Rajasthan Royals
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made a brilliant debut by defeating Mumbai Indians in their first match in IPL 2025 but since then the team lost 2 consecutive matches. Chennai lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their second match and now lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their third match. In this match played in Guwahati, Rajasthan Royals registered the first win of the season by defeating Chennai by 6 runs thanks to Nitish Rana’s brilliant batting and leg -spinner Vanindu Hasranga’s amazing bowling.
Hasranga has a big record
Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored a score of 182 runs on the basis of Nitish Rana’s innings of 81 runs. In response, the Chennai team could only manage 176 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan’s spin bowler Vanindu Hasranga had a big hand in curbing the Chennai batsmen, who hunted 4 batsmen for just 35 runs in his 4 -over coat and made a special record in the IPL.
Hasranga hunted Rahul Tripathi, Chennai captain Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey and Vijay Shankar. In this way he became the third spinner to take 4 wickets in the match against Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Earlier, this big act was done by Harbhajan Singh and Brad Hogs only. Not only this, Rajasthan is only the second bowler to take 4 or more wickets in the IPL match against Hasranga CSK. Earlier in IPL 2008, Sohail Tanveer took 6 wickets for 14 runs.
Spinner who took 4 wickets in the match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL
- 5/18 – Harbhajan Singh (Mi), Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, 2011
- 4/29 – Brad Hog (KKR), Kolkata, 2015
- 4/35 – Vanindu Hasranga (RR), Guwahati, 2025
Captain Gaikwad’s innings went waste
Chasing the target, Chennai captain Rituraj Gaikwad scored a brilliant 63 runs, but the team suffered a second consecutive defeat due to lack of support from other batsmen. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is considered to be the world’s best finisher, could not reach the team’s threshold.
Dhoni, who came out to bat at number nine in the last match, came to bat at number seven this time when Chennai needed 39 runs in 12 balls. He hit a four and a six off the balls of Tushar Deshpande, but lost his wicket off Sandeep Sharma in the last over. Shimron Hetmyer, standing near the boundary, diverted his brilliant catch by diving forward, which also ended Chennai’s hopes of victory.
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