In the 17th match of the Indian Premier League, a very exciting match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. This was Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 200th match, batting first Rajasthan scored 175 runs based on Jos Buttler’s Fifty. The Chennai team could only manage 172 runs at the loss of 6 wickets and could not win the memorable match for the captain.
Batting first, Rajasthan scored 175 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Jadeja took two wickets for Chennai. With this, Jadeja became the first Indian player to score 2000+ runs and grabbed 200 wickets in his T20 career.
Jadeja got Devdutt Padikkal caught by Devon Conway at deep backward square leg on the 3rd ball of the 9th over. Only one ball later, Royals captain Sanju Samson was clean bowled at zero. Jadeja bowls the perfect length ball. The ball straightened sharply, Sanju misread, and his off-stump was uprooted.
Ravindra Jadeja not only bowled well in the match but also batted brilliantly. Jadeja took 2 wickets for 21 runs in four overs and also played an inning of 27 runs off 15 balls. During this, he hit a four and a six. Dhoni contributed 31 runs off 17 balls. Dhoni hit 1 four and three sixes. However, Chennai lost the match by 3 runs.
The start of the batting was not good for the Rajasthan team, and Yashasvi Jaiswal got out cheaply. After this, Jos Buttler held one end, and the batsmen kept coming and going at the other. Meanwhile, R Ashwin handled the run pace by scoring a quick 30 runs. Butler, on the other hand, completed his Fifty. Contrary to the mood, he scored fifty runs in 33 balls by scoring 1 four and 4 sixes. In the end, Shimron Hetmyer came and hit quick shots and took the score to 175 runs.
