Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, Jaipur
Tanvir six-for razes Chennai for 109
May 4, 2008
20 overs Chennai Super Kings 109 (Morkel 42, Tanvir 6-14) v Rajasthan Royals
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
A red-hot spell from Sohail Tanvir during which he took 6 for 14 - the best figures at any level of Twenty20 cricket - decimated the Chennai Super Kings for 109 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The spell meant that Rajasthan Royals had to chase the lowest target in the Indian Premier League to win their fifth consecutive game and move to the top of the points table.
Tanvir exploited the seamer-friendly conditions, there was swing and bounce, and gave Rajasthan a perfect start, nailing both openers for ducks in the first over. Parthiv Patel played across the line and missed an incutter first ball and Stephen Fleming fell in similar fashion four deliveries later. Both those wickets were to balls that came into the left-hander but Tanvir picked up his third with the one that went away and induced an outside edge from S Vidyut in his second over. Chennai were reeling at 11 for 3 and Rajasthan's dominance was emphasised by a rare sight in Twenty20 cricket - a slip cordon populated by three fielders.
Fourteen runs came off the fifth over, bowled by Siddarth Trivedi, and when S Badrinath played an orthodox square-drive and a flick to get take boundaries off the sixth, Chennai seemed to be recovering. However Watson, who used the bouncer effectively, took a simple return catch after Badrinath top-edged a miscued pull. Chennai had been pushed further back just when they were taking half a step forward.
With Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the two highest run-getters in Chennai's line-up, batting together a competitive total was gettable. However, Rajasthan captain Shane Warne further dented Chennai's hopes when he won the battle against his opposite number Dhoni: his first ball pitched outside leg and spun right across Dhoni's off stump and two deliveries later, a flighted leg break took the outside edge to Graeme Smith at slip.
Rania and Albie Morkel staged a recovery of sorts after Chennai were reduced to 44 for 5. After played out a few economical overs, Morkel slog-swept Warne for two fours through square-leg and swatted a straight six in an over that cost 17. Yusuf Pathan even dropped a sitter at long-on to give Raina a reprieve but the batsman didn't capitalise, holing out to Tanvir at long-off soon after.
Just as in his first spell, Tanvir struck with the first delivery of his second as well, this time Morkel was bowled as he slogged across the line. The tail found Tanvir's skiddy pace and immaculate line to hard to negotiate and Chennai were dismissed in the 19th over, a drastic fall in batting fortunes after the departure of Australians Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 24th match Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 4 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets (with 34 balls remaining) |
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| Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| PA Patel | lbw b Sohail Tanvir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| SP Fleming | lbw b Sohail Tanvir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| S Vidyut | c Warne b Sohail Tanvir | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| SK Raina | c Sohail Tanvir b Patel | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| S Badrinath | c & b Watson | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 107.14 | |||
  | MS Dhoni | c Smith b Warne | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
| JA Morkel | b Sohail Tanvir | 42 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 127.27 | |||
| Joginder Sharma | c Sohail Tanvir b Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| M Gony | not out | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| M Muralitharan | b Sohail Tanvir | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| M Ntini | b Sohail Tanvir | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.66 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 2) | 7 | |||||||
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| Total | (all out; 19 overs) | 109 | (5.73 runs per over) | ||||||
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3.50 | ||
| SR Watson | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | (2w) | |
| MM Patel | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4.00 | ||
| SK Trivedi | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | ||
| SK Warne | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.66 | ||
| YK Pathan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
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| Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 110 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| GC Smith | not out | 35 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 79.54 | |||
| SA Asnodkar | c Ntini b Vidyut | 32 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 106.66 | |||
| YK Pathan | c Raina b Muralitharan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 | |||
| SR Watson | not out | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 175.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, w 14, nb 1) | 21 | |||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 14.2 overs) | 110 | (7.67 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat M Rawat, M Kaif, RA Jadeja, SK Warne, Sohail Tanvir, SK Trivedi, MM Patel |
| Fall of wickets1-78 (Asnodkar, 10.1 ov), 2-92 (Pathan, 11.6 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| M Ntini | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | ||
| M Gony | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | ||
| JA Morkel | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | (1nb, 3w) | |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | (2w) | |
| SK Raina | 1.2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7.50 | ||
| S Vidyut | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11.00 | (1w) |
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Toss Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat first
Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
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