Royals’ Dube sinks Chennai in Abu Dhabi

RR’s Shivam Dube celebrates his 50 against CSK at Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Pic/BCCI; IPL

Ruturaj Gaikwad's magnificent unbeaten century went in vain as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets here on Saturday. Chasing an imposing target of 190, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (50 off 21 balls) and Shivam Dube (64 not out off 42 balls) hit half centuries as RR reached 190-3 in 17.3 overs to win the match.

Promoted to No. 4, left-hander Dube toyed with the CSK bowling to an extent. Captain Sanju Samson and Evin Lewis contributed 28 and 27 respectively in a show of batting prowess.

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Earlier, Gaikwad took his bat through the innings with his 60-ball unbeaten knock of 101 which had nine fours and five sixes after CSK were asked to bat first.
Ravindra Jadeja contributed 32 off just 15 balls while Faf du Plessis made 25.

Brief scores
CSK 189-4 in 20 overs (R Gaikwad 101', R Jadeja 32'; R Tewatia 3-39) lost to RR 190-3 in 17.3 overs (S Dube 64', Y Jaiswal 50; S Thakur 2-30) by seven wickets.

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