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03/30 12:51 CDT Young Sooryavanshi hits 15-ball fifty as Rajasthan thumps
Chennai by eight wickets in IPL
Young Sooryavanshi hits 15-ball fifty as Rajasthan thumps Chennai by eight
wickets in IPL
GUWAHATI, India (AP) --- Young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a 15-ball
half-century as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Chennai Super Kings in the Indian
Premier League on Monday.
On a pitch which was under covers for most of the last two days due to wet
weather, Chennai was put in and crumbled to 127 all out in 19.4 overs. All six
Rajasthan bowlers shared the wickets.
The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi was dropped on the first ball he faced from Matt
Henry but powered the chase with 52 off 17 balls --- raising the third fastest
fifty in the IPL --- as Rajasthan cruised to 128-2 in only 12.1 overs.
Sooryavanshi's miscued pull shot against Henry was dropped by debutant Kartik
Sharma, a tough two-handed catch over his shoulders while running backward from
midwicket. Sharma failed to chase the ball and dribbled over the boundary, the
first of Sooryavanshi's four boundaries plus five sixes.
Sooryavanshi gave Rajasthan a blazing start of 74-0 in the powerplay. He
clobbered wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad for successive sixes and raised his
half-century off just 15 balls before he holed out to Sarfaraz Khan at sweeper
cover in the seventh over.
Fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had a front row seat to Sooryavanshi's artistry.
He was dropped on 26 before finishing 38 not out off 36 balls.
New Rajasthan skipper Riyan Parag's decision to bowl first in favorable
conditions was vindicated when Chennai slumped to 38-4 against the express pace
of Jofra Archer (2-19) and Nandre Burger (2-26).
Former Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson (6) had a forgetful first game for his
new franchise Chennai when Burger flattened his off stump with a 140 kph
delivery.
Samson was hired to fix the top order batting issues for Chennai, which
finished in last place last season, but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also made only
6 when he exposed his stumps against Archer's pace and was clean bowled.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2-18), playing for Rajasthan after 17 seasons
with Chennai, struck twice in his first over to reduce Chennai further to 57-6.
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni not available for the first two weeks due to a calf
injury, Chennai was in danger of opening its campaign with less than 100 runs.
But Jamie Overton top-scored with 43 off 36 balls before he was run out in the
last over.
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