Chennai Super Kings clinched a thrilling last-ball victory over Rajasthan Royals as a fuming MS Dhoni was left grinning as he completed his 100th IPL victory as captain at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chasing Rajasthan Royals\u2019 challening total of 151\/7, \nachieved thanks to some lusty hitting by Shreyas Goptal at the end that \ncost pacer Shardul Thakur 18 runs in the 20th over, Dhoni (58) and \nAmbati Rayudu rescued the champions from 24\/4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visitors still\n needed 18 off the final over, bowled by Ben Stokes. Controversy broke \nwhen the umpire at the non-striker\u2019s end first indicated no-ball for a \nwaist-high full toss and then quickly reversed it as the batsman \nMitchell Santner was well outside the crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dhoni had to come \neven before the powerplay overs could finish after the early loss of \nwickets. Some inspired bowling and fielding by Rajasthan Royals put CSK \non the backfoot. Dhawal Kulkarni gave the team a bright start, \ndismissing Shane Watson in the first over. Jofra Archer removed Suresh \nRaina with a direct hit and Jaydev Unadkat accounted for Faf du Plessis.\n Ben Stokes took a stunning catch at backward point to remove Kedar \nJadhav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dhoni and Rayudu played cautiously before the CSK skipper\n cut loose. At 88\/4 in 14 overs, CSK\u2019s innings seemed to have steadied \nwith skipper in command.Rajasthan Royals though missed the chance to put\n up a bigger total. At 53\/2 after five overs, they couldn\u2019t take off as \npoor shot selection pegged them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jos Buttler attacked pacer \nDeepak Chahar in the first over and Rahane hit three boundaries in \nsuccession; a backfoot punch off in-form Chahar stood out. But Chahar \ntrapped Rahane leg before, and Buttler, who smashed Thakur for three \nsuccessive fours, fell immediately after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rajasthan hopes \nrested on Sanju Samson and Steve Smith, but both were out playing sweep \nshots. Samson, who struck the first century of the season but missed two\n matches due to injury, top-edged left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner to \nsubstitute Dhruv Shorey. Ravindra Jadeja then accounted for Rahul \nTripathi and Smith. The strategy of playing two left- arm spinners \nworked perfectly for CSK.
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