The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batters Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube went on to forge a partnership after the side lost five wickets in the IPL 2025 game against the Rajasthan Royals on May 20 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Despite Ayush Mhatre’s onslaughter, Rajasthan Royals went on to pull back, picking wickets at regular intervals.
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 lose his wicket to Tushar Deshpande in the 6th over.
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.
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Speaking at the toss, Sanju Samson said, “We will bowl first. Looking at the last game against DC, there was something in it. There’s no hiding in this game. We got to do it today.”
“Everyone has to be a match-winner. They have to think like that. We need to be smarter and braver. We have a couple of changes. Yudhvir comes in,” concluded Sanju Samson.
Meanwhile, MS Dhoni said, “We want to express ourselves in our batting department. Need to figure out which individual will do well in which slot next year. Need to work on our bowling.”
“Once we were out of the tournament, we wanted to find the answers for the next year. Need to look in to the combination and a couple of players we can pick in auction.”
“We are on a roll in the batting department and we want to continue doing that, we struggled at the start of the season. When you are constantly under pressure that doesnt’ work. You don’t need to play all kind of shots, need to be selective,” concluded MS Dhoni.
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
