HIGHLIGHTS
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Rajasthan Royals got off to fantastic start in IPL 2020 by registering a comfortable 16-run win over the mighty Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah on Tuesday.
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Faf du Plessis hit a fifty but CSK’s required rate kept on climbing. Rahul Tewatia struck twice in one over to RR on top.
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This happened after Chennai Super Kings lost openers Shane Watson and Murali Vijay in quick succession to RR spinners – Rahul Tetwatia and Shreyas Gopal – after getting off to a good start .
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Jofra Archer hit four sixes in the last over as RR ended up with 216 for 7.
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Sam Curran got three quick wickets including that of Steve Smith holds as CSK came storming back against after Sanju Samson hit nine sixes but finally fell for 74 as Lungi Ngidi provided the breakthrough for CSK.
CONCLUSION
RR WIN BY 16 RUNS
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That’s it! Dhoni hit a hat-trick of sixes in the final over but Rajasthan Royals have won the match by 16 runs.
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This only shows if CSK had shown some intent earlier then this match might just could have been a bit different. But that doesn’t mean RR deserve this victory. Some fantastic batting from Sanju Samson and Steve Smith and then it was backed by very good bowling by Rahul Tewatia, who picked up three wickets.
Match 4. It's all over! Rajasthan Royals won by 16 runs https://t.co/Fyhhx5FSSC #RRvCSK #Dream11IPL #IPL2020
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 22, 2020
Sanju Samson is our Man of the Match for his stupendous knock of 74 off 32 deliveries.#Dream11IPL #RRvCSK pic.twitter.com/spO1yTZRx2
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 22, 2020