Simarjeet sting

Chennai Super Kings CSK stayed in contention for a place in the IPL Playoffs with a fivewicket win over Rajasthan Royals RR after pacer Simarjeet Singh exemplified the home teamrsquos discipline with the ball with careerbest figures of 326 here on SundayUnusual dismissalIn a lowscoring match which had its share of drama with Ravindra Jadeja being given out for obstructing the field CSK chased down a target of 142 with 10 balls to spare on a tricky surfaceSkipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was the star for CSK with the bat remaining unbeaten on a 41ball 42Rachin Ravindra 27 off 18 balls and Gaikwad managed a 32run stand before the former was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin in the fourth overHowever that did not have any impact on Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell 22 off 13 balls as they maintained a runrate of over nine and ended the Powerplay at 56 for oneRookie Sameer Rizvi hit an eightball 15 not out with three fours to end the game in a jiffy after Jadeja became the third batter in IPL history to be adjudged out for obstructing the field after a miscommunication with Gaikwad who refused to go for a second run even as the allrounder was halfway down the pitchThe third man hurled it to Sanju Samson who aimed the ball at the bowlerrsquos end but the throw hit Jadeja RR appealed and the third umpire was convinced that Jadeja knew in which direction the ball was headingCSK needed 21 off the final four overs and the duo of Gaikwad and Rizvi got the job doneThe win took CSK to third place on the points table while RR suffered its third straight defeat but remained in second positionEarlier Simarjeet dished out his best performance in the IPL while helping CSK restrict RR to a modest total Man of the match Simarjeet who had been out of action for more than a year before this IPL thanked CSK management for taking good care of him ldquoI am very thankful to the CSK management the physio and my trainer to treat me the way they did when I was injured It is a blessingrdquoAlso ReadBats balls and what notFor the visitors the inform Riyan Parag topscored with a 35ball unbeaten 47 on a slow wicketCautious start by RROpting to bat the RR openers were off to a cautious start After RR ended the powerplay at 42 for no loss the 26yearold Simarjeet made the first breakthrough in the seventh over getting rid of Jaiswal 24 runs off 21 ballsSimarjeet came up with the second breakthrough in the ninth over with Jos Buttler 21 off 25 balls departingSamson failed to get going and it was Simarjeet again who grabbed the prized wicket of the RR skipper ending his 42run partnership with ParagDeshpande bowling the final over got rid of Jurel and Shubham Dubey 0 off 1 ball in consecutive deliveries Eventually the visitors didnrsquot get enough total on the board50No of IPL wins for CSK at ChepaukBrief scoresRR 1415 in 20 overs R Parag 47 S Singh 326 T Deshpande 230 lost to CSK 1455 in 182 overs R Gaikwad 42 R Ashwin 235 by five wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever