The win came on the back of a disciplined bowling performance led by Pepper Simajit Singh ——He set a career-best 3/26 at home.
The low-scoring incident also sparked controversy when Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed for obstructing the pitch.
Despite challenging pitch conditions, CSK managed to chase down the target of 142 with 10 balls remaining.
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CSK’s hero of the day was also their captain; Ruturaj GaikwadAn unbeaten 42 out of 41 passes were made, leading the team to a key victory and a bid for a playoff spot.
Rachin Ravindra (27 off 18 balls) and Gaikwad scored 32 runs, but the former was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin in the fourth over Ashwin) was eliminated.
However, it had no impact on Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell (22 off 13 balls) who maintained a run rate of over 9 balls and ended the powerplay with 56 off 1 ball.
Pacer Sandeep Sharma, the most expensive bowler for the visiting team at this stage, was hit for 23 runs.
Mitchell seemed the man on a mission, but his stay was interrupted by spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who trapped him leg-before-wicket in the eighth over to end the tie. Gaikwad’s 35-run partnership.
Moeen Ali (10 off 13 balls) was second, but he holed out to Nandre Burger on the 12th hole.
In the 13th over, the three scored 92 runs and Shivam Dube decided to challenge Ashwin in the final over.
The veteran had the last laugh when Dube bowled Ashwin for a six and two in the over, taking his 50th IPL wicket at this venue.
Also, Jadeja (5 off 6 balls) was next after Jos Buttler bowled Jadeja off Chahal at long-on. survived the game.
Debutant Sameer Rizvi then ended the game quickly with 15 not out off 8 balls with 3 fours, with Jadeja becoming the third player in IPL history to score against Gaikwa Gaikwad, the batsman who was dismissed for obstructing the pitch due to miscommunication, refused to get out.
The third man threw the ball to Sanju Samson who aimed it at the bowler’s end but the ball hit Jadeja. RR appealed and the third umpire was convinced that Jadeja knew where the ball was going.
CSK needed 21 runs from the last four overs and the duo of Gaikwad and Rizvi got the job done.
The win lifted CSK to third in the table, while RR suffered three consecutive defeats but remain in second place.
Earlier, Simarjeet delivered his best performance in the IPL while helping CSK restrict RR to a modest total.
For the visitors, in-form Riyan Parag top-scored with an unbeaten 47 off 35 balls on a slow wicket.
RR opener opted to bat and got off to a cautious start. After RR ended the powerplay with an unbeaten 42 runs, 26-year-old Simarjeet made his first breakthrough in the seventh over, off Jaiswal (24 runs off 21 balls).
Simajit got his second breakthrough in the ninth over when Jos Buttler (21 off 25 balls) departed.
Samson failed to get going and Simajit once again grabbed the precious wicket of the RR captain, ending his 42-match partnership with Parag.
Deshpande got rid of Jurel and Shubham Dubey (1 ball 0) in consecutive deliveries in the final over. Ultimately, the away team didn’t put enough total points on the board.
(Inputs from PTI)
