Indian Premier League 2013, 30th T20 match: Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals at Chennai, Apr 22, 2013
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Teams: Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Time: 8 PM IST, 14:30 GMT
Toss: Rajasthan Royals, who chose to bat first
Rajasthan Royals: 185/4(20.0 Overs)
Chennai Super Kings: 186/5(19.5 Overs)
Match Status: Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
Michael Hussey is the Man of the Match: 'It was good batting conditions. Probably the best batting pitch we have had here this season. It was a good chase from us and I'm glad we got over the line. It was fantastic to bat with Raina today.'
MS Dhoni: 'If the opposition scores 185, 90% of the times it goes to the last over. It got a bit uncomfortable in the last over with 11 needed but Dwayne Bravo batted well. We got a good start with Hussey and Raina playing well. It's important to win games at home. Today's wicket was really good. The groundsmen are doing their best and we're trying our best to adapt to the pitches.'
Rahul Dravid: 'Pleased with our batting effort. Watto played really well. Superb execution of batting in tough humid conditions. I thought we got a pretty good score. We didn't execute well with the ball but credit to them. Hussey and Raina's partnership kept them going. Chennai have a long batting line up and the guys who come after a wicket can also hit that crucial six. That's what Bravo did today.'
Shane Watson scored the first century of IPL 2013 as Rajasthan Royals finished their innings at 185 for 4 against Chennai Super Kings.
Recent Results:
Chennai Super Kings W W L W W
Rajasthan Royals L W W L W
Michael Hussey (217) and MS Dhoni (147) have scored 41% of Super Kings' runs so far in this season.
Siddarth Trivedi is the highest wicket-taker for Rajasthan Royals with 59 wickets from 55 matches.
Ajinkya Rahane is the first Royals batsman to cross 200 runs in this season.
Chennai Super Kings playing XI: MEK Hussey, M Vijay, SK Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni(c)(wk), RA Jadeja, DJ Bravo, R Ashwin, CH Morris, JO Holder, MM Sharma
Rajasthan Royals playing XI: SR Watson, AM Rahane, RS Dravid(c), STR Binny, BJ Hodge, DH Yagnik(wk), James Faulkner, A Chandila, R Shukla, SK Trivedi, Kevon Cooper, Harmeet Singh Bansal