Match 52 Facts and Scorecard: CSK breach Royals Fort, move to 2nd place

Chennai Super Kings surprised many by defeating Rajasthan Royals comfortably at forte Jaipur.

Match Facts

Match 52
Venue: Jaipur
Captains: Dhoni (CSK), Warne (RR)
Toss: RR
Result: CSK def RR by 63 runs
MOM: Murali Vijay
3wkts or more: 3/22 by Bollinger
6s: 7 (CSK 6, RR 1)
4s: 28 (CSK 19, RR 9)
50s: 2 (1 each)
50-plus partnerships: 77 1st wkt Hussey and Vijay (CSK)
58 2nd wkt Vijay and Raina (CSK)

Records

Murali Vijay earned his first MOM of 2011.
CSK and RR have now 4 wins each in 8 clashes.

Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)

Mike Hussey b Botha 46 runs 30 balls 8 4s
Vijay run out 53 runs 40 balls 2 4s 3 6s
Raina b Singh 43 runs 27 balls 6 4s
Dhoni not out 41 runs 19 balls 3 4s 3 6s
Morkel not out 5 runs 4 balls
Extras (lb 2, w 6) 8
Total (20 overs) 196/3

Fall of wickets

1-77 (Hussey, 9.2 ov), 2-135 (Vijay, 14.4 ov), 3-179 (Raina, 18.3 ov)

Bowling

Menaria 2 ov 17/0
Amit Singh 4 ov 40/1
Watson 4 ov 47/0
Botha 4 ov 23/1
Warne 4 ov 34/0
Trivedi 2 ov 33/0

Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 197 runs from 20 overs)

Watson c Jakati b Ashwin 11 runs 10 balls 1 four
Dravid c Dhoni b Bollinger 20 runs 16 balls 2 4s
Rahane c Raina b Bravo 52 runs 36 balls 7 4s
Ross Taylor c Saha b Morkel 6 runs 8 balls
Menaria c Dhoni b Ashwin 2 runs 5 balls
Botha c & b Bollinger 14 runs 17 balls
Raut run out 19 runs 14 balls 1 four 1 six
Yagnik b Bollinger 3 runs 7 balls
Amit Singh c & b Raina 1 run 2 balls
Trivedi not out 0
Warne c Bravo b Raina 0
Extras (w 5) 5
Total (19.3 overs) 133

Fall of wickets

1-27 (Dravid, 3.4 ov), 2-48 (Watson, 5.5 ov), 3-63 (Taylor, 8.2 ov), 4-70 (Menaria, 9.5 ov), 5-105 (Rahane, 14.1 ov), 6-129 (Raut, 17.3 ov), 7-132 (Yagnik, 18.4 ov), 8-133 (Botha, 18.6 ov), 9-133 (Singh, 19.1 ov), 10-133(Warne, 19.3 ov)

Bowling

Morkel 3 ov 21/1
Bollinger 4 ov 22/3
Bravo 4 ov 36/1
Ashwin 4 ov 24/2
Jakati 4 ov 30/0
Raina 0.3 ov 0/2