Chennai Super Kings are still very much in the race as the other teams are and they proved yet again why they couldn't be ignored when they pulled of a stunner out of Rajasthan Royals grab.
Rains stopped the play several times in the 56th match of IPL played in Sawai Mansingh stadium. Rajasthan batsmen struggled to score and Chennai bowlers made it more difficult. At the end they could only mange 126 runs in 20 overs on the loss of 6 wickets. Hilfenhaus and Mahesh took 2 wickets each.
Still Rajasthan were favorites to win as their bowlers kept Chennai batsmen on check till 17th over when Chennai were 84 for 6. But late onslaught of Morkel and Anirudha snatched the game out of the hands of Rajasthan. They both scored 18 runs each in 6 balls each and reached the score in 18.1 overs.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 4 wickets and climbed up to the 4th position with 13 points. Rajasthan are at 6th position with 12 points and are still in race for the last four.
Hilfenhaus was awarded man of the match.
| Team | Runs | Wickets |
| Rajasthan Royals | 126 | 6 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 127 | 6 |
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Comments:
ravi sharma
May 11, 2012 at 5:09 PM
dhoni plays t-20 like the test matches.he is no more a t-20 player.he should take retirement fro t-20.