Glenn Maxwell becomes IPL's new superstar with 95 vs CSK on Apr 18, 2014; watch video Glenn Maxwell announced his arrival to the Kings XI Punjab in style as he smashed the CSK bowlers for a valiant 95. Jofra Archer is not looking his best and seems disinterested. That’s a fantastic shot from Sanju Samson. Tidy start for CSK.It will be England’s left-arm seamer Sam Curran to share the new-ball with Chahar. 10 overs bowled in CSK’s chase. May be that man could be Steve Smith? It has been a tidy start by CSK seamers. This remains Jos Buttler’s highest score in the Indian Premier League to this day and it came against arguably the top team in the league. Absolute mayhem at Sharjah.SIX SIX! This partnership is now really hurting CSK.Another 14-run over to end the powerplay. An outstanding end to the innings thanks to Jofra Archer. Chasing a score of 177, the English cricketer dominated CSK bowlers scoring 95 runs off just 60 deliveries to take his side to a … Finally, Glenn Maxwell came out at No.3 and stitched a mammoth 115-run partnership with David Miller.Casually reverse sweeping balls for six at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Maxwell brought up his 50 in just 25 balls. It’ll be a free hit and we still have 4 balls left. The last one came from Steve Smith’s bat off a free hit. 16 runs coming from thus over but the problem is, CSK need close to 18 runs an over. CSK need more of those.Three overs bowled. He had battered to all parts of the ground today but now the experienced leggie gets the wicket of Robin Uthappa. Aaron Finch and David Warner put together an unbeaten 128-run stand for SRH against DD in Dubai – the highest partnership at the venue. They need 135 runs in 10 overs with six wickets in hand. But that doesn’t mean RR deserve this victory. Sanju Samson is in an overdrive and we all know what happens when he goes into that mode. I will have to find out how he bowls in the next match.”.30 runs from the last over. The spinner himself thought that the Australian all-rounder was “impatient” during the 2017 series against him. What hitting by Samson and Smith.A 19-ball fifty for Sanju Samson and he’s just started. A shortish delivery from Chahar, no venom on it. Dhoni has brought Lungi Ngidi into the attack. Curran made the mistake of coming down the track and missing it altogether.SIX, SIX! Yashasvi Jaiswal hits the first boundary of the match. There is no stopping Sanju Samson. Jadeja has taken two four-fer vs RR, one of them has come in UAE in 2014.Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Tom Curran, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat,Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi.Steve Smith: I have been involved with the Royals since 2014, it has been a while apart from a couple of years. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has been on a sabbatical from international cricket since the 2019 World Cup in England. That means, he might not keep for the death overs.A single down to long leg and that brings up the 100 for CSK in 11.5 overs. I’m Aritra Mukherjee and with me is Karan Prashant Saxena. It was not a good wicket. He can be very effective in those of sort of tracks. Where was this intent a few overs ago? After hitting a couple of sixes off Jadeja, he now gives the same treatment to Chawla. He has gone for the review after some consultation with Smith and it’s not the most smart one, three reds. It kept a bit low and Shane Watson went for the big pull shot but missed it. I would’ve said my mind is with the Royals too had Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes been available for selection but considering they are not, the odds are heavily stacked against RR. He did not stop though as he kept batting fearlessly with David Miller, taking the CSK bowlers to the cleaners. No real intent from Jadhav and Du Plessis. It was a wide delivery from Curran, Riyan Parag wanted to guide it down but ended up getting an outside edge to Dhoni, who takes good low catch.Sam Curran gets his man. Five dot balls in a row. 8 for Sanju Samson and he has hit four of those against Piyush Chawla.
Ruturaj Gaikwad makes his IPL debut.Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in the match no.5 of IPL 2020 in Sharjah.5 minutes to go for the toss. It was slow and I had to wait for the ball, it was not easy to hit if they bowled it on a length. It hit his pads and went back onto the stumps. CSK are in a far better position from what they were in the first time out. Are you ready?India U-19 star Yashasvi Jaiwasl is set to make his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals and he has received some encouraging words from Sunil Gavaskar, who said he is looking forward to watch the youngster go.A lot less grass on the pitch than the previous three matches, might see the ball turn more, the captain winning the toss should look to bat first, says former England batsman Kevin Pietersen.Rajasthan Royals - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Steve Smith, Jofra Archer, Sanju Samson, Jaydev Unadkat.Chennai Super Kings - Shane Watson, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar.Live pictures showing MS Dhoni practising leg-spin.
CSK would be hoping something similar from either Watson or Vijay.Murali Vijay and Shane Watson out to begin CSK’s chase.