Nail-Biting Last Ball Finish: Rajasthan Royals Edge Out Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023 Thriller

In a nail-biting encounter, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings through three runs in the seventeenth healthy of the Indian T20 League 2023. The healthy was once held at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 12th April 2023.

CSK Vs RR
Winning the toss, Rajasthan decided to bat first. Though they lost their opener early, Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal built a solid partnership of 77 runs to give Rajasthan a good start. However, some late heroics from Ravichandran Ashwin and Shimron Hetmyer helped Rajasthan reach a competitive total of 175-8.
Here is the top performer of 1s t innings:

In reply, Chennai lost in-form opener Ruturaj Gaikwad early, and the pressure was on them. But Ajinkya Rahane and Devon Conway played some good shots and added 68 runs for the second wicket to put Chennai back in the game. However, Conway's wicket triggered a collapse, and Chennai found themselves at 113-6. But MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja saved fighting, and with some outstanding power-hitting, took the healthy to the remaining over, desiring 5 runs to win in last ball.

With the crowd on their feet, Sandeep Sharma took the ball and bowled the ultimate over.. Dhoni hit a sixers off the 3rd and 4th ball, and it seemed like Chennai would win. However, Sharma kept his cool and conceded only one run in the next three balls and the match was all but over. Sharmaconceded a single run on the last ball, and Rajasthan won by three runs.
Here Is the 2nd innings tops performers:

The Heroic perfomance with the bat and ball of Ravi Ashwin is the player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (RR) 30 (22) & 2/25 (4.0)