Sharjah: The Rajasthan Royals defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs on Tuesday in the fourth match of the ongoing IPL. Rajasthan started the campaign with their first match win today, while the Chennai Super Kings, who lost to the Mumbai Indians in their first match, suffered their first defeat. Rajasthan Royals, the winners of the first edition in 2009, batted first and set a huge target of 216 runs. In reply, the Chennai Super Kings lost by 200 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Despite the big victory target, Chennai patiently started the chase. Murali Vijay (21) and Sen Watson (33) added 56 runs for the first wicket to try to lay a solid foundation. However, both threw their wickets in just 2 runs. Even then, Chennai’s wicket-keeping trend continued. South Africa’s Faf du Plessis (42, 38 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes) scored a brilliant half-century. However, no one else gave him the support he needed. In the last over, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (24 *, 18 balls, 3 sixes) hit three sixes and threw the ball out of the stadium every time, of course, his fans were happy to wait for him. , 32 balls, 1 four, 6 sixes) and 4-rounder Jofra Archer (24 *, 6 balls, 4 fours) rained six runs towards the end. As a result, Rajasthan became the first team to score more than 200 runs this season. Samson and captain Steven Smith (6 runs, 4 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes) added a quick 121 runs for the second wicket. Rajasthan also faced a dramatic batting disaster after losing the wicket by 35 runs after losing the Lungi Engidi pair by dismissing Samson. Archer, however, scored 30 runs from the last over of that Enggidi. He also converted the first two balls of the overs to the next two balls, after which he converted the next two balls of the freehold.
