Match 22: CSK v. RR: Raina's 98 gives CSK the much needed Victory!

Raina's 98 helped CSK to put a good fighting total against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, April 30. Though he thought to have reached 100 in the last over, the mistake on the scorebard disappointed Raina as he got out in the next ball with 2 runs short of his maiden century in IPL.

With Hayden and Patel dismissed early in the innings, CSK were under pressure to put a decent total which can be restricted.

At the end of power play, CSK were 40 for 2 inclding the 14 scored of Y Pathan's over. The momentum was built during the 9th over bowled by Trivedi in which Raina scored 3 fours. He also hit 2 fours in the 10th over to take the score to 81 for 2.

Badrinath's 29 helped CSK build parternship for the 3rd wicket. He was stumped off Warne trying to slog.

Oram didn't succeed as he got out for 2. At the end of 15 overs, CSK were 104 for 4 with Raina on 65 and Dhoni on 2.

Raina hit 2 fours of Trivedi's over again during 17th over. He then hit the strike bowler Kamaran Khan for 3 sixes in the 18th over and added 24 to the total.

Rajasthan Royals lost wickets regularly and was never in the game. Yousuf Pathan once again looked dangerous as he hit 3 fours of his 20 in 13 balls, but his regular shot ended as a catch at long off. RA Jadeja top scored for RR with 37.

Balaji picked 4 wickets for 21 runs while Morkal and Oram picked 2 each.

Scoreboard:

Match # 22
Date: Thursday April 30, 2009
Teams: Chennai Super Kings v. Rajasthan Royals
Captains: Dhoni and Warne
Toss: RR, decided to field
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Result: CSK won by 38 runs
Points: CSK 2; RR 0
Man of the Match: SK Raina off CSK

Chennai Super Kings Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
P Patel	c K Khan b Y Pathan	3	11	0	0
Hayden	b Y Pathan	1	2	0	0
SK Raina	c G Smith b M Patel	98	55	10	5
Badrinath	st Rawat b Warne	29	27	4	0
Oram	c Mascarenhas b M Patel	2	6	0	0
Dhoni	Not Out	22	19	0	1
A Morkel	Not Out	4	1	1	0
Extras	(lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	5	-	-	-
Total	for 5 wkts in 20 overs	164	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Hayden, 1.1 ov), 2-17 (Patel, 3.3 ov), 3-84 (Badrinath, 11.1 ov), 4-88 (Oram, 12.5 ov), 5-159 (Raina, 19.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mascarenhas	3.2	0	26	0
Y Pathan	3	0	17	2
K Khan	2.4	0	35	0
M Patel	4	0	25	2
Trivedi	3	0	35	0
Warne	4	0	24	1

Rajasthan Royals Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Quiney	lbw b Raina	28	31	4	0
G Smith	c Badrinath b A Morkel	2	5	0	0
Asnodkar	hit wkt b A Morkel	10	8	0	1
RA Jadeja	c Hayden b Balaji	37	33	2	1
Y Pathan	c Raina b Balaji	20	13	3	0
Mascarenhas	c Muralitharan b Oram	8	8	1	0
Warne	c Badrinath b Balaji	3	9	0	0
Rawat	Not Out	8	6	1	0
M Patel	c P Patel b Oram	0	1	0	0
Trivedi	c Raina b Balaji	2	3	0	0
K Khan	Hurt and Absent	-	-	0	0
Extras	(lb 5, w 3)	8	-	-	-
Total	all out in 19.3 overs	126	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Smith, 1.6 ov), 2-29 (Asnodkar, 5.3 ov), 3-55 (Quiney, 9.3 ov), 4-86 (Pathan, 12.6 ov), 5-98 (Mascarenhas, 14.6 ov), 6-114 (Jadeja, 17.3 ov), 7-117 (Warne, 17.6 ov), 8-117 (Patel, 18.1 ov), 9-126 (Trivedi, 19.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Tyagi	2	0	8	0
A Morkel	4	0	21	2
Oram	4	0	27	2
Muralitharan	4	0	33	0
Raina	2	0	11	1
Balaji	3.3	0	21	4