Rajasthan won after 15 years in Chennai, MS Dhoni could not hit the last ball for a six
In the 17th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023), on Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 3 runs in the last ball. Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals gave a target of 175 runs to Chennai Super Kings. Jos Buttler scored 52 for the team, Devdutt Padikkal scored 38 while R Ashwin and Shimron Hetmyer scored 30-30. Akash Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Ravindra Jadeja took 2-2 wickets from Chennai Super Kings. And Moeen Ali took one wicket.
In response to the target of 176 runs, the team of Chennai Super Kings could only manage 172 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Sandeep Sharma was the bowler. He started with two wides. After this Dhoni hit two sixes. Sandeep Sharma made a comeback and only 3 runs were scored off the last 3 balls. In this way, Dhoni could not win the 200th match as the captain of Chennai. Rajasthan beat Chennai for the second time. Earlier, under the captaincy of the late Shane Warne, CSK was defeated on 23 May 2008. He got victory after 15 years.
