The fine would mean nothing but a word of caution for Sanju Samson as the joy and satisfaction of beating CSK at home for the first time since 2008 was far greater.
Sanju Samson, the Rajasthan Royals captain, was fined ₹12 lakh after his side maintained a slow over rate in an IPL 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. “Rajasthan Royals have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match 17 against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Wednesday,” said IPL in a release.
“As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, captain Sanju Samson was fined ₹12 lakh,” the release added.
The fine would probably mean nothing but a word of caution for Sanju Samson as the joy and satisfaction of beating CSK for the first time in Chepauk since 2008 was far greater. And they did it in some style by denying a rampaging MS Dhoni a six or a four off the final ball of the match to walk away with a three-run victory.
Much of the credit must go to Sandeep Sharma for nailing two yorkers – one outside off-stump to Jadeja and one to Dhoni – when CSK needed 6 runs off 2 balls. And he did that after Dhoni had muscled him for two sixes earlier in the same over.
“You have to give credit to the boys. The bowlers kept their cool at the end and bowled really well, we also held on to our catches. I don’t have good memories at Chepauk, never won here and wanted to win today. The ball was gripping and hence, we brought Zampa in as the impact player. We had a good powerplay with Rutu getting out and the thought was if we can get out of the powerplay without giving away too much then we have the spinners to do the job,” said Sanju Samson after the match.
The victory took RR to the top of the IPL 2023 points table with three wins in four outings. The best side on paper has so far delivered the goods on the field too. Sanju Samson, who got out for a two-ball duck, would hope to get back amongst runs but moreover, he would want his team to continue with the winning momentum.
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IPL 2023 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by three runs in the IPL on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 176, Chennai Super Kings were restricted to 172 for 6 as Sandeep Sharma nailed two perfect blockhole deliveries to keep Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32 off 17 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (25 off 15 balls) under check. Ravichandran Ashwin was the best RR bowler on view with figures of 2/25.
Earlier, Jos Buttler scored 52 off 36 balls as Rajasthan Royals posted a competitive 175 for 8 after batting first. Buttler hit three sixes and a four in his knock while adding 77 for the second wicket with Devdutt Padikkal (38 off 26 balls). Ashwin (30 off 22 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer (30 off 18 balls) also made valuable contributions. Ravindra Jadeja (2/21) had the best figures for CSK while rookie Akash Singh and young Tushar Deshpande also got two wickets apiece.