Match 25 : Dhoni led side Chennai as a visitors won the toss and chose to bowl first at Swami Man singh Stadium, Jaipur on Thursday. Rajasthan escorted Sanju Samson, Jaydev Unadkat and Riyan Parag in place of Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gowtham and Sudeshan Midhun while Mitchel Santner and Shardul Thakur comes in place of Harbhajan Singh and Scott Kuggelein for Chennai.

Comes with Bat Rajasthan Openers Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler brings off blitz start with 31 runs off 17 balls, Rahane then dismissed early on 14 runs off 11 balls at 2.5 overs while Buttler gone for 23 off 10 balls at 3.4 overs. However they have managed to posted 151 runs for 7 wickets infront of Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra Jadega had sensational four over spells, got 2 wickets and bagged the 100th IPL wickets mark in form of getting Steve Smith and Rahul Tripathi.

In reply, Chennai bruises with their top orders. They lost their openers early whereas Shane Watson was dismissed by Dhawal Kulkarni for a duck and Faf du Plessis got out by Jaydev Unadkat on 7 at the 4th over running. Suresh Raina missed a crucial part in the track got run out by Jofra Archers enormous throw. Then Ben Stokes had plucked his left with two hands at backward point and took a diving catch to get the dominant dismissal of Kedar Jadhav. Then the Captain Cool MS Dhoni comes on the crease and cumulated a crucial Partnership with Ambati Rayudu off 95 runs in 71 balls. Ben Stokes made Rayudu returns after nourishing his 18th IPL half century in 41 balls – He was dismissed for 57 in the 18th over with Shreyas Gopal taking an exceptional catch at midwicket. Then Dhoni was
forging the victory runways with Jadeja but again Ben Stokes strikes, dismissed him in the final over for 58.

Then CSK needed 8 to win in 3 balls. Littlebit drama took place in the final over a height no ball delivered by Stokes, MS Dhoni to come out on the field. After the drama was over, Mitchell Santner smashed a straight six and Santner finishes off in style. Chennai clinched victory by 4 wickets

Chennai Skipper MS Dhoni awarded the Player of the Match trophy, He said "They were able to build up pressure right till the end. Once you win games like these, you are able to take a lot. But it's important to work on the negatives that have not gone well, while enjoying the win. Otherwise it can come back to hurt   us later in the tournament. The outfield is big and fast. The ball was coming on nicely in the second half. In the last two overs, I felt we had to get two hits. If the wicket is not good, then it becomes slow. At the end of the day, individuals commit mistakes but the team has to take the blame if you have lost. It's important to see if we made an error in execution of plans (while bowling) or the opposition batsmen batted really well. We have got very good support over here, thanks to them. Not to forget, one of my biggest innings came here so special attachment with this place. Good things is we have won the game here so it gives us the liberty to test a few bowlers (in next game against KKR)."

The losing Captain Rahane: "I don't thinks so (I would have done anything different). Credit to our bowlers, we thought 150 was really low. Just because of Shreyas and Archer we got that many. We knew that if we take wickets early in the Powerplay we'll be in the game. Fielding will be very crucial we knew and we did well. Sanju was back that was a plus point. Jaydev was bowling really well so he came back and Riyan Parag, we thought we could get a few good overs. I still feel we need to win those crunch moments. Lots to learn for me as well, this is a challenge for me and I need to learn from my experiences."