RR Vs CSK, IPL 2025 Match Highlights: Rana's 81, Hasaranga's Four-fer Guide Rajasthan Royals To Win By Six Runs
RR vs CSK, IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals picked up their first win of the season by beating Chennai Super Kings by six runs at the at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025:
Rajasthan Royals picked up their first win of the season after beating the Chennai Super Kings by 6 runs at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday.
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Wanindu Hasaranga starred with the ball, finishing with figures of 4/35, while Nitish Rana gave them a defendable score after smashing 81 runs off 36 balls in the first innings for the Royals.
Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 32 and MS Dhoni’s 11-ball 16 gave CSK hope, but the target proved to be too far for the Super Kings.
The duo took the chase down to the final over with Tushar Deshpande leaking 19 runs in the penultimate over.
Wanindu Hasaranga provided the key wickets through the middle overs by removing Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube and Vijay Shankar before they dealt major damage with the bat. Dube, who came in as CSK’s impact substitute, took on the spinners but was unable to capitalise on his start as he fell for just 18 runs, thanks to a brilliant catch by Riyan Parag by the covers to turn the tides in the Royals’ favour.
The Sri Lankan international also got the big wicket of Chennai skipper, who took the game deep with a valiant knock of 64 in 44 balls.
Jofra Archer started things off brilliantly as he got the big wicket of the in-form Rachin Ravindra in the first over of the second innings.
Nitish Rana’s promotion to number three proved to be a masterstroke for the Royals as the southpaw went on to score a quickfire 81 in 36 balls laced with 10 boundaries and five maximums. RR’s stand-in skipper, Parag, showed glimpses of the same form from last year but was unable to capitalise on his start as he fell after scoring 37 runs.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan Royals 182/9; 20 overs (Nitish Rana 81, Riyan Parag 37; Noor Ahmad 2/28, Matheesha Pathirana 2/28, Khaleel Ahmed 2/38) b Chennai Super Kings 176/6 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 63, Ravindra Jadeja 32 not out; Wanindu Hasaranga 4/35) by six runs.
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