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In the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Chennai Super Kings 🌟(CSK) by five wickets at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. With the victory, the Royals reached ✃seꦍcond place in the points table.
Chasing a paltry target of 151, the contest went down to the wi🦂re, where RR eventually managed to seal the win with two balls to spare and five wickets in hand.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin 𝔉were the chief arch๊itects behind the successful chase. While Yashasvi scored a brilliant 59 off 44 deliveries, Ashwin remained unbeaten at 40 to take the Royals home.
Earlier, Moeen Ali guided Chennai to a respectable total as the rest of the batters failed to make a mark. The left-handed batter smacked a brilliant🤪 knock of 93 runs from 57 deliveries with the help of 16 boundaries, including three sixes.
For the Royals, Obed McCoy and Yuzvendra Chahal were the p♌ick of the bowlers. McCoy bagged a two-wicket haul for 20 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Similarly, Chahal also took two scalps while conceding 26 runs in🅰 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Playoffs Qualification ✅
No. 2⃣ in the Points Table ✅Congratulations to the -led . 👏 👏
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
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— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
all the way to no. 2⃣ on the points tab🅰le! 💪, time to celebrate this 5-wicket victory in with your favourite GIF! 😍
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
The top two bowling units in the 🔜have finished at 1 & 2. If this doesn’t tell us the importance of focusing on making a robust bowling unit in T20s…nothing will.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Last time RR finished inꦆ the To💮p 2, they won the IPL.
For the teams who qualify for the playoffs, RR is t🔯he only one who are🐷 former IPL champions
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Congratula😼tions RR for playing the positive brand of cricket. Quality 5 bowlers always helps.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Congratulations for sealing the second spot on the table. Welไl batted 👏 It’s delightful to see you fillܫing in different batting spots in the team.
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Congratulations for making into the play-offs after 4 years, did a fantastic job by investing two best spinners from India, Hetmyer in the middle order – two areas they struggled in the last few years and covered some issues with these three players.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
🤩🏏 VAATHI TO T🌼HE RESCUE! Not only with the ball, but we have seen some of the best of Ashwin with the bat this season!
🙌 He takes them across the l👍ine and t🧸o the qualifier 1!
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
