Cricket Highlights, 27 April: IPL 2023 (Match 37) – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings   

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Match 37) – Highlights

On Thursday, April 27, the 37th game of the IPL was played at home between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. In that game, Rajasthan Royals batted first and set a lofty goal in the allotted 20 overs. In the 2nd innings, as the allotted 20 overs came to a finish, Chennai Super Kings were unable to reach the objective. They must therefore depart the field with a significant gap rate. Besides, Yashasvi Jaiswal won the game’s Man of the Match award for his outstanding batting.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), team Rajasthan Royals won again after suffering two losses in a row. After defeating Chennai Super Kings with outstanding bowling after batting, Sanju Samson has taken the top spot in the point standings. They defeated Chennai by 32 runs. Rajasthan has moved up two spots to the top of the standings with 10 points after 8 games. Besides, Chennai is now third in run rate despite having the same number of points from the same matches.

Samson, the captain of Rajasthan, chose to bat against Chennai at Jaipur after winning the toss. In the stipulated 20 overs, the Royals achieved an enormous total of 202 runs for 5 wickets. In this match against Chennai, Yashasvi Jaiswal got a half-century in just 26 balls. After playing a fantastic innings that included 77 runs from 43 balls and 8 fours and 4 sixes, he eventually made his way back to the dressing room.

Buttler simply wasn’t able to play like himself. With the help of four fours, he was dismissed for 27 off 21 balls. Sanju Samson, the captain, came back with 17 off 17 balls. Also, he made one four. Simron Hetmyer was unable to help. He used 10 balls to score 8 runs. The team was then directed to a sizable collection by Jurel and Padikkal. Three balls remained in the inning when Jurel was out for 34 off 15 balls. His 34-run inning included three fours and two sixes. Padikkal had 27 runs off 13 balls and was still undefeated. Also, he hit five fours.

For Chennai, Tushar Deshpande took 2 wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. Maheesh Thikshana and Ravindra Jadeja each claimed one wicket.

Dhoni had a lofty 203-run goal for himself at the Rajasthan venue. It never seemed like Chennai would be able to win this game throughout the run chase. Devon Conway, the opener, scored 8 runs off 16 balls. Ajinkya Rahane returned to the dressing room with 15 off 13 balls.

Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 47 runs off of 29 balls, but Chennai was still in trouble after losing 3 wickets for 73 runs. In addition, he blasted 5 fours and 1 six in his 47-run inning. At that time, within 20 overs, 10.4 overs were passed. The margin of defeat is slightly lessened following Moeen Ali’s 23 runs from 12 balls (2 fours and 2 sixes) and Ravindra Jadeja’s 23 runs from 15 balls (3 fours). 

On the other hand, Shivam Dubey stayed at the wicket until the final ball of the innings. His 52 runs off 33 balls in one inning did not help the team. In his innings, he hit two fours and four sixes. Chennai eventually declared the end at 170 runs for 6 wickets.

With the ball, Adam Zampa was crucial to Rajasthan’s triumph. By bowling 3 overs, he took 3 wickets for 22 runs. In addition, Ravichandran Ashwin took 2 wickets for 35 runs. And Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket.

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Scoreboard   

Rajasthan Royals – 202/5 (20.0)  

Chennai Super Kings – 170/6 (20.0)  

Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 32 runs 

Player of the match – Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Playing XIs