BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Curran	c Buttler b Gopal	22	25	-	1	1	88.00

Faf du Plessis	c Buttler b Archer	10	9	-	1	0	111.11

Shane Watson	c Tewatia b Kartik Tyagi	8	3	-	2	0	266.66

Ambati Rayudu	c †Samson b Tewatia	13	19	-	2	0	68.42

MS Dhoni (c)†	run out (Archer/†Samson)	28	28	-	2	0	100.00

Ravindra Jadeja	not out	35	30	-	4	0	116.66
Kedar Jadhav	not out	4	7	-	0	0	57.14
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	5
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 6.25)	125/5
Did not bat: Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Faf du Plessis, 2.6 ov), 2-26 (Shane Watson, 3.6 ov), 3-53 (Sam Curran, 8.2 ov), 4-56 (Ambati Rayudu, 9.6 ov), 5-107 (MS Dhoni, 17.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jofra Archer	4	0	20	1	5.00	11	2	0	0	0
2.6 to F du Plessis, taken at short extra cover. Buttler lunging high to his left. Short and wide bouncer outside off. Faf wants to lift that over point with the pace, but is through the attempted guide a bit too soon. It comes off the inside part of the bat and floats to Buttler's left and he lands softly after jumping to his left. 13/1
Ankit Rajpoot	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	1	0	0	0
Kartik Tyagi	4	0	35	1	8.75	11	7	0	1	0
3.6 to SR Watson, taken at midwicket! Full and into leg stump with the angle. Watson gets the front leg forward, and flicks aerially, straight into that fielder's lap. It was there to picked off for runs and Watson can't believe it. 26/2
Ben Stokes	3	0	27	0	9.00	4	2	1	0	0
Shreyas Gopal	4	0	14	1	3.50	12	0	0	0	0
8.2 to SM Curran, taken at long-off. This is smart bowling from a bowler in full control against the batsman. Knew Curran would be itching to step down the track and pushed his googly wide outside off and just short of a good length. Curran is reaching out for it in the end and it's a simple chip for Buttler to hold at long-off. 53/3
Rahul Tewatia	4	0	18	1	4.50	11	0	0	0	1
9.6 to AT Rayudu, Samson settles under this top-edge and takes it. Front-of-the-hand quicker one, at a length and in at leg stump. Looks for the sweep and is through it early. It hands in front of short fine and Samson takes it easily with a couple of steps to the left. 56/4

Rajasthan Royals (T: 126 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Stokes	b Chahar	19	11	-	3	0	172.72

Robin Uthappa	c †Dhoni b Hazlewood	4	9	-	0	0	44.44

Sanju Samson †	c †Dhoni b Chahar	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Steven Smith (c)	not out	26	34	-	2	0	76.47
Jos Buttler	not out	70	48	-	7	2	145.83
Extras	(lb 6, w 1)	7
TOTAL	17.3 Ov (RR: 7.20)	126/3
Did not bat: Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Ben Stokes, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (Robin Uthappa, 3.2 ov), 3-28 (Sanju Samson, 4.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Deepak Chahar	4	1	18	2	4.50	17	2	0	0	0
2.6 to BA Stokes, chopped on. More evidence of the slowness in this pitch. Short of a length delivery outside off, angled bat on the cut and it's right off the inside edge. Stokes is audibly annoyed. 26/1 4.3 to SV Samson, taken down leg side and that's three down in the powerplay once more for RR. Must be the fifth time this season. It's a good length ball down leg side, he looks to tickle it fine. Off the inside edge and Dhoni does well to get his left hand under this. As he takes a tumble, the ball wobbles tantalizingly in the glove but he's managed to keep it in. 28/3
Josh Hazlewood	4	0	19	1	4.75	14	2	0	0	0
3.2 to RV Uthappa, lobs it for Dhoni who takes easily. Uthappa jumps into the line of this short ball outside off and wants to ramp it to fine leg. Probably not expecting this length. It's up at the chest and he gets it off the high part of the bat, only managing to get it a couple of metres behind Dhoni. 28/2
Ravindra Jadeja	1.3	0	11	0	7.33	2	1	0	0	0
Shardul Thakur	4	0	34	0	8.50	8	3	1	1	0
Sam Curran	1	0	6	0	6.00	2	0	0	0	0
Piyush Chawla	3	0	32	0	10.66	5	4	1	0	0

MATCH FLOW

Chennai Super Kings innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (48 balls), Extras 1
Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 53/3 in 8.2 overs (AT Rayudu 12)
Over 8.3: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - AT Rayudu (Upheld)
Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 85/4 in 14.0 overs (MS Dhoni 14, RA Jadeja 16)
Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (103 balls), Extras 3
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (MS Dhoni 25, RA Jadeja 22, Ex 3)
Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 125/5 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 35, KM Jadhav 4)

Rajasthan Royals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 3 wickets)
Over 0.6: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - RV Uthappa (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Over 5.1: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - SPD Smith (Struck down)
Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 5
Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 51/3 in 9.0 overs (SPD Smith 7, JC Buttler 16)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (SPD Smith 8, JC Buttler 40, Ex 2)
JC Buttler: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 7
Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 112/3 in 16.0 overs (SPD Smith 20, JC Buttler 62)

MATCH DETAILS

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss	Chennai Super Kings, elected to bat first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2020/21
Player Of The Match	Jos Buttler
Hours of play (local time)	18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days	19 October 2020 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Chris Gaffaney Virender Sharma
TV Umpire	Ulhas Gandhe
Reserve Umpire	Pashchim Pathak
Match Referee	Manu Nayar
Points	Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0

Win Probability

RR 100%

CSKRR

100%50%100%

Over 18 • RR 126/3

RR won by 7 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

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RR Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DL Chahar	4	1	18	2	4.5
JR Hazlewood	4	0	19	1	4.75
RA Jadeja	1.3	0	11	0	7.33
SN Thakur	4	0	34	0	8.5
SM Curran	1	0	6	0	6
PP Chawla	3	0	32	0	10.66

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