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IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings latest updates: That’s it! RR win by 16 runs. 217 was always going to be a massive challenge and CSK have fallen short here by some margin, remember Ngidi was smoked for 30 runs in his last over during RR’s innings. In any case, a winning start for RR to IPL 2020. CSK lose their first match of the season. Preview: It’s been a fantastic start to the 13th edition of the IPL, we’ve already had a Super Over in just the second match of the league. Chennai Super Kings started off in style with a win over Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener. They will be in action again as they lock horns with Rajasthan Royals in the fourth match of the IPL. Just like CSK, RR will be looking for a positive start. However, a big set back for them will be the unavailability of the in-form Jos Buttler who will be serving mandatory quarantine upon arrival in the UAE with his family. RR already don’t have the services of Ben Stokes who has not arrived in the UAE due to personal reasons. The good news is that Steve Smith is available for selection after missing the Australia ODI series with concussion symptoms. [caption id=“attachment_8837401” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Chennai super Kings players celebrate after beating the Mumbai Indians. SportzPics[/caption] “Yeah obviously missed the last three one-dayers in England. Been in Dubai for a couple of days now with some good rest and then got into a bit of running,” Smith said. “Yesterday I did a bit of zig-zag running, which is part of the protocols to pass to get back to play and today I’ll have a hit in the nets. Hopefully, pull up well from the hit and be good to play tomorrow,” he added. Without Buttler and Stokes, the batting looks a bit thin and the onus will be on Smith, David Miller, Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson to deliver the goods. Rajasthan have a good mix of youth and experience and the young Riyan Parag who impressed last season will be the one to watch out for. In the bowling front, there is no shortage of pace with Jofra Archer and Varun Aaron in the mix. Archer will be coming into the match on the back of a very good white-ball series’ against Australia. They also have versatile bowlers in Jaydev Unadkat and Andrew Tye. The inexperienced spin section is a potential weak link where Shreyas Gopal will be the vital cog. CSK, on the other hand, have a balanced team. Openers Murali Vijay (1) and Shane Watson (4) would be looking to make amends after failures in the first match. Ambati Rayudu and Faf du Plessis will be looking to carry forward the confidence from the MI match after their match-winning efforts. CSK’s strength is the depth in their batting and that allows them to be flexible as was witnessed against MI where Jadeja and Curran were promoted ahead of Dhoni. Piyush Chawla will again be the key in the bowling department. He was brilliant against MI ending with figures of 4-0-21-0. CSK wouldn’t be looking to tinker much with the winning combination. With momentum on their side, CSK will start off as favourites against a relatively weak RR. Chennai Super Kings full squad: MS Dhoni , Imran Tahir , Lungi Ngidi , Ruturaj Gaikwad , Shane Watson , Ambati Rayudu , Murali Vijay , Kedar Jadhav , Ravindra Jadeja , Deepak Chahar , Piyush Chawla , N Jagadeesan , Mitchell Santner , KM Asif , Shardul Thakur , R Sai Kishore , Faf du Plessis , Monu Kumar , Dwayne Bravo , Josh Hazlewood , Sam Curran , Karn Sharma . Rajasthan Royals full squad: Steve Smith , Ben Stokes , Jofra Archer , Jos Buttler , Mahipal Lomror , Manan Vohra , Riyan Parag , Robin Uthappa , David Miller , Ankit Rajpoot , Mayank Markande , Shreyas Gopal , Varun Aaron , Jaydev Unadkat , Kartik Tyagi , Akash Singh , Oshane Thomas , Andrew Tye , Rahul Tewatia , Shashank Singh , Yashasvi Jaiswal , Anirudha Joshi , Tom Curran , Sanju Samson , Anuj Rawat Click here to read factboxes of all IPL teams Click here to check out the full IPL 2020 Schedule Click here to read all IPL team previews Click here to read IPL FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
IPL 2020 Highlights, RR vs CSK Match, Full Cricket Score: Rajasthan Royals clinch victory by 16 runs
Rajasthan Royals end up winning their opening match by 16 runs against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings
 "IPL 2020 Highlights, RR vs CSK Match, Full Cricket Score: Rajasthan Royals clinch victory by 16 runs")
First match in Sharjah and we got what we expected – a high-scoring match. RR edged CSK by 16 runs but it could have been a lot closer had Dhoni shown a little more urgency in the final overs. Samson for RR in the first innings was so good, some of the sixes that he hit were just pure class. Archer gave them the perfect finish with four consecutive sixes in the last over. CSK were always behind the eight ball in the chase and Tewatia made it more difficult with some quick wickets in the middle overs. A good start for RR to the tournament.
That’s it for tonight. Tomorrow we have KKR taking on MI, so that is when we will see you again. Good night!
Sanju Samson:
**"**I have been working very hard for a year. Have been working on my diet and training. I have developed my power-hitting as well in the last three-four months. We all are very fortunate to play and entertain the crowd back home."
MS Dhoni:
“With 217 on board, we needed to have a good start. Once you’ve seen the first innings, you know the length to bowl. Their spinners did well to bowl away from the batsman. We could have controlled no-balls. I haven’t batted in a very long time (reasons for coming down the order). The 14-day quarantine doesn’t help.”.
That’s it! RR win by 16 runs.
217 was always going to be a massive challenge and CSK have fallen short here by some margin, remember Ngidi was smoked for 30 runs in his last over during RR’s innings. In any case, a winning start for RR to IPL 2020. CSK lose their first match of the season.
After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 179/6 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 9 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)
Faf’s lone battle comes to an end after a knock of 72 off 37. The short delivery from Archer was too close to pull but Faf still went for it and top-edged it to the keeper. 10 from the over. 36 needed from last over.
OUT! du Plessis c Samson b Jofra Archer 72(37)
Game over? Short delivery from Archer, into Faf’s body as he tried to play the pull shot but could only manage to top-edge it to the keeper. A good innings comes to an end.
After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 169/5 ( Faf du Plessis 63 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 8)
10 from the over, so a decent over from Curran. He started poorly as the half-volley was smoked over log off for a six by Faf but the bowler recovered well with some good yorkers and slower deliveries. 48 needed from last two overs.
Faf du Plessis today boundary (4/6) counter:
First 18 balls : 0
Next 12 balls : 7
After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 159/5 ( Faf du Plessis 55 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 6)
Finally a big over for CSK. 21 coming from Unadkat’s over as Faf reaches to his fifty. He smoked three sixes in this over and two them went over long on fence. One was down the ground. 58 needed from 3 overs.
After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 138/5 ( Faf du Plessis 36 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 4)
Seven runs from he 16th over. Not what you think CSK was targeting but Archer would not complain. Just one boundary as Faf dissected the offside field perfectly. Dhoni struggling to pick the fast deliveries of Archer. 79 needed new.
SR in death overs in IPL:
MS Dhoni : 178.0
Faf du Plessis : 169.7
MS Dhoni v RR in IPL:
Innings : 19
Runs : 420
Average : 42.00
SR : 131.25
4/6 : 25/16
MS Dhoni’s SR batting at No.7 in IPL is 137.00.
MS Dhoni’s SR against leg-break bowlers in IPL is 110.3.
After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 131/5 ( Faf du Plessis 31 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 3)
16 from the over but Tewatia could very well have had the wicket of Faf as the batsman shimmied down for a lofted shot to long on but Riyan Parag lost the ball in the light and gave away a maximum. Faf added another six in the over with a gigantic six over the same region. 86 more needed.
After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 115/5 ( Faf du Plessis 17 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 1)
RR have their fielders positioned on the boundary line but CSK batsmen are busy playing the grounded shots. And when they attempt the big one, they are unable to time it as did Faf after getting a free hit from Curran, which went straight to the long on fielder. Meanwhile, Jadhav is back in the hut, he was caught excellently by keeper Samson as the outside edge went flying to him. Dhoni is the new batsman. 102 now needed.
OUT! Kedar Jadhav c Samson b Tom Curran 22(16)
Jadhav wanted to clear the midwicket boundary and went for a pull shot but the ball got bigger on him, took the outside edge and flew to Samson who timed his jump excellently to take a one-handed catch.
After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 108/4 ( Faf du Plessis 13 , Kedar Jadhav 21)
Okay, so we are back to easy singles. It’s good bowling by Unadkat but where is the intent? The required rate is over 15 but CSK’s plan looks like is to take the game deep. Seven from this over. 109 now needed.
After 12 overs,Chennai Super Kings 101/4 ( Faf du Plessis 10 , Kedar Jadhav 18)
Much better over for CSK. 15 coming from it as Jadhav smashed three boundaries. 116 now needed in eight overs. The pitch map shows good length has been the best area for spinners but Gopal was all over the pitch, went full, got hit for a boundary down the ground. Bowled wide and Jadhav sliced it to square fence before smashing one to extra cover boundary. 100 up for CSK.
After 11 overs,Chennai Super Kings 86/4 ( Faf du Plessis 9 , Kedar Jadhav 4)
Dot balls are like gold dust in T20 cricket but it can also be like dynamites if you have a big total to chase. For some reason, CSK look happy with dot balls, singles and rotating the strike. Just four runs from Tewatia’s over. 131 needed now to win for CSK.
After 10 overs,Chennai Super Kings 82/4 ( Faf du Plessis 7 , Kedar Jadhav 2)
Kedar Jadhav is the new man to join Faf in the middle. CSK have a mountain ahead of them and they managed just five runs in this over of Gopal. So they still need 135 from here.
After 9 overs,Chennai Super Kings 77/4 ( Faf du Plessis 4 , Kedar Jadhav 0)
Game winning over? Tewatia gave away 13 runs with two sixes to Curran but he also got two wickets in the over. CSK are four wickets down and need 140 in 11 overs. Curran came out twice down the ground and smashed big sixes over long on but the next time he tried that, Tewatia’s googly beat him as his stumps were broken. Debutant Gaikwad had an opportunity to impress but he squandered the chance by charging out on the first delivery and also got stumped. Can CSK win from here?
OUT! Ruturaj Gaikwad st Samson b Rahul Tewatia 0(1)
Gaikwad out for a golden duck on his debut. A bit foolish by the batsman to step out on the first ball, Tewatia was smart enough to push the ball out wide and was rewarded with a wicket.
OUT! Sam Curran st Samson b Rahul Tewatia 17(6)
Smart bowling from Tewatia. He shortened his length to get the googly past Curran’s outside edge as the batsman stepped out again and got stumped.
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