Rajasthan beat Chennai to finish in second place
Dhoni’s Chennai loss even after the Moeen-storm in the match 68 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Friday. The match held at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Chennai Super Kings had nothing to gain from this match. MS Dhoni’s team has already been knocked out of this year’s IPL. And for Rajasthan Royals, the match was a mission to finish the first phase from second place. Chennai’s English all-rounder Moeen Ali has stormed with bat in the match for nothing. But in the end, Chennai could not win. Rajasthan beat Dhoni’s team to finish the first round in second place.
Impressive batting from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin
Chennai won the toss and elected to bat and scored 150 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Chasing a moderate target, Rajasthan won by 5 wickets with 2 balls to spare. Chasing the target, they lost Jos Buttler for 16 runs on the board. However, they managed to leave the field with an impressive batting from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin. Opener Jaiswal scored 59 off 44 balls with 8 fours and a six. Ashwin, who came out to bat at Number 5, remained unbeaten on 40 off 23 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.
A poor start and end for Chennai in batting
Earlier, Chennai Kings’ innings against Rajasthan Royals was divided into three parts. The first part is of the first 2 overs, the next part is 4 overs and in the third part there is a long spell of 14 overs. Chennai scored 3 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the first 2 overs. Moeen Ali then scored 72 runs without losing a wicket in four overs. In total, Dhoni’s team scored 75 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 6 overs of the first power play. And in the last 14 overs, 75 runs were scored. Despite Moeen’s 93 off 57 balls, Chennai managed to score 150 runs for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Moeen Ali show could not win the match
Moeen’s innings is also divided into two parts. Moeen, who completed his half-century off 19 balls, scored 55 off the first 20 balls. During this time, he hit 3 sixes and 8 fours. Moeen scored his next 38 off 37 balls. He hit 5 fours at the time. Chennai’s second highest score, after Moeen, came from MS Dhoni who scored 26 off 28 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal and Obed Mccoy took two wickets each for Rajasthan Royals.
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