IPL 2021: Match no 47 was a superhit show for IPL expectators this match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Both teams Young players performed really well in this match. One scored his maiden 100* and one player smashes 50 runs from just 19 balls.
Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals has won a thrilling match against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings.
Rajasthan win by 7 wickets
Rajasthan Royals successfully chased down the difficult target. There was tremendous confidence in the young batsmen of this team. Sanju Samson’s army scored 190 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 17.3 overs.
Gaikwad scored his maiden Century
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 101 runs in 60 balls at a strike rate of 168, in his inning he hit 9 fours and 5 sixes. Surprisingly he completed his century by hitting a six on the last ball of the 20th over. This was the maiden century of his IPL career, but his hundred proved to be insufficient for his team as Rajasthan Royals chased down Chennai’s total comfortably .
RR won the toss
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and called Chennai Super Kings to bat first. Samson’s decision went in his team’s favor and the hopes of reaching the playoffs remain intact.
RR’s standing in points table
Chennai Super Kings won 9 from 12 matches till now and with 18 points is on top of the points table of IPL 2021. That Rajasthan Royals has won 5 out of 12 matches and has reached number six in the table with 10 points.
CSK Playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Rituraj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&W), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood.
RR Playing XI: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Akash Singh, Mustafizur Rahman, Mayank Markandeya and Chetan Sakaria.
