Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 22 - SuperSport Park,
Centurion - Bulletin
Suresh Raina played one of the best innings of this years IPL to give Chennai their second win of the season. His 98 of just 55 balls propelled Chennai to a a formidable 164-5. In reply Rajasthan never looked in the hunt loosing opener their Graham Smith for just 2.
Raina was also a star in the field getting the wicket of Quiney(28) and taking two catches. Rajasthan only managed 126-9 in their 20 overs with Balaji picking up 4 wickets. Yusuf Pathan was once again the bright light for scoring 20 and taking 2 wickets in Rajasthan's 38 run loss.
This win has brought Chennai's campaign back on track, having lost three matches and one washed out. Rajasthan on the other hand have a lot to ponder about. Their batting has not been like we know from last year, their bowling, far from impressive.
Earlier in the day Chennai made a disastrous start with Pathan accounting for Hayden and Patel for 1 and 3 respectively. But this did not deter Raina who reached his half century of just 27 balls. He found valuable support from Badrinath (29) and Dhoni (22) along the way. Raina's innings included 5 sixes and 10 fours and ended when he was caught of the bowling of Munaf Patel.
If this was not enough drama, Raina had just celebrated his first IPL hundred and also became the first Indian to do so. But those celebrations were short lived as it was later found out that he had actually scored only 98. This was a disastrous mistake by the scorers who gave Raina two extra runs. Had Raina know this would he have played a different shot to the one he got out? Maybe, but as they say cricket is a team game and personal feats come second to the teams cause.
Toss
Rajasthan Royals and elected to field first
Teams
Rajasthan Royals
R Quiney,G Smith, S Asnodkar, R Jadeja, Y Pathan, D Mascarenhas, S Warne, M Rawat,
M Patel, S Trivedi, K Khan.
Chennai Superkings
M Hayden, P Patel, S Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni, M Morkel, J Oram, L Balaji,
M Muralitharan, S Tyagi, S Jakati.
Brief Scores
Chennai Super Kings 164-5 in 20 overs (S Raina - 98, S Badrinath - 29, Y Pathan - 2/17)
Rajasthan Royals 126-9 in 20 overs (R Jadeja 37, R Quiney 28, L Balaji - 4/21, A Morkel - 2/21)
Result
Chennai Superkings won by 38 runs
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