IPL 2022 RR vs CSK Highlights: Ashwin guides Royals to second place finish

RR vs CSK Highlights: Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round show made sure that Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets and book a place in Qualifier-1 by finishing second in the Points Table

RR vs CSK Highlights

Ravichandran Ashwin's all-around show made sure that Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets and book a place in Qualifier-1 by finishing second in the Points Table. Ashwin made an all-important 40* off just 23 balls after being promoted to number four in the batting order. 

None of the other batters apart from him and Yashasvi Jaiswal were able to stay at the crease for long and Rajsthan found themselves struggling at 112-5 in the 17th over when Hetmyer departed. But Ashwin held his nerves and along with Riyan Parag guided his team home. 

Credit to this win, the Royals finish at 18 points in the Points Table, the same as the Lucknow Super Giants. But since the net run rate of the team from Jaipur is better than Lucknow, they would finish at the second position in the Points Table below Gujarat Titans. 

They will now face the Hardik Pandya led Titans in the first Qualifier, the winner of which will straightaway move to the IPL 2022 final, while the loser will get one more shot at making it to the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2. 

The eliminator will be contested by Lucknow and the fourth-place finisher, which will be either Delhi Capitals or Royal Challengers Bangalore, depending upon the result of the Capitals' last match against Mumbai Indians. 

RR vs CSK Player of the Match: Ravichandran Ashwin

There was no doubt as to who the Player of the Match was going to be after the end of the game. Ravi Chandran Ashwin, who scored a brilliant 40* off 23 balls and finished with figures of 1/28 in his four overs after going for 16 runs in his first, was rightly chosen as Player of the Match. 

IPL 2022 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Toss

The toss between Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson and Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni was won by the latter who said that his team will field first at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. 

Both the teams made one change each in their Playing 11. While Rajasthan were happy to have Hetmyer back in town after his child’s birth and he was straight away drafted into the playing 11 in place of Jimmy Neesham. 

Chennai on the other hand got Ambati Rayudu back in the Playing 11 in place of Shivam Dube

RR Playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy

CSK Playing 11
 

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, N Jagadeeshan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary

RR vs CSK Highlights: Catch all the action from IPL 2022 clash between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings here

11:34 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals march into Qualifier 1

11:33 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Indeed Ashiwn Anna!!

11:32 PM

RR vs CSK Player of the Match: Ravichandran Ashwin

 

There was no doubt as to who the Player of the Match was going to be after the end of the game. Ravi Chandran Ashwin, who scored a brilliant 40* off 23 balls and finished with figures of 1/28 in his four overs after going for 16 runs in his first, was rightly chosen as Player of the Match. 

 

11:27 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Match Summary

 

Ravichandran Ashwin's all-around show made sure that Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets and book a place in Qualifier-1 by finishing second in the Points Table. Ashwin made an all-important 40* off just 23 balls after being promoted to number four in the batting order. 

 

None of the other batters apart from him and Yashasvi Jaiswal were able to stay at the crease for long and Rajsthan found themselves struggling at 112-5 in the 17th over when Hetmyer departed. But Ashwin held his nerves and along with Riyan Parag guided his team home. 

 

Credit to this win, the Royals finish at 18 points in the Points Table, the same as the Lucknow Super Giants. But since the net run rate of the team from Jaipur is better than Lucknow, they would finish at the second position in the Points Table below Gujarat Titans. 

 

They will now face the Hardik Pandya led Titans in the first Qualifier, the winner of which will straightaway move to the IPL 2022 final, while the loser will get one more shot at making it to the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2. 

 

The eliminator will be contested by Lucknow and the fourth-place finisher, which will be either Delhi Capitals or Royal Challengers Bangalore, depending upon the result of the Capitals' last match against Mumbai Indians. 

 

11:10 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Ashwin takes Royals to a 5 wicket win

 

Pathirana is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Appeal for LBW as Pathirana hits the pads off Parag, but the umpire says not out as a leg bye is given 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Ashwin, oh Ashwin, what a player he is, backs away and extends his arm to let his bat meet the ball and slices it to the deep backward point for a four 

 

Ball 3 That would just be single, but Ashwin is happy to get to the other end at the scores are level 

 

Ball 4 Three balls and just one run is needed to win and Parag misses the shot here. Wow!! 

 

Ball 5 Wide!! Two balls and one run needed here and Pathirana went wide outside off. It would have been a great ball had Parag moved outside off, but he did not move an inch in his crease and the umpire called it a wide and Rajasthan win this by five wickets with two balls to spare 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 151-5 after 19.4 overs 

 

11:04 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Only 7 needed off the last over now

 

Mukesh Choudhary is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Length ball and Ashwin goes back in the crease trying to go over mid-off but is unable to as he plays it to mid-off for a single 

 

Ball 2 In the air, but falls short of Conway at sweeper cover and Rajasthan get only a single here 

 

Ball 3 Six!! Ashwin you beauty, what a shot that is. It is obviously a bad ball to owl length to Ashwin as he slams it over mid-wicket for a six and brings the equation severely down to 11 from 9 now 

 

Ball 4 This time it was once again length outside off and Ashwin played it in the gap between mid-off and sweeper cover for two runs 

 

Ball 5 Cut away to third-man for a single 

 

Ball 6 Could have been a dot ball, but not to be as Choudary misfields in his followthrough 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 144-5 after 19 overs 

 

10:57 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Only 19 needed off 12 now

 

Pathirana is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Wide down the leg 

 

Ball 1 Lands the yorker does Pathirana, but it is well sug out by Parag for two runs to wide long-on 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Short and Parag gets back in the crease and pulls it for a four 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball as Pathirana gets it outside off and Parag is unable to get it away 

 

Ball 4 On the offside once again and Parag plays with soft hands to get a single 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Poor from Pathirana, but he will learn with experience. He bowls short and wide outside off with the third-man fine leg up and Ashwin just guides it over the short third for a four 

 

Ball 6 Huge appeal for LBW as Pathirana hits Ashwin on the boots, the on-field umpire says not out but Dhoni takes a review and the third umpire says it was pitching outside leg and hence it will remain not out. 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 132-5 after 18 overs 

 

10:50 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Ashwin keeps it going for Rajasthan

 

Solanki is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Four!! Solanki starts with a low dull toss and is hit hard down the ground by Hettie 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Solanki does the trick as he flights the ball and Hetmyer went for the big shot but was unable to get it away as it was against the turn and Conway caught it easily. Rajsthan are now 112/5 and still need 39 off 22 balls 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball as Parag plays back to the bowler 

 

Ball 4 Goes for the big slog, gets the bottom part of the bat and it is only a single 

 

Ball 5 Leg spin goes away from Ashwin and it is a dot 

 

Ball 6 Six!! Ashwin connected that well and got it over the deep mid-wicket for a six and brings the equation down easily 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 119-5 after 17 overs 

 

10:48 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Hetmyer fails to deliver

 

Solanki is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Four!! Solanki starts with a low dull toss and is hit hard down the ground by Hettie 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Solanki does the trick as he flights the ball and Hetmyer went for the big shot but was unable to get it away as it was against the turn and Conway caught it easily. Rajsthan are now 112/5 and still need 39 off 22 balls 

 

10:45 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Very tight over from Moeen Ali

 

Moeen Ali is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball here from Ashwin will bring Hetmyer on strike 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Hettie is taking it easy 

 

Ball 3 Backs away to make some room, but hist sit straight to short covers for no runs 

 

Ball 4 Single to deep extra cover by Hettie to get off the mark 

 

Ball 5 Worked away on the leg side, batters thought of two but were unable to get it 

 

Ball 6 And just a single would mean only four runs from this over 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 108-4 after 16 overs 

 

10:42 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Jaiswal gone after Fifty, Rajasthan Royals Live Score 104-4 after 15 overs

10:38 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Fifty for Jaiswal

 

Moeen Ali is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Six!! That’s more like it from Ashwin as he goes down the ground and takes on Moeen Ali as he hits it away over mid-wicket for a six 

 

Ball 2 Moeen pulls his length back and is pulled away for a single to deep square leg 

 

Ball 3 Pucned off the backfoot for a single and Jaiswal brings up his fifty off just 39 balls. It is his third of the career and second of the season 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball as Ashwin plays it to short mid-wicket 

 

Ball 5 Tap and run from Ashwin means a single to short third-man 

 

Ball 6 Swept away but straight to the fielder at deep backward square leg for a single 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 94-3 after 14 overs 

 

10:31 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Time Out

 

Santner is into the attack 

 

Ball 1 Cutaway to the deep backward point for a single 

 

Ball 2 Leading-edge from Ashwin, but in the gap and he would get a single here 

 

Ball 3 Once again cutaway off the backfoot and this time to sweeper cover by Jaiswal 

 

Ball 4 Ashwin plated to it short fine leg and wanted a quick single, was refused by Jaiswal 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball as Ashwin is unable to get it away 

 

Ball 6 In the air again and away from the fielder again, and a single to Ashwin once again as strategic Time Out has been called by the umpire 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 84-3 after 13 overs 

 

10:28 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 80-3 after 12 overs

10:25 PM

RR vs CSK Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 75-2 after 11 overs