Swashbuckling Shivam Dube Saves Chennai's Pride vs RR

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A swashbuckling half-century from Shivam Dube kept Chennai Super Kings in the chase of 203 runs against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur for a while. With CSK almost out in the chase, the hard-hitting started taking on the RR bowlers at their home, and as a result, he slammed a fighting fifty off just 29 deliveries, but a tight 19th over from Jason Holder - where he gave just 9 runs - tightened the screws.

Needing 37 runs off 6 balls, the table-toppers couldn't go past the line now, as their train has been long gone. And then, debutant Kuldip Yadav followed Holder's over with an even better last over, giving just 4 runs and helping the Royals register a massive 32-run win.

After RR's assault in the evening - when Yashavi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal broke the bank against CSK bowlers, smoking 202 runs in the first innings - Chennai batters never looked in the chase.

The visitors kept losing wickets on regular wickets as the RR tweakers broke the opposition's top order's back. Adam Zampa and Ravi Ashwin shared the majority of wickets, but after their enthralling spells, Dube broke his leash.

With 46 needing off the last two overs, the game could have gone anywhere, but then Holder and Yadav thumped the final nail, lending just 13 runs off the final two.