Chennai Super Kings had to win at least one match to reach the semis and on the other hand Rajasthan Royals were up above on the points table and were in no pressure about their position in semis.So Rajasthan Royals captain won the toss and chose to bat first.Watson was given rest in this match and Kamran Akmal was given chance to play.
again the openers weer Asnodkar and Grame Smith.The opening partnership was of 127 and Asnodkar was the first one to get out who scored 41 of 27 with 5 fours and 2 sixes.Kamran Akmal was send to bat on three.G Smith made 91 of 51 with 9 fours and 4 sixes.Kamran Akmal made 53 not out of 28 with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Rajasthan Royals were able to out up a total of 211 in their 20 overs with the loss of 5 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings needed good start from their openers to be able to chase this big target.Fleming got run out in the second over then Raina came to bat.Raina played a great innning of 45 in 24 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes.He got out in the 9th over when score was 84.Ater the wicket of Raina Morkal was send to bat for his team.Morkal and Patel had a good partnership and it this time the match was evenly balanced.Patel got out in the 15th over when score was 157.He made 54 of 40.Then Dhoni came to bat and was able to just score 12 and afer that only Morkal was the one to score runs and they lost the match by 10 runs.They requied 11 of last two balls but Tanveer was able to take two wickets of these two balls.Chennai Super Kings the match but Morkal got the man of the match.Sohail Tanveer took three wickets and Warne took two wickets for their team.
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