Today match clearly demonstrated how quickly Twenty20 games can turn. With four overs to go, Chennai Super Kings had nine wickets in hand and required 31 runs it was looking a one-sided game at that time but then Rajasthan Royals turns the tables on Chennai Super Kings.
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Two wickets in 17th over by Kevon Cooper create a little tension in the Chennai dressing room , but MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo on the crease , things were still under control.When Amit Singh gave away 13 runs in the next over the game again seemed over.
There were no more boundaries in the game and with Stuart Binny bowling yorker after yorker in the final over, it came down to two runs on the last ball. At the the final delivery Dhoni showed his finishing skills, he managed to play the ball to deep backward square leg and poor throw from Cooper helped him to complete his second run which was quite difficult to take.
Batting first the Rajasthan Royals managed 146 on a slowish pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The special thing of the innings was Owais Shah's third half-century of the tournament leaving Chennai Super Kings with a target they will fancy chasing.
The highlights of Super Kings' bowling were R Ashwin's momentum-stalling spell after the Royals openers have provided a cracking start, and Nuwan Kulasekara's full-and-wide bowling at the death. Royals have been the most explosive side of the season in the final five overs of the innings, but they couldn't get the final flourish today as Kulasekara conceded only eight off the 18th and 20th overs combined.
Rahane again showed his ability to find the boundary with his stroke play, and Rahul Dravid also kept the rate up early on, with a pulled four and a straight six. Royals raced to 32 off four overs before the introduction of Ashwin . He got the wicket of Rahane who was chipping to mid-off and gave away only four in his first two overs.
The left-arm spinners, Shadab Jakati and Ravindra Jadeja played their parts as they bring the scoring-rate down to just above six. Shah couldn't find his usual fluency, and Ashok Menaria also couldn't get the big hits away, prompting speculation over whether Brad Hodge should have been sent in before the youngster.
It was the 15th over, from Jadeja, that provided Royals a much-needed boost as a couple of wides ran away for four, with Shah's constant shuffle around the crease confusing the bowler. Twenty-two came off that over, and when Menaria launched Dwayne Bravo for a six and a four in the 17th, the big onslaught finally seemed on. Kulasekara, though, scuttled Royals' hopes of crossing 150 with his stifling overs at the end.
