CSK vs RR, Match 12, IPL 2021

Sanju Samson called tails and opted to bowl. Both sides named unchanged XIs

Faf du Plessis got CSK off to flier. He scooped Unadkat over fine leg off successive balls on his way to hitting 18 runs in the over

Chris Morris dismissed a dangerous looking Faf du Plessis for a 17-ball 33

Moeen Ali timed the sweetly in his stay of 26 off 20 balls

Ambati Rayudu played an attacking 17-ball 27 before being caught on the boundary off Sakariya

Thala replaced Chinna Thala at the crease

Morris got Jadeja with a short ball immediately after conceding a boundary

Chetan Sakariya foxed MS Dhoni with a slower ball to bag a 3-fer

MS Dhoni lost the bottom hand grip trying to hit a Sakariya slower ball and perished for 18 off 17 balls

Sam Curran was run-out for 13 off 6 balls looking for a non-existent second run

Chetan Sakariya dismissed Rayudu, Rain and Dhoni stall CSK in the middle overs

Bravo made 20 off 8 balls to propel CSK to 188

Sam Curran got Vohra and Samson early

Jadeja got the ball to turn big and beat Buttler's outside edge to castle him on 49

Jadeja dismissed Dube LBW in the same over

Moeen Ali came in after Buttler's departure to trap Miller LBW

Moeen got Parag and Morris in his next over as the Royals lost 5 wickets for 10 runs to lose their way

CSK treated themselves to a 45-run sweet win on the same day they made their IPL debut in 2008. The win lifted their net run rate to +1.194 - the best of the season