RR vs CSK IPL3 24th Match Result - Rajashan beat Chennai by 17 runs, Naman Oja hit 48 balls 80 runs

Underdog Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs in a high scoring match in the 25th match of 2010 Indian Premier League - IPL3, in the first game of Sunday, 28th March, 2010 at Ahmedabad. RR made 177/8 in 20 overs and CSKmade 160/6 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals got a good start by Lumb 30 and Naman Ojha who played a brilliant inning of 80 runs off just 48 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. In reply Chennai Super Kings regularly lost wickets due to good bowling by Shaun Tait and Trivedi and as only M Vijay scored 42 runs.

Match Summary:

Rajasthan Royals - 177/8 in 20 overs (Ojha 80, Tushara 2-28)

Chennai Super Kings - 160/6 in 20 overs (Vijay 42, Tait 2-22)

Toss - Rajasthan Royals, who chose to bat

Man of the Match - Naman Ojha (Rajasthan Royals)

Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 17 runs.

Match Information Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL) Toss: Rajasthan Royals (Elected to bat) Match Status: Rajasthan Royals won by 17 runs Man of the Match: Naman Ojha

Batting: Chennai Super Kings Innings

Batsmen Chennai Super Kings (160/6 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Matthew Hayden c & b Y Pathan 19 14 1 1 135.71 Murali Vijay run out (Y Pathan) 42 28 4 2 150.00 Suresh Raina b S Warne 14 12 1 0 116.67 MS Dhoni (c) (wk) run out (A Voges/N Ojha) 21 19 2 0 110.53 Subramaniam Badrinath c Y Pathan b S Tait 25 27 2 0 92.59 Albie Morkel c F Fazal b S Tait 28 12 1 3 233.33 Arun Karthik not out 3 5 0 0 60.00 Thilan Thushara not out 2 3 0 0 66.67 Shadab Jakati Joginder Sharma Muttiah Muralitharan Extras: b - 0, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 3 6 Total:(160 for 6 in 20 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8.00

Fall Of Wickets

1/24 (Matthew Hayden, 3.4 ov.), 2/75 (Murali Vijay, 8.4 ov.), 3/79 (Suresh Raina, 9.4 ov.), 4/123 (MS Dhoni, 15.4 ov.), 5/151 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 18.1 ov.), 6/155 (Albie Morkel, 18.5 ov.)

Bowling: Rajasthan Royals

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Yusuf Pathan 4 0 26 1 0 2 6.5 Sumit Narwal 3 0 49 0 0 1 16.3 Shaun Tait 4 0 22 2 0 0 5.5 Shane Warne 4 0 34 1 0 0 8.5 Siddharth Trivedi 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5 Adam Voges 1 0 8 0 0 0 8.0

Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings

Batsmen Rajasthan Royals (177/8 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Michael Lumb c T Thushara b A Morkel 30 16 3 2 187.50 Naman Ojha (wk) c J Sharma b T Thushara 80 49 6 5 163.27 Faiz Fazal c M Vijay b S Jakati 17 18 1 0 94.44 Yusuf Pathan c S Raina b S Jakati 8 6 1 0 133.33 Adam Voges c M Muralitharan b A Morkel 20 19 1 0 105.26 Abhishek Jhunjunwala c M Vijay b T Thushara 11 6 2 0 183.33 Paras Dogra run out (M Dhoni/T Thushara) 5 3 1 0 166.67 Sumit Narwal not out 2 2 0 0 100.00 Shane Warne (c) run out (S Jakati/M Dhoni) 0 0 0 0 0.00 Shaun Tait not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Siddharth Trivedi Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 1 3 Total:(177 for 8 in 20 overs) 177 Run Rate: 8.85

Fall Of Wickets

1/47 (Michael Lumb, 3.6 ov.), 2/100 (Faiz Fazal, 10.6 ov.), 3/117 (Yusuf Pathan, 12.4 ov.), 4/155 (Naman Ojha, 17.3 ov.), 5/162 (Adam Voges, 18.2 ov.), 6/174 (Paras Dogra, 19.2 ov.), 7/174 (Abhishek Jhunjunwala, 19.3 ov.), 8/175 (Shane Warne, 19.4 ov.)

Bowling: Chennai Super Kings

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Albie Morkel 4 0 46 2 0 0 11.5 Thilan Thushara 4 0 28 2 0 1 7.0 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 0 34 0 0 1 8.5 Joginder Sharma 2 0 23 0 0 0 11.5 Suresh Raina 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5 Shadab Jakati 4 0 30 2 0 0 7.5