Guwahati
After two consecutive defeats, Rajasthan Royals finally tasted victory. The team of Ryan Parag opened their account in the tournament, defeating Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on Sunday night. Chennai needed 20 runs to win in the last over. MS Dhoni was in the hands of Sandeep Sharma on the strike.
Jofra Archer had one over left, but acting captain Ryan Parag threw the 20th over from Sandeep Sharma, which also proved to be his trump card. Sandeep had made a bad start by sending a slow bouncer from above Dhoni’s head to wide, but he made a comeback on the next ball.
Sandeep Sharma did wonders in the last over
In the last over of the match, Chennai Super Kings were to score 20 runs to win. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was dismissed on the very first ball of Sandeep Sharma’s over, which broke the expectations of the team. Dhoni was caught by Shimron Hetmyer. Then on the second ball of the over, Jamie Overn took a single by Rabindra Jadeja on the third ball. That is, now 18 runs were to be scored on three balls. On the fourth ball, overton created a thrill by hitting a six. But only 2-2 runs off the next two balls, which captured the match in Rajasthan.
Let us know that Rajasthan Royals lost the first two matches this season. First Rajasthan defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 44 runs. Then he was defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets. On the other hand, CSK defeated Mumbai Indians (Mi) by 4 wickets to make a brilliant start of the season. However, he had to face defeat by 50 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the second match.
Chennai’s team started to chase the target and lost the wicket of Rachin Ravindra on a score of 0. Rachin was caught by Jofra Archer behind the wicket. After this, Rahul Tripathi and captain Rituraj Gaikwad together partnered 46 runs for the second wicket. Rahul Tripathi was seen in the touch, but after the set he lost the wicket. Rahul (23) was run by Sri Lankan spinner Vanindu Hasranga. Hasranga then implicated ‘Impact Sub’ Shivam Dubey (18) and Vijay Shankar (9) in his spin.
Hasranga jerked four wickets
Shortly after Vijay Shankar was dismissed, captain Rituraj Gaikwad completed his fifty. However, Rituraj was dismissed on the important occasion. Rituraj was caught by Vanindu Hasranga at the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rituraj scored 63 off 44 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six. From here, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja had a big responsibility, but both matches could not do finish. Jadeja remained unbeaten by scoring 32 runs off 22 balls, including two fours and one six. At the same time, Dhoni scored 16 runs on 11 balls with the help of 1 fours and one six. Vanindu Hasranga took the maximum four wickets from Rajasthan.