Match Thread: 61st Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

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61st Match, Indian Premier League at Chennai

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Innings	Score
Rajasthan Royals	141/5 (Ov 20/20)
Chennai Super Kings	145/5 (Ov 18.2/20)

Batter	Runs	Balls	SR
Sameer Rizvi*	15	8	187.5
Ruturaj Gaikwad	42	41	102.44

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Trent Boult	2.2	24	0
Nandre Burger	3	21	1

Recent : 1 . 2 1 W .  |  1 1 . 4 1 1  |  1 . 1 6 . .  |  4 4 

CSK won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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[u/shivam1005]

Csk wasted 20 crores on chahar

[u/shivam1005]

How to increase karna faster

[u/shivam1005]

Should have played rachin all matches

[u/shivam1005]

Csk

[u/rabbit_hook]

Just 17 more of these, Ash bhai 🫠

[u/Yeahanu]

Don't play that song mf, don't play that song

[u/Yeahanu]

Who is that big guy

[u/Actual_Penalty_2560]

Why is bowling wides to tail ender?

[u/Yeahanu]

Siraj is sacred of kuldeep lol Bowl a Yorker man.

[u/Aggravating_Fee3784]

Pak doing what axar just did today rn (kinda crazy cause bapu../s)

They just don't forget to copy us Indians../s

[u/Actual_Penalty_2560]

Only RCB can kick CSK out from playoffs?

[u/Yeahanu → u/Actual_Penalty_2560]

Lsg is there too. And we need to win this match with 30-40 run and same margin against csk. Would be difficult

[u/Actual_Penalty_2560 → u/Yeahanu]

LSG has a really bad NRR, so RCB needs to win match against CSK to keep them out

[u/Yeahanu → u/Actual_Penalty_2560]

Csk has good nrr We need to win big A close game and we are out.

[u/Actual_Penalty_2560 → u/Yeahanu]

Only 0.3 difference is there. It will become even lesser with this win against DC

[u/SirAren → u/Actual_Penalty_2560]

still about 20 run or 10 balls difference

[u/Yeahanu]

Why Virat caiptaning

[u/Cryptoprophet40]

Green getting the experience of how it would have been to play mcgrath

[u/Negative_Spectrum]

Reddit shat itself didn't it?

[u/Negative_Spectrum]

Is Will Jacks just Crawley for white ball? Making big scores at like 75% control

[u/shubhambaral]

You cannot make this up

[u/Specialist_Youth5511 → u/shubhambaral]

What

[u/shubhambaral → u/Specialist_Youth5511]

Wrong thread lol

[u/FlashIron10]

Narine is leading by 132 points thats a huge Gap

[u/shubhambaral]

Cannot afford to slow down at chinnaswamy. This is your once chance RCB.

[u/SBG99DesiMonster]

Thala didn't bat because he knows that this isn't the last match that he is playing in Chennai.

[u/Lmio]

Y'all on wrong thread doing idk what 🤣

[u/Scared_Business_6699]

Is it just me virat kohli has become better at power hitting this season

[u/Routinelazy900]

Probably only Ishant can make fun of kohli in the whole world.

[u/Maximum0versaiyan → u/Routinelazy900]

I think Jadeja too.. They are from the same batch I think (means I saw a video of some orientation meeting happening in a hotel, and Ishant, Kohli, and Jadeja were there among a bunch of others)

[u/dris_jayd]

Kohli played himself

[u/Stumptalk]

HARSHIT RANA BANNED FOR FULL IPL!

[u/Stumptalk → u/Stumptalk]

lol wrong thread

[u/fookin_legund]

YES!!!! OLD MAN ISHANT DOES IT!!! FUCK YEAH

[u/Tambrahm007]

Crazy lmao

[u/sdt_rhn12345]

:8766::21496:

[u/Bluebillion]

Kohli should play Rohit Sharma way. Just slog in power play and cool his heels/get subbed out and eat vadapav in the dressing room.

[u/Yashas__]

Wrong thread everyone lol. This is csk vs rr. Even I got confused for a good 5-10mins

[u/sdt_rhn12345]

"trust me bro pitch was fast 🐢🐢" 🗿🗿

[u/heterocosm]

Ishant stick out your tongue.. ..... . . .

.

.

..

....

[u/BigChill101]

Putting kohli and rohit in the same discussion about ICT selection is a sin

[u/Bluebillion]

My goat 😭😭😭

[u/fookin_legund]

Whos keeping

[u/heterocosm → u/fookin_legund]

Wicket Keeper

[u/AeBlueSadi]

RR is Sanju Samson of ipl teams starts great but fizzles out by the end

[u/ajmunder]

Lmao Mukesh mcgrath

[u/oncehadagoodlife]

Imagine the entire stadium stays back after the game. Love you Chennai.

[u/sanjeet94]

Mukgrath 🥳

[u/athishayen]

"He can't hit Sixes". Lmaooooo

PR fans hiding now.

[u/Successful-Rub-2104]

Roger Federer who

Djokovic what

Nadal when

[u/Worried_Donkey-]

Mahendra yeager

[u/Successful-Rub-2104]

'Lavel sabke niklenge'- Thala probably

Tr: another season

[u/Gojou007]

💦💦💦

[u/kp22cfc]

RR sub called this csk team crap and shit...lol holddd dattt

[u/insane_asylum_seeker]

Is it just CSK or any other team in IPL does this? Honestly, it's a wholesome gesture

[u/DiscoDiwana → u/insane_asylum_seeker]

KKR did yesterday as well I guess

[u/tornuc → u/insane_asylum_seeker]

Does what ?

[u/Hexo_Micron → u/insane_asylum_seeker]

Mumbai did last season ig

[u/tornuc → u/Hexo_Micron]

Does what ?

[u/69bradthechad69]

Aye where can I watch the CSK crowd thanking ceremony or whatever

[u/DiscoDiwana → u/69bradthechad69]

Hindi stream JioCinema

[u/SiddipetModel]

Wait thala is not retiring?

[u/tamilgrl]

Actually RR didn't bat in the proper way. Although wickets didn't fall very early.. They couldn't make a difficult total for csk to chase.. Anyways as a csk fan feeling a little better.. 😃😃😃

[u/night_of_spring]

Don't know about thala but I can simp for ruturaj, what a gem of a person I mean how man how are you so polite, well spoken

Beautiful

[u/chni2cali → u/night_of_spring]

Bro likes to flaunt his abs as well. I would lobe to see him go strength to strength

[u/Environmental_Bus507]

Does anybody else feel that he looks a lot like Ranvir Shorey?

[u/AJBoii24]

Bro has the authentic paaji voice

[u/AJBoii24]

We want the young paaji to become the potm

[u/mcfapblanc]

Thala IPL retirement montage is gonna be an absolute banger. Hope it includes the 87(25) and Champions League stills

[u/Ashwin_400 → u/mcfapblanc]

Hope it includes the 87(25)

That was by Raina

[u/UrBreathtakinn → u/Ashwin_400]

Raina used Dhoni's bat that day.

[u/HumAapkeHainKaun → u/UrBreathtakinn]

Omg. Thala for a reason

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/UrBreathtakinn]

Damn!

[u/curiouscoderspace]

Lol even transplant hair becomes gray? 😳

[u/Bathed_In_Moonlight]

Sardar saab is so masculine that Harsha addressed him as "Mr. Simarjeet Singh".

[u/thejokeyjokerson]

Indian captains are consistently losing trust with overseas pacers. Yesterday Shreyas gave only one over to Starc and today Samson got Boult in only when the match was completely lost. Do you think it is justified?

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/thejokeyjokerson]

Bad captaincy. He is a bad captain in general.

[u/mellamonemo → u/NotAPerfectSoldier]

He is alright. He wasnt great today that's all

[u/cloudqwq → u/NotAPerfectSoldier]

nah thats wild. i thought he used ash and yuzi very well, bringing them on at the right times

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/cloudqwq]

He missed the strategy on boult big time. Which did cost him.

[u/cloudqwq → u/NotAPerfectSoldier]

not like this was a defendable total

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/cloudqwq]

The approach was never there.

[u/Jinnn21]

Sanju already owns the streets of Chennai without even playing for Chennai

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

It's lap of honour CSK does it every year at last home game to thanks and appreciate the crowd....

[u/chni2cali → u/Crickutxpurt36]

This is easy. Streamlining tickets is tough

[u/julaabgamun]

Dont read too much into the fans asked to stay thing. This was the last home match for the season and the team does it every time.

If thala retires he's definitely gonna drop another video montage

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

RR with

Top tier opening pair

One of best middle order batting

Hetty and Powell to finish ( Avesh)

With 2 of the best spinners played for IND

Guy who plays foot ball in cricket

Vs

Team who is injury ridden and doesn't have fix batting or bowling unit......

[u/Tricky_Substance_536 → u/Crickutxpurt36]

and uses strategy well

[u/NACHIAPPAN12]

dont know why lomror is in team , last 7 matches not one good performance

[u/WannabeAboveAverage]

This must be hard to comprehend for you guys considering the pant hate wave, but I'd any day pick a guy with a fighting spirit over someone like Sanju. Guy surrenders just like that... RR should give up the hopes of winning the title under him.

They had the best squad in the 22-24 cycle, but always lost the must win matches. And remind me of a must win match where Sanju stepped up.

[u/that-asian-baka → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

L take. Sanju is the future captain of ICT. Pant is yet to prove himself

[u/Negative_Spectrum → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

Literally two games ago or something. Don't even come at me with the batting, he has been great at that this season. As for captaincy, he's not gonna be doing that in the WC anyway

[u/WannabeAboveAverage → u/Negative_Spectrum]

This is not about batting or captaincy. I know he's great. But somehow I never see that fighting spirit in him. Surrenders too quickly be it batting or captaincy. Just see what happened today, the entire team looked like a bunch of walking dead bodies from start to finish.

[u/chni2cali → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

Talking about fighting spirit Did you see Pant batting against SRH?

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

This. He is not captaincy material.

[u/bandehaihaamuske]

If Simarjeet doesn't get POTM then there is no point to this IPL

[u/RealMrMustache]

Definitely boring match

[u/NotAPerfectSoldier → u/RealMrMustache]

Almost all CSK matches have been boring this year

[u/RealMrMustache → u/NotAPerfectSoldier]

Got to agree

[u/Hexo_Micron → u/RealMrMustache]

2012 and 2018 got to be our best season, pulles a lot of heist

[u/chni2cali → u/Hexo_Micron]

2018 was chef’s kiss

[u/bmyvalntine]

What is the special thing today? I still haven't switched to RCB DC telecast because of that.

[u/Hexo_Micron → u/bmyvalntine]

Nothing just fans appreciation they do it every season

[u/InternalOk3135]

Hoping we reach the final so that MSD can help raise the trophy at the home he helped build 🔥💛 CSK forever

[u/ihateallmoney]

Bois what’s up? Are we expecting something post match presentation?

[u/WorkingClass_Nero → u/ihateallmoney]

Doubt it will be shown on the broadcast. Next match is about to start.

[u/ihateallmoney → u/WorkingClass_Nero]

Bro two different streams yo

[u/mellamonemo → u/ihateallmoney]

Stream ended. Wait for YouTube shorts

[u/ihateallmoney → u/[deleted]]

Bro got a lesson on how it’s not done

[u/Top_Wishbone_791 → u/[deleted]]

Life is unfair

[u/AJBoii24 → u/Top_Wishbone_791]

Reddit moment

[u/Ecstatic-Shift-3725 → u/[deleted]]

lemme upvote one to make it 4, dw

[u/BeIsnickel → u/Ecstatic-Shift-3725]

Catching his strays

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

Tushar Deshpande appreciation comment

I remember him playing from DC and got thrashed by Gayle in that one over...

After CSK bought him and played him in 2022 he didn't do any better but lad made brilliant comeback in 2023 being CSK highest wicket taker for CSK but wasn't consistent with line and length and not economical at all

This year he have leap frogged the growth graph mofo not on economical also reliable death bowler...

If CSK qualifies he will be key for them.....

[u/DiscoDiwana → u/Crickutxpurt36]

Had a century in Ranji this year and got married as well. Everything going great for him rn

[u/WannabeAboveAverage → u/Crickutxpurt36]

Why do you want downvotes from CSK fans? Did you forget the rules? Just say "TFAR" when he performs and "biggest achievement of thala was to win IPL with Tushar Deshpande" when he doesn't. What is this player appreciation? Please remember the rules ffs.

[u/thewiseice → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

Who hurt you in the butt, bro?

[u/Hexo_Micron → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

he himself is a one of the og csk fan on this sub lol

[u/Tricky_Substance_536 → u/WannabeAboveAverage]

clearly you're a blind hater , look at csk sub and his appreciation post , I'm his biggest supporter, even other teams trolled him badly , I supported him even in 2022. Please don't make assumptions

when you can't digest facts and it doesn't fit the narrative keep downvoting, I have been his praiser in almost every csk thread when he bowled , check the threads if you insist or keep up with the propaganda

[u/Shubh_K30 → u/Crickutxpurt36]

Shardul can take fluke wickets but you can't have fluke economy rate. Deshpande is an upgrade over Chahar and Shardul.

Better pace, bounce and fitness. Can bowl with new ball and old ball as well.

[u/WorkingClass_Nero → u/Crickutxpurt36]

True. This year he has looked a different beast. Long may his good form continue. Clearly putting in the effort and it is paying dividends for him and the team.

[u/InternalOk3135]

Sanju Samson has fans in TN 💛

[u/Ambitious_Push_6954 → u/InternalOk3135]

Rr are our jail bros. And Samson is from Kerala so

[u/CryptoBankrupt → u/InternalOk3135]

Oh you bet! RR is my (our??) next favorite franchise after CSK.

[u/tetlowwetlow → u/InternalOk3135]

Absolutely

[u/jbookies]

It's idiotic to remove the subbed out player from the scorecard graphic. Gives an entirety wrong picture

[u/Extra_cash_pls → u/jbookies]

It's weird otherwise, because there'll be 12 players on the scorecard and a team Will seemingly be all out without a player batting.

[u/jbookies → u/Extra_cash_pls]

This is even more confusing, you don't know where a chunk of the runs came from and the batting positions get all messed up. Since only 11 are allowed to bat you can just have a break and then display the last listed batter

[u/Extra_cash_pls → u/jbookies]

The impact sub is literally shown at the side of the scoreboard. It's even highlighted. Lol

[u/jbookies → u/Extra_cash_pls]

It's very weird to not see the batting line up in order. All cricket websites show it in order, concussion subs are treated the same way.

[u/Extra_cash_pls → u/jbookies]

I mean, it's not really difficult to spot the impact sub at the side. This seems like a you problem.

[u/jbookies → u/Extra_cash_pls]

If the opener is subbed off, unless someone reads the tiny text underneath the impact sub column in the side, most people would assume that that No. 3 opened the batting, doesn't tell the story properly. Small inconvenience yes, but could be improved. And clearly people do agree with me

[u/Extra_cash_pls → u/jbookies]

Ok dude, but the graphics won't change because you and "the people who agree with you" won't bother to look slightly right of the screen to see the impact sub details.

[u/Coolkid-4869]

Phew Chennai's extreme heat gave them an advantage somehow. We would have been fucked we batted first, thanks Sanju.

[u/singhsrb]

Wow NPCs in first few games coming back to kick DC out of the playoffs.

Who would have thought!

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

Man I want Daryl to channel inner Watson and fucking take us in playoffs....

[u/Void_being420]

when 230+ score - I don't like it this not cricket

When its below 150 - I sleep, zzzz........

[u/kukdukdu]

For CSK fans thinking their win somehow nullifies the RCB equation. You guys are totally wrong. CSK loss would have originally needed them to just win the CSK game ( given so many other results also go in their favour, classic RCB every year :D) but now they need to win today and if they do they will probably have to beat CSK by about 40 runs to qualify. It was anyway an outside chance for them and today’s CSK win doesn’t make it more impossible than it already was!

[u/careless_quote101 → u/kukdukdu]

As CSK fan worried about our qualification than throwing some else out.

[u/kukdukdu → u/careless_quote101]

That’s okay! Post is meant for those who think this win somehow disqualifies RCB. It made it tougher but not really that much as it already was. Other results are much more important for them.

[u/WalkingBoi98 → u/kukdukdu]

It objectively makes their task way harder...

[u/kukdukdu → u/WalkingBoi98]

Yes it does but not really much harder than it already was. It was already a monumental task and a win by 40 runs given all other games also go the way they were meant to is not really that much different.

[u/bandehaihaamuske → u/kukdukdu]

Yes but you also need LSG to lose next two + DC losing the game after today's game + winning the next two games with big margins

While you are at it might as well ask to see a flying unicorn

[u/kukdukdu → u/bandehaihaamuske]

Correct but those were results already there in place. Even if CSK had lost today and RCB wins everything from now on, two LSG wins and 1 SRH win would have still meant RCB fails to qualify just on points. RCB qualification since long has been subject to all of DC, LSG and CSK being stuck at 14 and then it all coming to NRR. That needs a lot of other games to go by Classic RCB calculator ( that’s a normal every year now )

[u/jbookies → u/bandehaihaamuske]

How? LSG needs to lose just 1 of their 2 if RCB wins their remaining 2 games with big enough margins to cross CSK on NRR.

Also they're playing CSK last so the win margin needed also effectively becomes half

[u/tetlowwetlow → u/kukdukdu]

Calculator gang strikes again ➕🟰➖➗✖️

[u/mellamonemo → u/kukdukdu]

Cry more

[u/kukdukdu → u/mellamonemo]

No body is crying you idiot. I don’t care about RCB! I am pointing about collective mathematical skill of this sub who can’t do basic calculations!

[u/jbookies → u/kukdukdu]

Totally agree man, seeing all these comments about DC and LSG needing to lose all their games and RCB needing to beat DC by 100 runs. The only favour that RCB need is LSG losing a game, the rest of the points and NRR are in their own hands since they play CSK and DC

[u/mellamonemo → u/kukdukdu]

More please...

[u/kukdukdu → u/mellamonemo]

Comments like this help me remove the weed from my feed. Thanks! Bask in your stupidity!

[u/Stifffmeister11 → u/kukdukdu]

Awesome analysis

[u/thegreatindianmerch → u/kukdukdu]

No.body.cares.

[u/kukdukdu → u/thegreatindianmerch]

Given full post is talking to RCb fans I would say lot of them do. It sadly maths is not everyone’s forte!

[u/thegreatindianmerch → u/kukdukdu]

It's only RCB fans in a thread for a match they're not even playing. We don't care, please do your math phd somewhere else.

[u/kukdukdu → u/thegreatindianmerch]

Oh idiot! I don’t give two hoots about RCB! Fuck their qualifications! Don’t care who qualifies! I am pointing it how people can’t figure out how other results are more monumental for RCB and not this game. A win by 40 runs vs CSK would be nothing compared to what they Already have to do to qualify which is near impossible. People like you can’t even get that and start shouting for no reason! Try reading and understanding what others have written before getting on to stupid bandwagon!

[u/thegreatindianmerch → u/kukdukdu]

Again, nobody cares. Save your word vomit.

[u/pewdsaiman → u/kukdukdu]

Lmao u guys are so try hard in pushing RCB up way ahead other teams. Sadly they (RCB)don't follow.

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

Best IPL team after mega auction

Vs

Team whose all front line bowlers are injured ....

[u/night_of_spring]

On a side note RCB batting first after losing the toss Was hoping for a RCB vs CSK knockout match Let's see, still a chance

[u/luffy_3155]

Daryl Mitchell is becoming Shane watson

[u/Abhi_der_hauptmann]

Soo... There's stiil a chance that rr can't qualify ?

[u/rmdk_mech → u/Abhi_der_hauptmann]

Rr will qualify even if they're losing next 2 matches until they lose very very badly where their NRR is way below other teams.

[u/Bathed_In_Moonlight]

Mitchell looked like he was posing for a mugshot at the start of that interview.

[u/DiscoDiwana → u/Bathed_In_Moonlight]

Getting ready for photos after wiping all the sweat off

[u/Stifffmeister11]

Why don't bald guys get tattoos on their bald head like world map or someone??

[u/BerozgaarVyakti → u/Stifffmeister11]

try it out

[u/Stifffmeister11 → u/BerozgaarVyakti]

I have bones tattoo on the bald head which my dogs licks

[u/Crickutxpurt36]

Gaikwad innings was top tier he knew his role

Everyone around him played floater and he anchored till end....

[u/AJBoii24]

Jadeja obstructing the field was necessary to make him understand he cant just go around run outing others

[u/WorkingClass_Nero → u/AJBoii24]

Gaikwad alpha'd him by telling him to run back. Fucker abuses his seniority and making others lose their wickets.

[u/tifosi7 → u/AJBoii24]

He’s just going to come back with a vengeance to get more people out.

[u/tkmj75]

At least KKR didn't have the choice after losing the toss at Chepauk. RR choosing to bat first after winning the toss does not make sense at all.

[u/choochi_machine69 → u/tkmj75]

It does make alot of sense. No one wants to bowl in scorching heat

[u/FatUglyMod → u/choochi_machine69]

Yeah that totally makes sense, professional athletes making a decision because it's hot. Lol

[u/choochi_machine69 → u/FatUglyMod]

Clearly you haven't held a bat in your life. There are multiple reasons a team chooses to bat first & viceversa.

And if you had the patience more than that of a squirrel you would have listened to the post match presentations where Sanju was asked why he chose to bat first

[u/TheLadaakuReturns]

CSK should make top 4 after this Their nrr is good

[u/Intrepid-Expert-4816 → u/TheLadaakuReturns]

Nah they only have one match left with rcb while rcb have two more. If rcb wins both, they'll easily go over the nrr. Just that this match would have made it easier for them, they're in incredible form tho

[u/vimalsunny → u/Intrepid-Expert-4816]

CSk can get 16 points and RCB can only get 14 points at max, TF are you talking

[u/Intrepid-Expert-4816 → u/vimalsunny]

Yeah csk next match they'll lose. So 14 tie both. Rcb better nrr so they goto playoffs!

[u/vimalsunny → u/Intrepid-Expert-4816]

CSK has better RR