{"id":20274,"date":"2025-03-31T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T03:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=20274"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T03:04:59","slug":"rajasthan-royals-secure-first-ipl-win-defeat-chennai-super-kings-by-6-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/rajasthan-royals-secure-first-ipl-win-defeat-chennai-super-kings-by-6-wickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajasthan Royals Secure First IPL Win, Defeat Chennai Super Kings by 6 Wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p class=\"\" data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"290\"><strong>Kathmandu. March 31 :<\/strong> Rajasthan Royals registered their first victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a commanding 6-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling match on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"696\">Chasing a target of 183 runs, Chennai fell short, managing only 176 runs for 6 wickets in their 20 overs. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad led the scoring with a 63-run knock off 44 balls, smashing 7 fours and 1 six. Ravindra Jadeja (32), Rahul Tripathi (23), Shivam Dube (18), MS Dhoni (16), and Jamie Overton (11) also contributed, but their efforts weren\u2019t enough to secure a win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"927\">Rajasthan\u2019s bowling attack was spearheaded by Wanindu Hasaranga, who claimed 4 wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma chipped in with a wicket each, restricting Chennai\u2019s batting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1393\">Earlier, Rajasthan, batting first after losing the toss, posted a competitive total of 182\/9 in 20 overs at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Nitish Rana was the standout performer, scoring a blazing 81 runs off just 36 balls, hammering 10 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Riyan Parag (37), Sanju Samson (20), and Shimron Hetmyer (19) provided valuable support, while the rest of the batting lineup struggled to make an impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1593\">Chennai\u2019s bowlers put up a fight, with Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, and Matheesha Pathirana taking two wickets each, while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja grabbed one apiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1811\">With this win, Rajasthan Royals moved to 9th place in the standings with 2 points from 3 matches, while Chennai Super Kings, having played one extra game, hold 2 points and sit at 7th place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. March 31 : Rajasthan Royals registered their first victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a commanding 6-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling match on Sunday night. Chasing a target of 183 runs, Chennai fell short, managing only 176 runs for 6 wickets in their 20 overs. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20276,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20274\/revisions\/20276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}