MS Dhoni accomplished yet one more stumping following a surprising ploy from R Ashwin to dismiss Nitish Rana throughout the IPL 2025 encounter between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. Nitish seemed in supreme kind as he slammed 81 off simply 36 deliveries. However, it was an excellent little bit of planning from Ashwin that led to his wicket. During the twelfth over of the RR innings, Nitish stepped out of his crease to hit Ashwin for giant one however the veteran spinner delivered his ball extensive off the off stump. The batter missed it utterly and Dhoni had the straightforward activity to finishing the stumping
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad received the toss and opted to bowl.
In lower than 48 hours, after Royal Challengers Bengaluru breached their fortress in Chepauk for the primary time since 2008, CSK is again in motion for his or her project in Guwahati.
R. Ashwin obtained his man Nitish Rana 81(36)
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Considering the circumstances that Barsapara Cricket Stadium provided within the earlier fixture, the Super Kings spinners are more likely to get pleasure from a bit extra success than they did towards RCB.
On the opposite hand, the Royals are nonetheless in hunt for his or her first win of the season. Rajasthan misplaced its opener towards hard-hitting Sunrisers Hyderabad and returned to their dwelling in Assam solely to lose towards the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders.
After profitable the toss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad stated, “Looks a good wicket, better than the last game that was played here, so we’ll look to chase. So far, so good; it was a quick turnaround, very little time for us, but that’s how the IPL is. We have to be ready. We have come here for the first time as a franchise; it’s good to see all the love we’ve got. Two changes: Overton is in for Curran, and Vijay Shankar is in as well.”
Rajasthan Royals’ stand-in skipper Riyan Parag stated throughout the time of the toss, “Would’ve done the same as well. My hometown, been brought up here and played a lot of cricket here. It is a surreal feeling to play in front of all these people. We’ve done well in small bits, it’s about coming together and putting up a collective performance. Same team for us.”
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.
(With ANI inputs)
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