IPL6: Rajasthan go second after thrashing Chennai

Rajasthan Royals thrashed two-time champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets and 17 balls to spare in Match 61 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Sunday night.

Chasing a target of 142, Rajasthan were down in the dumps at 45-4 in the 10th over.

However, the inaugural IPL champions not only maintained their unbeaten record at home and surged to second in the table, thanks to a spectacular fifth wicket stand of 93 off just 45 balls between Shane Watson and Stuart Binny.

Watson bludgeoned six sixes and six boundaries in his 34-ball 70 while Binny smashed three sixes and two boundaries in his unbeaten 23-ball 41 sealing victory with a six off Jadeja.

The pair began their assault in the 11th over clobbering three sixes off Ashwin who went for 23.

Holder claimed two for 20 and Mohit Sharma one for 21 but the rest of the bowlers took a hammering.

Morris claimed one for 36 and Bravo one for 35.

Earlier, Rajasthan Royal clawed their way back to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 141-4 after being given a flying start by openers Hussey (40) and Vijay (55) with a 83-run stand.
 
Chennai suffered a sensational collapse losing three wickets for six runs within the space of eight balls with Cooper dismissing Raina and Dhoni in one over.

A late cameo from Bravo who was unbeaten on 23 off 11 balls with four boundaries lifted their final tally.

Cooper finished with two for 32 while Binny claimed one for 17.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS INNINGS

Binny blasts a six off Jadeja over extra cover as Rajasthan win in style with almost three overs to spare.

Watson gets a boundary from a mishit over the keeper's head and is yorked by Bravo two balls later with Rajasthan needing four for victory. RR 138-5.

S Watson b Bravo 70 (34b 6x4 6x6)

Jadeja bowls a tight first over conceding just three runs but Rajastha need just nine runs for victory. RR 133-4 in 16 overs.

Watson hammers four boundaries in Morris' final over as Rajasthan race to victory. RR 130-4 in 15 overs.

Watson completes his half century off just 26 balls with six sixes and two boundaries with a boundary to fine leg off Morris.

Bravo's second over goes for 22 with Binny hammering a six and Watson blasting two consecutive sixes. RR 114-4 in 14 overs.

Holder's final over goes for 10 with Watson smashing a six off the last ball. RR 92-4 in 12 overs.

Binny hits a couple of boundaries off Morris as Rajasthan are back in the hunt now after two big overs. RR 82-4 in 12 overs.

Aswhin goes for 23 in his first over with Binny smashing a six followed by two more thundering hits over the ropes by Watson. RR 72-4 in 11 overs.

Morris strikes in his second over as Dravid attempts to cut only to give an edge behind to Dhoni. RR 45-4.

R Dravid c Dhoni b Morris 22 (28b 2x4 0x6)

Watson hits the first six of the match blasting Bravo over the long-on fence. RR 43-3 in 9 overs.

Watson hits his first boundary steering Sharma wide of slip to third man. RR 31-3 in 7 overs.

Dravid gets a boundary with a deliberate edge between the keeper and slip. RR 24-3 in 6 overs.

Rajasthan are tottering having lost their third wicket as a promoted Samson gets a huge nick off Sharma. RR 19-3.

S Samson c Dhoni b Sharma 0 (5b 0x4 0x6)

Holder strikes again knocking back the stumps of Faulkner who gives himself and misses completely. RR 18-2.

J Faulkner b Holder 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Chennai strike as Rahane fails to clear Vijay at mid on off Holder. RR 14-1.

A Rahane c Vijay b Holder 9 (10b 1x4 0x6)

Dravid gets his first boundary chopping Sharma through the covers. RR 14-1 in 3 overs.

Rahane hits the first boundary of the innings edging Sharma to the fine leg fence.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS INNINGS

Bravo hits a boundary off the last ball from Faulkner as Chennai finish strongly on 141-4.

Cooper goes for 14 as Bravo slams three boundaries in the 19th over. CSK 130-4.

Vijay is run-out attempting a cheeky single failing to beat Yagnik's throw. CSK 113-4.

M Vijay run out 55 (50b 6x4 0x6)

Vijay clips Cooper to the midwicket boundary to complete his second IPL fifty of the season. CSK 113-3 in 17 overs.

Chennai are in trouble after Rajasthan's treble strike as Cooper bags Dhoni slashing to Watson at slip. 89-3.

MS Dhoni c Watson b Cooper 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Double strike for Rajasthan as Raina lofts Cooper straight to Samson. CSK 86-2.

S Raina c Samson b Cooper 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Binny finally gets a breakthrough for Rajasthan as Hussey swings and misses to be bowled. CSK 83-1.

M Hussey b Binny 41 (40b 6x4 0x6)

Chennai are in a solid position at the halfway stage having made 75 for no loss with Vijay and Hussey on 35 apiece.

Hussey pulls Trivedi to the midwicket fence while Vijay bring ups the fifty partnership by steering him to third man. CSK 59-0 in 8 overs.

Hussey has pulled Malik to midwicket for another boundary. CSK 44-0 in 7 overs.

Vijay has cracked consecutive boundaries off Watson with classic cover drives. CSK 37-0 in 6 overs.

Hussey square drives Faulkner on the off with superb timing for another boundary. CSK 26-0 in 5 overs.

Hussey gets a boundary following an inside edge off Malik. CSK 16-0 in 3 overs.

Vijay hits the first boundary of the match punching Malik to the midoff fence.

Rajasthan have left out Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila while Stuart Binny and Vikramjeet Malik come in.

Chennai Super Kings are unchanged.

PLAYING XI

RR: A Rahane, R Dravid, S Watson, B Hodge, S Samson, S Binny, D Yagnik, J Faulkner, K Cooper, V Malik, S Trivedi

CSK: M Hussey, M Vijay, S Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, DJ Bravo, C Morris, R Ashwin, J Holder, M Sharma

Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings into bat in Match 61 of IPL6 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Sunday night.

A win in this match will take CSK closer to a top two finish, while a RR victory will confirm their progress to the IPL 2013 Play-Offs.

RR come into this match having defeated Kings XI Punjab on the road.

CSK got the better of Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match.
 

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