wait is getting too long, in a way! Chennai move to 14 points and go to third in the ladder for the moment.

18.2 Trent Boult to Sameer Rizvi, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! Wide full toss as this one slips out of his hands and it sums up a tough day for RR. Rizvi throws his hands at it and scythes it flat over point for another boundary to wrap things up in style. Chennai Super Kings keep their playoff hopes alive with a 5-wicket win!

The scores are level.

18.1 Trent Boult to Sameer Rizvi, FOUR! SHOT! Overpitched just outside the off stump and Rizvi creams a cover drive. Gets half-forward and laces it through the gap along extra cover and wide of mid-off to send it scorching to the fence

Trent Boult [2.0-0-16-0] comes back into the attack.

One big hit away now are the Super Kings. Will they finish it off with a six or will they prefer doing it in ones and twos? Either way, the game is for them to lose here.

overs

137 /5 score

runs

Ruturaj Gaikwad *

42 (41)

Sameer Rizvi

7 (6)

Nandre Burger

1 /21

17.6 Nandre Burger to Ruturaj Gaikwad, another bumper closer to the off stump. Ruturaj sways his head out of the way to let it zoom over

17.5 Nandre Burger to Ruturaj Gaikwad, AH! Flies through as he goes back of a length well outside the off stump. Ruturaj hangs his bat out with an open face before it zips past the outside edge

Wrong length at 138 clicks and put away in style!