IPL 2013 CSK vs RR Live: Watson, Binny win it for RR

For the detailed scorecard, CLICK HERE 2304 IST After 17.1 overs, RR 144-5. Binny wins it with a six for RR. Classy. He got 41 off 23 balls! RR beat CSK by 5 wickets. In the end, they showed that they got their strategy right. Rajasthan have won all their home games – 8 out of 8.

2300 IST After 16.5 overs, RR 138-5. Bravo’s yorker does the trick. Watson falls after making 70 off 34 balls. Six fours and six sixes. 2255 IST After 16 overs, RR 133-4. Good over from Jadeja but too little too late. Rajasthan Royals require another 9 runs with 6 wickets and 24 balls remaining. 2252 IST After 15 overs, RR 130-4. Watson got his 50 off 25 balls! This is stunning batting. Just a moment ago, the batsmen could hardly get bat on ball but now it’s raining fours and sixes. Watson has 65 off 29 balls. Binny has 32 off 16 balls. 2248 IST After 14 overs, RR 114-4. Another six! Watson wants to finish the match in this over methinks. Watson has 49 off 23 balls with 6 sixes. 22 runs from the over. 69 runs from 28 balls – what a partnership. 2244 IST After 13 overs, RR 92-4. Holder came into the attack and kept the batsmen to four runs off the first five balls and then Watson hit the last ball was a classy straight six. Stunning shot. 2239 IST After 12 overs, RR 82-4. Another big over, 10 runs from it. The required run-rate has come down to 7.5. RR are making a run for it. The need 60 runs off 48 balls. 2235 IST After 11 overs, RR 72-4. 23 runs off the last over. That’s a big, big over! Three sixes in the over, including two consecutive ones off the last two balls by Watson. And that was just the first over of spin.

2229 IST After 10 overs, RR 49-4. At the half-way mark, RR still have a lot of work to do. 2223 IST After 9.2 overs, RR 45-4. OUT! Dravid falls. Morris does the damage, caught by the keeper. It was short and Dravid tried to make some space to play his shot. Only got an edge to Dhoni. 2223 IST After 9 overs, RR 43-3. Okay, so no record here now. Shane Watson hits the first six of the match. Bravo pitched it up and watched it being hit straight down the ground. 2220 IST After 8 overs, RR 35-3. The target is 142 but RR will need a pretty good last 10 overs. As long as Watson is there in the middle they have hope. Some needs to play a cameo though. 2216 IST After 7 overs, RR 31-3. This is fun cricket. The ball is doing a bit and two quality batsmen in the middle. Brings back memories of Test cricket. 2210 IST After 6 overs, RR 24-3. Good bowling by the CSK bowlers. The pitch is doing something and RR batsman are struggling to stay at the wicket. Good stuff. 2204 IST After 4.4 overs, RR 19-3. Samson falls too. Ball came in sharply, got the inside edge, good catch by Dhoni. RR 19-3. Watson is in next. 2157 IST After 3.4 overs, RR 18-2. BOWLED! Holder has knocked back Faulkner’s off-stump! The pinch hitter has not worked. 2157 IST After 3.1 overs, RR 14-1. OUT! Rahane walking back. Ball hit the bottom of the bat, comfortably caught by Vijay. The damage was probably done in the first over from Holder, who is 6'7" tall, – Rahane looked uncomfrtable and out of sorts. 2153 IST After 3 overs, RR 14-0. The first two overs saw just three runs being scored but Dravid and Rahane have decided to get a move on. A classy four from Dravid sealed the over. Rahane is taking a few risks though. 2127 IST After 20 overs, CSK 141-4. 11 runs off the last over and a four off the last ball. It’s a fighting total but RR will be favourites. No sixes in the CSK innings.

2122 IST After 19 overs, CSK 130-4. 14 runs in the last over. Bravo got a few fours but CSK could use another big over for sure. 2117 IST After 17.2 overs, CSK 113-4. Run out! Yagnik throws down the stumps and Shipla Shetty can’t believe whats happening! Bravo is in next. Did CSK leave the charge too late? 2116 IST After 17 overs, CSK 113-3. Vijay gets his second 50 of IPL 6. But it’s taken him 49 balls. Someone needs to start playing the big shots. What is Sir Jadeja doing? 2114 IST After 16 overs, CSK 105-3. Just 5 runs off the over. Faulkner was brilliant. But it amazing to see Vijay and Jadeja unable to hit the big shots. This is T20 cricket after all! Take a risk. 2111 IST After 15 overs, CSK 100-3. Chennai are simply unable to get away. RR bowlers using their off-speed deliveries very well. CSK will need at least 150 – RR know this wicket well. 2102 IST After 14 overs, CSK 94-3. RR have just tightened the screws. CSK need someone to play a blinder here. Considering how long Vijay has been in, he has to be that man. Vijay has 41, Jadeja is on 3. Strategic timeout. 2059 IST After 12.5 overs, CSK 89-3.Cooper gets Dhoni caught in the slips. Big, big, big wicket. Great captaincy by Dravid – many other skippers might have gone on the defensive when Dhoni walked in but Dravid put in a slip. It worked. 2056 IST After 12.1 overs, CSK 86-2. Raina gone! He was looking to go over the top but found the man in the deep. Kevon Cooper the bowler, Samson the fielder. Dhoni is in next. 2053 IST After 11.3 overs, CSK 83-1. Bowled! Swing and miss from Hussey. Binny, who is getting some good outswing, gets the wicket. Something had to give and it did. Now, for the big hitters to make their mark. Raina is in great form. Hussey made 40. 2049 IST After 11 overs, CSK 82-0. RR have been a little sloppy in the field. Mis-fields, half-chances not taken. It might come back to haunt them. A mis-field in the last over gave CSK a four. Vijay and Hussey will turn it on now. 2044 IST After 10 overs, CSK 75-0. 10 runs from Binny’s over, one four to fine leg but otherwise nothing crazy. Can’t wait for CSK to explode – either which way, something’s gotta give soon. 2039 IST After 9 overs, CSK 66-0. Strategic timeout. CSK have a platform – there is no denying that. But what will they make of it? 2034 IST After 8 overs, CSK 59-0. Big over for CSK. 15 runs from it. It’s also the 9th fifty partnership between Vijay and Hussey. CSK are starting to run through the gears, RR need a wicket… now. Run-rate is 7.38. 2030 IST After 7 overs, CSK 44-0. Another 7 run over. CSK will have to get their last 10 overs very right if they want to stand a chance in this match. At least 170 – that’s what CSK will need to make RR sweat. 2026 IST After 6 overs, CSK 37-0. Two fours in the over by Vijay, a double and a wide. CSK are slowly working their way into the match. They will now look to have a platform in place and go crazy starting the 10th over. 2022 IST After 5 overs, CSK 26-0. One classy four by Hussey in the over but otherwise Faulkner was the man in charge. RR will be happy with the start but they could have used a wicket or two. 2018 IST After 4 overs, CSK 22-0. Rajasthan keeping things in check during the Power Play overs. Just six runs from Shane Watson’s over. 2013 IST After 3 overs, CSK 16-0. CSK engines are starting to fire up but RR still bowling well. Two fours in the over, nice cover drive by Vijay and an inside edge by Hussey. 2008 IST After 2 overs, CSK 7-0. Two overs and still no fours. Faulkner is getting some good outswing too. Still early days but RR are off to a good start. 2003 IST After 1 over, CSK 3-0. Good, steady over by Vikramjeet Malik. Hussey and Vijay didn’t take any chances. Toss Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field first. They have shown brilliant composure while chasing and Dravid is backing his team to do the same again. Stuart Binny is back for RR. There is one more change for RR, Vikramjeet Malik gets a game. Sreesanth and Chandila have been left out. No changes for CSK. CSK XI: M Hussey, M Vijay, S Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, DJ Bravo, C Morris, R Ashwin, J Holder, M Sharma RR XI: A Rahane, R Dravid, S Watson, B Hodge, S Samson, S Binny, D Yagnik, J Faulkner, K Cooper, V Malik, S Trivedi Pre-game It’s a straight battle between two of the best captains and two of the best teams in the IPL and at stake for Rajasthan is a place in the top two. Playing their last match on home soil, Rajasthan Royals would look to consolidate their number two position in the points table and upstage top-placed title contenders Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur on Sunday. Rajasthan’s citadel has been breached just once in the tournament so far when they were outplayed by Mumbai Indians, and the hosts would look to sign off their home campaign on a high. Moreover, Rajasthan were beaten by the table-toppers in an away game and they would like to return the compliment. [caption id=“attachment_775009” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Raina has been in very good form for CSK. BCCI[/caption] Rajasthan have done exceedingly well while chasing, their last two victories were comprehensive, and Chennai have emerged as superb defenders. The batsmen in both the teams are in sparkling form. The only thing that gives a slight advantage to Chennai is their bowling. Mohit Sharma has been a revelation upfront while R Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo have done well in the middle overs. The key to Rajasthan would be to contain the marauding Chennai batsmen. The way they recovered from the shocking defeat against Mumbai Indians, Chennai have only looked more dangerous. Even if Rajasthan get Michael Hussey or Suresh Raina out early, they have to contend with in-from CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has changed many a games on his own with his power-hitting. James Faulknar, Ajit Chandila, Kevon Cooper and Shane Watson have a tough task at hand but if they click, Rajasthan would be in with a very good chance.