IPL 2024, CSK vs RR highlights: Gaikwad takes Super Kings home with gritty knock as Chennai remain in playoff race

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Pacer Shardul Thakur has returned remarkably after Jurel deposited a six off the third ball. The pacer leaks 9 runs in the 16th over. RR 103-3 after 16 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - OUT! Samson departs as the RR skipper holes out to Gaikwad at mid-off. A simple catch for the CSK skipper. Samson c Gaikwad b Simarjeet Singh 15(19). Simarjeet has take all three wickets for the Super Kings. RR 91/3 after 14.2 overs. Pacer Simarjeet has recorded his best figures in his 29-match T20 career. Dhruv Jurel has joined Parag at the crease. RR 94-3 after 15 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - SIX! Parag hammers Jadeja for a six. He takes a single on the next ball. Samson is batting on 13 off 17 balls. Parag is unbeaten on 27 off 20 balls. Samson finally gets off the strike with a single. Jadeja has bowled his all four overs and he ended his spell wicketless. The CSK spinner conceded only 24 runs. RR 89-2 after 14 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Maheesh Theekshana has returned to the attack for the 13th over. He dropped Parag in the previous over. Just five runs off the first four balls. RR batters Parag and Samson are still trying to accelerate the Royals innings. Theekshana outsmarts Parag on the final ball. RR 79-2 after 13 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - DROPPED! Theekshana has dropped Parag at deep point. Jadeja should have opened his account by now. Theekshana juggled the ball before dropping it on the third attempt. Another brilliant over by Jadeja. Just 6 off his 3rd over. RR 74-2 after 12 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - RR’s projected score is below 130-mark as the Royals are going at 6.10 inside the first 10 overs. Jadeja has quickly finished his over. The former CSK skipper leaks just 5 runs. RR 61/2 after 10 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - OUT!  Deshpande makes a darting run and completes a diving catch as Buttler departs. Buttler went for a scoop, only to find Deshpande, stationed at fine leg. Buttler c Tushar Deshpande b Simarjeet Singh 21(25). Riyan Parag has joined RR skipper Samson at the crease. SIX! Parag gets into the act. Smashes Simarjeet for a six - pulls wide on mid-on to get a boundary. Parag will be on strike, next over. RR 56/2 after 9 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Ravindra Jadeja has joined the attack after an eventful Simarjeet over. Just 2 runs off the first four balls. The run rate is 6.13 for the Royals. The powerplay run rate of 8.6 at Chepauk is the third-lowest this season after Chandigarh (7.6) and Jaipur (8.2). RR 49-1 after 8 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - CSK (15) and RR (16) have hit the least number of sixes in the powerplay. Pacer Simarjeet Singh has been brought into the attack. OUT! Gaikwad takes the catch and pacer Simarjeet has coined the all-important breakthrough for the Super Kings. Beaten by the pace, the RR opener gave away a top edge, leaving Gaikwad to take a sharp catch. Jaiswal c Gaikwad b Simarjeet Singh 24(21). Sanju Samson has joined Butter at the crease. Simarjeet has fired multiple bumpers in his first over. RR 45-1 after 6.3 overs.

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -  Theekshana has an economy rate of 6.86 in the powerplay in all T20 cricket. The CSK spinner is bowling the final over the powerplay. Theekshana has been impressive in his third over. The spinner has leaked only two runs in the first five balls. Can Buttler end the over in style for Royals? Final ball of the powerplay coming up next. FOUR! Buttler finds the gap and gets a boundary. RR 42-0 after 6 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -  After an economical outing in CSK’s previous outing, pacer Shardul Thakur has joined the bowling attack in the powerplay. Shardul starts his spell with a single as RR opener Buttler puts Jaiswal back on strike. RR have scored 28 runs off 4.2 overs. FOUR! Straight back at the bowler. Powerful hit by Jaiswal as he gets a boundary. The RR opener slices it over CSK fielder at backward point to get another four. Shardul returns with a dot. RR 36-0 after 5 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -  Jaiswal smokes the first maximum of the contest. He picked the big gap from the leg side and sweeps it for a six. Excellent batting from Jaiswal. He gets two more runs after smashing the first maximum. FOUR! Places it fine to get another boundary. Cheeky from Jaiswal! RR 27-0 after 4 overs.

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -  Tushar Deshpande continues with his second over of the opening spell. FOUR! Buttler makes the most of the room given to him - the first boundary for RR has arrived in the third over. Too short for Buttler and he gets the desired result. He finds the gap and gets two runs. Dhoni has just moved backward point more finer. Another seven-run over! RR 14-0 after 3 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -  Spinner Maheesh Theekshana has joined the attack for the second over. Jaiswal gives the strike to Buttler with a single on the second ball. He returns the favour - just two runs off the first three balls. Jaiswal missed out on the next one. Takes a single, Buttler responded well. RR 7-0 after 2 overs. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler have kickstarted the RR innings against Tushar Deshpande. With a mistimed shot, Jaiswal gets off the mark on the third ball of the over. Buttler plays the next one a dot. Buttler finds the gap and gets two more runs. Both RR openers have opened their accounts in the first over. RR 3-0 after 1 over. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - CSK legend MS Dhoni has 553 runs in 28 games against RR in the IPL. The CSK icon has an average of 42.53 and a strike rate of 129.50 against the 2008 champions. Dhoni's former CSK teammate, Suresh Raina, has scored 630 runs in 23 games. Former CSK star Shane Watson is the all-time leading run-getter in Chennai vs Rajasthan clashes in the IPL. Watson, who also played for RR, has 679 runs in 18 innings. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - The lineups are out!

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana. 

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad lost another toss in the league stage of the IPL 2024. Gaikwad and Co. will chase in their final home game of the season. Speaking at the toss, the CSK skipper confirmed that Rachin Ravindra will open for Chennai. Gaikwad also revealed that Theekshana has replaced Santner in the CSK XI. “Dew is not a factor, doesn't matter if we bat or ball first. The pitch will remain the same throughout the game. In these conditions you need to prepare mentally. We spoke about the areas we need to improve. You need to be in a good head space and deliver what's expected. We got the right balance, Rachin and I will open, Mitchell will bat at number 3. Theekshana comes in for Santner. Need to believe and back yourself. We want to win every game possible, you got to have the right mindset,” the CSK skipper said. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Speaking at the toss, RR skipper Sanju Samson has confirmed that Dhruv Jurel is back into the starting XI for the Rajasthan Royals. Samson called it right and RR are batting first in the afternoon game against hosts CSK at Chepauk. “We would like to bat first. Looks like a decent wicket, don't expect any dew. Change of conditions and weather, got time to adapt to it. Need to give it all in this game. Need to stick to what has worked for us. Need to do our basic processes, just taking care of the controllables. Need to perform as a batsman, results have to go your way to feel happy. Jurel is back,” Samson said.

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Sanju Samson has called it right. The RR skipper has won the toss. Samson has revealed that RR have opted to bat against CSK. The Chennai Super Kings will chase in their final home game of the IPL 2024.

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - The temperature is around 37 but it feels like it’s 47 at the Chepauk. The boundaries, 66m and 70m square aren't too small, 79 is the straight hit for CSK and RR on matchday 61 of the IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Delivering the pitch report from ‘hot’ Chepauk, Pommie Mbangwa and Daren Ganga have suggested that team batting first can register a massive total in Chennai. Expect a high-scoring thriller between CSK and RR!

“It's a day game so you got to read the pitch well. Avg score here is 183. What will be critical firstly is the water content in this surface and that will determine how tricky this pitch is. There is no grass covering, it's bare. The curator told me that it's normal water content. Now the challenge really is how does he preserve that water content where it remains good for batting first and remains good for batting throughout the course of the game. It's hot, so there is going to be that drying out. Maybe if there is a little bit of moisture it will be tacky, sticky, bit of a challenge for the team batting first. There will be a bit of turn because historically we have seen six matches this season and the average turn for the spinners is 2.1 - above the average we have seen in the tournament so expect spin to play a part. Average as Pommie said is 183 but for day games it is usually a bit lower. But Chennai, playing on this pitch No. 6 they have played twice batted first and scored over 200 runs and those were night games. Batting first teams will be looking for a score around there." Pommie Mbangwa and Daren Ganga said.

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - MS Dhoni can surpass AB de Villiers by becoming the fourth-highest six-hitter in IPL history. Dhoni needs one more six to break ABD's record. The CSK skipper has smashed 250 sixes in his legendary career. Can Dhoni break ABD’s record at Chepauk? This is Thala’s last home game of IPL 2024. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - CSK and RR have played 28 games in the IPL 2024. CSK have recorded 15 wins over RR. The Royals have 13 wins over CSK in the cash-rich league. The 2008 winners defeated CSK by 32 runs in Jaipur at IPL 2024. Can RR record a double over CSK? In their last five meetings, RR have won 4 game while CSK have beaten Royals just once. 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Indian opener Ruturaj Gaikwad is having an awful run against RR pacers in the IPL. The CSK skipper has struggled to score runs against Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan. Boult has removed Gaikawd thrice in 24 balls. Sandeep and Avesh have also been successful in removing the CSK skipper. Can Gaikwad bounce back against RR at Chepauk? 

IPL 2024, CSK vs RR IPL Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - In the last six games, Chennai Super Kings have registered 3 totals below the 180-mark in the IPL 2024. The Yellow Brigade, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, has a run-rate of 9.4 - the third-lowest this season. CSK have a run-rate of 8.6 in the powerplay. Chennai have the second-lowest average of top-middle order in the IPL 2024.