Despite losing wickets in quick succession in the early stage of their innings, Ayush Mhatre and Dewald Brevis’ Knocks helped CSK to post 187 runs in the IPL 2025 game against Rajasthan Royals on May 20 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Chennai Super Kings were in a dominant position after the stellar knocks from the youngsters, but failed to continue the momentum in Tuesday’s clash.
Batting first, Ayush Mhatre and Devon Conway opened the innings while Tushar Deshpande opened the bowling attack. Conway lost his wicket for 10 runs while Urvil Patel was sent out on a duck by Yudhvir Singh.
Meanwhile, Mhatre picked up the pace, scoring 43 runs off 20 deliveries, which included 8 fours and 1 six. However, he went on to lose his wicket to Tushar Deshpande in the 6th over.
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With his dismissal, CSK lost 3 wickets for 68 runs in the powerplay. On the other hand Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja went on to lost their wickets for 13 and 1 respectively.
With Yudhvir Singh bagging the wicket of Jadeja, CSK lost five wickets for 78 runs. With the yellow side struggling, Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube are trying to forge a partnership to move forward in the scoreboard.
Brevis went on to score 42 runs off 25 deliveries before being dismissed by Akash Madhwal. MS Dhoni walked in where he joined Shivam Dube to take the score towards 200.
But with Shivam Dube’s dismissal for 39 runs and MS Dhoni’s dismissal for 16 runs by Akash Madhwal and
But Rajasthan Royals went on to pull back in the death overs as they restricted CSK for 187 runs in their 20 over innings.
Akash Madhwal and Yudhvir Singh bagged three wickets while Tushar Deshpande and Wanindu Hasaranga went on to bag 1 wickets each.
CSK vs RR Playing 11
Chennai Super Kings Playing 11: Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w/c), Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal
