The IPL match today, featuring CSK vs RR (Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals) at Ahmedabad was won by Rajasthan Royals by 17 runs. Rajasthan Royals has made a spectacular comeback in IPL 3 by winning 4 matches in a row to come from the bottom of the
IPL points table to 3rd, while CSK is stuck at at 7th after what has been a lackluster campaign so far.
Rajasthan Royals has won the toss and opted to bat. The Maximum Sixes and Man Of The Match awards were won by Naman Ojha, and Yousuf Pathan won the Karbonn Kamaal Katch Award.
Chennai Super Kings: 160/6 (20.0 Overs)
Mathew Hayden c & b Y Pathan 19 (14b 1x4 1x6)
Murali Vijay run out (Y Pathan) 42 (28b 4x4 2x6)
Suresh Raina b Warne 14 (12b 1x4 0x6)
MS Dhoni run out (Tait) 21 (19b 2x4 0x6)
Sumbramaniam Badrinath c Y Pathan b Tait 25 (27b 2x4 0x6)
Albie Morkel c FAzal b Tait 28 (12b 1x4 3x6)
Arun Karthik (not out) 4 (5b 0x4 0x6)
Thilan Thushara (not out) 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)
Extras : 5
Rajasthan Royals: 177/8 (20.0 Overs)
Naman Ojha c J Sharma b Tushara 80 (49b 6x4 4x6)
Michael Lumb c Tushara b A Morkel 30 (16b 3x4 2x6)
Faiz Faizal c Vijay b Jakati 17 (18b 1x4 0x6)
Yousuf Pathan c Raina b Jakati 8 (6b 1x4 0x6)
Adam Voges c Muralitharan b A Morkel 20 (19b 1x4 0x6)
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala c Vijay b Tushara 11 (6b 2x4 0x6)
Paras Dogra run out (Dhoni) 5 (3b 1x4 0x6)
Sumit Narwal (not out) 2 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Shane Warne run out (Jakati) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6)
Shawn Tait (not out) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Extras : 3