RR vs CSK Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: CSK emerge victors after dramatic final over

Man of the Match awards in CSK v RR clashes:

at Chennai – MS Dhoni
at Jaipur – MS Dhoni

Where are you on this?

Unedifying to see @msdhoni lose his cool the way he did in the last over, storming on to the field to demand a no-ball. Even if right in his assessment of the delivery, wrong to be so demonstrative IMO

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 11, 2019

So near, yet so far! A familiar feeling for Stokes…

Against Chennai in Chennai it was Stokes who set it up and missed it.
History repeats itself.
Rajasthan should have got this after Stokes got Dhoni. Poor from him in terms of execution.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 11, 2019

Another milestone for ‘Captain Cool’

MS Dhoni becomes the first captain to win 100 IPL matches.

After 20 overs,Chennai Super Kings 155/6 ( Ravindra Jadeja 9 , Mitchell Santner 10)

Crazy finish to this humdinger of a contest. 18 needed off the last over and it was the longest last over of this tournament it seems. Controversy, good cricket and what not. CSK keep doing this, keep winning these last-over thrillers. More two points and their position at the top of table has been strengthened. Stokes attempted a yorker, failed. This has happened with him before. Phew, what a match.

SIX! CSK win by 4 wickets

Fullish in length and Santner lines himself really well, covers the stumps, goes deep and hits it over the long on region for a massive six. CSK has done it. On the last ball of the innings.

Ball 3: OUT! Perfect yorker from Stokes, under pressure and he has delivered the goods. Dhoni tried to go big over the long-on region but has failed. The ball hit the toe end of the stumps. Dhoni b Stokes 58(43)

CSK need 8 off 3.

Stokes into the attack. 18 needed off 6. 

Ball 1: SIX! Full and outside the off stump, sharp yorker, Jadeja hits it for six while falling on the ground, this goes big over the long-on boundary.

After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 134/5 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 56 , Ravindra Jadeja 2)

Archer vs Dhoni has been a great contest. Archer’s pace has troubled Dhoni and the fast bowler has been very sharp in knowing Dhoni’s move. Three twos run in the over and Dhoni surpasses fifty, his 22nd in IPL. Captain Cool was struggling a bit, got the medical attention. Got up and hit four on the last ball. Not convincing yet four important runs. Chennai need 18 runs in 6 balls

After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 122/5 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 45 , Ravindra Jadeja 2)

Stokes comes back on. First ball, angled in to Dhoni, inside edge on to his pads. Second ball, Dhoni pulls the short ball for a boundary. Next ball a wide and then a single taken by Dhoni. Rayudu departs on the fourth ball, trying to hit Stokes to deep mid-wicket. A stunner from Gopal to dismiss Rayudu. Think this is the best fielding effort in the tournament so far. RR are working hard but there is this man Dhoni, the master of chases, still there in the middle. Chennai need 30 runs in 12 balls

Certainly a crucial moment in the innings, from Rajasthan’s perspective

What a catch by Shreyas Gopal! This and the Stokes catch have been superb..match-winning, perhaps? #RRvCSK

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) April 11, 2019

After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 113/4 ( Ambati Rayudu 57 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 39)

BANG! That bouncer at 143 kph from Archer hits Dhoni’s helmet. RR appealed but turned down by the umpire as it came off the helmet and Dhoni pointed it out. This match is all set for a close finish. Chennai need 39 runs in 18 balls

After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 106/4 ( Ambati Rayudu 55 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 37)

Gopal completes his quota. Starts the over with a cross-seamed delivery. Bowling flatter trajectory, not giving any scope to batsmen to free their arms. He has been successful in curtailing the flow of runs. Just 5 off the over. Equation down to 46 off 24.

DID YOU KNOW?

This is the first fifty for Ambati Rayudu after nine IPL innings and the third IPL fifty against RR.

After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 101/4 ( Ambati Rayudu 53 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 34)

Unadkat back on. This is a test of Rahane’s captaincy skills. Chennai need 51 runs in 30 balls and Rayudu, Dhoni are playing their shots. They have brought the game back through great hitting. RR needs wickets, if not, then dot balls.

After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 88/4 ( Ambati Rayudu 42 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 32)

Stokes into the attack in the 14th over. Should bowl till the end. Looked a bit off colour in the over. Pulled out at the last moment as he ran in to bowl. Bowled a full-toss next up. Then a wide. But ended the over with a fuller length delivery, hit back hard at him. He fielded it in his follow through and hit the stumps with a right-arm throw. Chennai need 64 runs in 36 balls

Rayudu smacks Stokes for a six, a positive start for him against the England all-rounder

Stokes on. Rayudu might look to use the pace. Dhoni done his job v spin for now

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 11, 2019

After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 78/4 ( Ambati Rayudu 36 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 30)

Change of ends for Gopal. Rayudu goes after the first ball. Gopal has been intelligent in this over, every time he saw either of the batsman coming out, he has pitched it short. One mistake to Dhoni and hit for six runs. Dhoni is on a mission here. He has a serious look on his face. Calm? Yes. But there is a weird seriousness about him in this innings. Chennai need 74 runs in 42 balls.