RR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2025: Hasaranga's four-fer, Rana's 81 help Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings

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RR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2025: Wanindu Hasaranga spun his web and claimed four wickets to help Rajasthan Royals register their first win of the season. Chennai Super Kings failed to held their nerves in the death overs as Ruturaj Gaikwad's 63-run knock went in vain, while MS Dhoni (16) also failed to make a big impact. It was the second loss on a trot for Chennai Super Kings this season. Sandeep Sharm bowled a brilliant final over as CSK reached 176/6 in reply to Rajasthan's 182/9 in Guwahati.

Earlier, Jofra Archer ran riot with the new ball and claimed the massive wicket of Rachin Ravindra for a duck as CSK lost their key player early. Noor Ahmed and R Ashwin spun their web to stop Rajasthan Royals under 200 despite Nitish Rana's 81-run knock off 36 balls in Guwahati. Royals posted 182/9 in 20 overs as Noor Ahmed and Matheesha Pathirana were the pick of the bowlers with identical figures of 2/28. Nitish Rana slammed a 21-ball half-century to put Rajasthan Royals on top in the first half of the innings despite losing their openers Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Khaleel Ahmed got rid of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the third ball of the innings to make things worse for Rajasthan Royals. Jaiswal once again failed to make the impact with the bat. Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to bowl first in Guwahati. Chennai made a couple of changes in their XI as Sam Curran and Deepak Hooda missed out as Jamie Overton and Vijay Shankar got their chances.

Two teams looking for some answers after a frustrating week in the IPL, Rajasthan Royals prepare for their last match under the captaincy of Riyan Parag, and their last match in Guwahati this year at their second home. They will be visited by the Chennai Super Kings, fresh off their heaviest ever defeat at home only two nights ago, as they were thoroughly outplayed by RCB. These two teams have struggled over the last few days, as RR drop to an 0-2 record, and the holes within this Chennai team slowly begin to appear despite their opening win. Today’s match is about arresting that slide, as much as anything.

Given how much Indian batting talent lies inside this Royals team, it is quite a surprise how uncompetitive they have been in their first two matches. A strong domestic core is usually seen as the key for any team to be at the heights of the table, but RR’s construction in their bowling unit looked lacklustre post-auction, and even worse now. Jofra Archer was brought in as their lead seamer, but they weren’t able to put too many high-profile pieces around him. Given his torrid run of form, in which he has been extremely expensive, RR really need him to find his mojo back if they want to shore up their bowling.

CSK, meanwhile, need to ask questions about their batting construction, especially after MS Dhoni’s entry at number nine proved to be a whole debacle. Dhoni still looks like his supreme self behind the stumps with the gloves on, stumping Suryakumar Yadav and Phil Salt in the last two matches with a speed that only he could manage. Moreover, his batting hasn’t been to shabby either: even if his hitting was only consolation against RCB, he still has the power and the bat speed, which indicates CSK really should not be wasting him down the order given how toothless and fragile their middle order is currently looking.

This might be a harsh assessment, but CSK is a team that prides itself on having a consistent standard of quality throughout the team, making it a hard unit to beat. But at the moment, they look a little top-heavy, and dependent on runs from captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra. They don’t have too many options to fall back on if they lose early wickets, as their loss to RCB showed, and will need to look somewhere to add more quality.

RR themselves have had a fair share of batting issues, with Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal not quite finding their feet quite yet, but their quality is such that Rahul Dravid will expect them to bounce back sooner rather than later. Of greater importance will be figuring out some sort of combination that will make their bowling a little more threatening, more capable of scalping early wickets and therefore curtailing the opposition’s run-scoring.

A third loss in a row will make things very difficult for RR, with momentum being a hard thing to reverse. They will need to play like a team that is desperate for a win, and expect so in this crucial encounter early into the IPL season.

Highlights of IPL 2025 match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings:

- MS Dhoni (16) was dismissed in the last over as Rajasthan Royals (182/9) beat Chennai Super Kings (176/6) by 6 runs in Guwahati.

- Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed half-century in 37 balls. Chennai Super Kings 105/4 in 13.2 overs vs Rajasthan Royals (182/9).

- Wanindu Hasaranga struck again and dismissed Shivam Dube for 18.

- Jofra Archer got rid of Rachin Ravindra for a duck! CSK 0/1 in 0.4 over vs RR

- Rajasthan Royals posted 182/9 (N Rana 81; M Pathirana 2/28) in 20 overs vs Chennai Super Kings.

- Nitish Rana slammed half-century off 21 balls. Rajasthan Royals 73/1 in 5.5 overs vs Chennai Super Kings.

- Khaleel Ahmed dismisses Yashasvi Jaiswal for just 4. The left-handed opener's poor form in IPL 2025 continues.

- Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won toss, opted to bowl vs Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati.