In MS Dhoni’s 200th game as captain of Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by just 3 runs. CSK chose to field first against Rajasthan Royals at their den in the Chepauk after winning the toss. Sandeep Sharma held his nerve in the last over against Dhoni to secure the two points after RR put on 175 and appeared to be on the verge of defeat.
IPL 2023 Yesterday Match Result CSK vs RR: MS Dhoni Show Almost Wins it for the Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals batted first and started brilliantly with Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal taking the centre stage with the bat. However, both Padikkal and Buttler were dismissed in the middle overs and Royals lost the plot for a bit. In the end, Shimron Hetmyer’s flurry with the bat made Rajasthan score a good fighting total of 175 runs.
Jos Buttler scored 52 off 36, Padikkal managed 88 and both Hetmyer and Ashwin scored 30 runs each in the game. For Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja was exceptional with the ball. He took 2 wickets by giving away just 21 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Chasing 176, CSK never looked comfortable as they continued to lose wickets at a regular interval. The spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each to derail the chase of Chennai Super Kings.
At last, CSK required 54 in the last three overs with MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease. They smashed Adam Zampa and Jason Holder in the 18th and the 19th over and brought the equation down to 21 off the last over. Sandeep Sharma held his nerve when MS Dhoni hit him for two sixes in the final over. He managed to defend 7 runs off the last three balls to ultimately win the game by 3 runs for the Rajasthan Royals.