Defending champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 8 runs in a last over thrilling match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and registered their third consecutive win of this IPL season.
Earlier on a slow dry wicket Rajasthan Royals won the toss and asked Chennai Super Kings to bat first. And Super Kings started off very poorly and lost both openers and Kedar Jadhav inside powerplay and reduced to 27/3. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni's 61 runs partnership rebuilt the innings and later in death overs MS Dhoni smashed all bowlers all over the park and also brought up his first fifty of this season and in the last 3 overs, Chennai scored 60 runs and finished on 175/5.
In reply Rajasthan Royals also started off poorly and lost captain Ajinkya Rahane for a two-ball duck. Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler too got out cheaply and Royals reduced to 14/3. Steve Smith and Rahul Tripathi's 61 runs stand brought their team back into the match but Tahir broke this stand by removing Tripathi. Steve Smith too couldn't accelerate and got out after scoring 28 runs off 30 balls. In the end, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer played some good shots and set the match again for a last over finish. They needed 12 runs in the last over but Dwayne Bravo dismissed Stokes on the first ball of his over and set the match for his team.
All the major stats and facts from the twelfth match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Chennai :
6 - This was Chennai Super Kings' 6th consecutive win in the IPL. Their last defeat came against Delhi Capitals at Delhi in the last IPL.
Most consecutive wins for CSK in the IPL -
7 - (18 April 2013 - 2 May 2013)
6 - (21 April 2014 - 5 May 2014)
6* - (20 May 2018 - 31 March 2019)
15 - Dwayne Bravo has taken 15 wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL - the most by a pacer.
20.91 - Ajinkya Rahane averages only 20.91 against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He has scored 251 runs at this average in 13 innings with 2 fifties.
75* - Runs score is the second highest individual score for MS Dhoni in the Indian Premier League.
Highest scores for MS Dhoni in the IPL -
79* vs KXIP at Mohali, 2018
75* vs RR at Chennai, 2019
70* vs RCB at Chennai, 2011
70* vs RCB at Bangalore, 2018
67* vs SRH at Chennai, 2013
150 - Suresh Raina played his 150th match for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL - the first player to achieve this feat for Chennai Super Kings.
2007 - Sanju Samson completed 2000 runs in the IPL. He is the 30th player to achieve this milestone.
