Suryavanshi Hits 50 As Rajasthan Royals Beats Chennai Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals achieved a morale-boosting victory by defeating Chennai Super Kings for the last match of IPL season.
Suryavanshi opened the batting and scored 57 runs in just 33 balls. Last month, the 14-year-old captured everyone’s attention by scoring a record-setting 35-ball century and now managed to surpass the 185-run target with 17 balls to spare in New Delhi.
Last ball six hitter, Suryavanshi set the pace by scoring 6 fours and 4 sixes during the chase.
Rajasthan Royals were aided by Dhruv Jurel who gave a stunning finish with 31 runs off just 12 balls.
Even though both teams have fallen off the track to compete in the playoffs, Ranchi managed to secure a lead over the bottom set placed Chennai in the ranking table with 4 wins out of 14 matches they played.
Chennai’s five-time champion, directed by M.S. Dhoni currently at 43 years old has one further match left in the league phase.
Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings qualified for the eliminations as the top 3 spots. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capital fights to take the final and ultimate elimination slot.
Ravichandran Ashwin picked up some crucial wickets which included Sanju Samson and Suryavanshi which gave Chennai the upper hand in the match.
Rajasthan managed to secure an easy victory after losing Riyan Parag through a flurry of boundaries eased by Jurel in the very ne with the loss of another wicket and sped over the finish line.
With Shimron Hetmyer batting at the other end on 12, Jurel capped off the match with a glorious six bringing him to the winning score.
Jaiswal maintained an aggressive approach scoring 36 runs off 19 balls which assisted Suryavanshi in having a stand of 37.
Chennai managed to recover after spiraling downwards to 78-5 in 8 overs which was followed up with them scoring 187-8. The hot and humid capital city of Indian made playing conditions extremely tough.
Mhatre was able to score 43 runs to ease the pain for his team after the loss of two quick wickets. His fantastic 20-ball knock came to an end with a minor collapse to India.
In the teenage category, Mhatre is by far the most impressive contender with a score of 94. This 17-year-old is undeniably going to impress with his eight fours, single six and run counting medium pace bowler Tushar Deshpande out.
In a relatively short time period Hasaranga was able to take out Ashwin and Sri finally Jinak plunged the now battered Ravens warrior with Yuvas Singh with hised ended their game el of losing.
Shivam Dube’s thirty-nine saw him in a 59-run partnership with Dewald Brevis, who top-scored with 42 rebuilding the innings.
Rajasthan’s bowlers stemmed the flow of runs in the end, only conceding 17 runs in the last 3 overs.
Due to the horrific war between India and Pakistan, the IPL has been forced to pause and resort to a brutal realignment of the schedule. With the resumption now set for the 3rd of June in Ahmedabad.