Delhi: In the 11th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 runs to register their first win of the season. This exciting match was played in Guwahati. Batting first, the Rajasthan team scored a score of 182/9 in 20 overs. Chasing the target, Chennai’s team could reach 176/6 despite playing the entire over and lost the match by 6 runs.
Rajasthan’s innings did not start well and Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) was dismissed early. Subsequently, Sanju Samson (20), Nitish Rana (81) and Ryan Parag (37) played important innings. However, the middle -order batsmen could not do special performance, due to which the team could not touch the 200 mark.
From Chennai, Rachin Ravindra returned to the pavilion without opening an account. Ruturaj Gaikwad (63) played a good innings for the team, but the team could not reach the target.
Nitish Rana hit the 19th IPL half -century
Nitish Rana landed for batting after Jaiswal was dismissed at the score of 4 runs as the first wicket. As soon as he came, he expressed his intentions by hitting a six off the ball of Jamie overton. Batting Rana, Rana completed his half -century in just 21 balls and played a brilliant innings of 81 runs in 36 balls with the help of 10 fours and 5 sixes. In this match, Nitish Rana scored his fastest half -century in the IPL. Earlier, his fastest half -century came in 25 balls against SRH in IPL 2023.
Rana has now joined the list of batsmen who scored half-centuries during the powerplay while playing in number-3 or lower order. The list already includes the names of Suresh Raina, Moin Ali, Ajinkya Rahane and Riddhiman Saha.
Sanju Samson completed 4,500 IPL runs
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson scored 20 runs in 16 balls and completed 4,500 runs in his IPL career during this period. He has scored 4,518 runs in 166 innings of 171 matches with an average of 30.73 and a strike rate of 139.27, including 3 centuries and 26 half -centuries. Apart from Rajasthan Royals, he has also played for Delhi Capitals (DC).
Khalil Ahmed completed 150 T20 wickets
CSK fast bowler Khalil Ahmed took 2 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs. He dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jofra Archer. In this match, he completed 150 wickets of his T20 career. Khalil has taken 150 wickets in 117 T20 matches so far, while in IPL he has taken 80 wickets in 60 matches.
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