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IPL 12 Match 25 RR vs CSK at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur: 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. 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. Click here to know when and where to watch IPL Live telecast 2019, LIVE streaming on hotstar, RR vs CSK 2019 Playing XI, LIVE TV on Star Sports IPL 2019, RR vs CSK, Today’s Match Preview: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are off to the ideal start in their defence of the Indian Premier League (IPL) title, having won five out of six games so far in the 2019 edition of the tournament. MS Dhoni’s men will hope to keep the winning run going when they take on the struggling Rajasthan Royals (RR) side in an away clash on Thursday. RR have had a tough time so far this year, with four defeats in five games for the Ajinkya Rahane-led team. They’ve been a notch better than the bottom-ranked Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), against whom they recorded their only victory so far. Rajasthan, however, fell short in their previous game, suffering a seven-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, where they take on CSK on Thursday. KKR though, were cornered by a clinical CSK on Tuesday. Even though Andre Russell remained unbeaten on 50, the rest of the batting unit struggled against the disciplined Chennai bowlers on a surface that was proving difficult to score on. The Chennai batsmen were never under any threat after being set a modest target of 109, racing away to a seven-wicket win with 16 deliveries to spare and firmly establishing themselves at the top of the table with 10 points. Both CSK and RR won’t see any change in their respective positions in the points table regardless of the outcome of the 25th match of the ongoing tournament. A CSK defeat though, could give KKR a sniff at giving them a chase for the top spot when the two-time winners face sixth-ranked Delhi Capitals at the Eden Gardens. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squads: Rajasthan Royals Team 2019 Players list: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ashton Turner , Ish Sodhi, Oshane Thomas , Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Jaydev Unadkat, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawal Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Manan Vohra, Rahul Tripathi. Chennai Super Kings Team 2019 Players list: MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis , Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Billings , Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir , Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner , Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Scott Kuggeleign. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
RR vs CSK Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: CSK emerge victors after dramatic final over
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Match 25 LIVE Score Updates: 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. 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.
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Man of the Match awards in CSK v RR clashes:
at Chennai – MS Dhoni
at Jaipur – MS Dhoni
Where are you on this?
So near, yet so far! A familiar feeling for Stokes…
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
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
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.