Man Of The Match -- Naman Ojha's

Rajasthan Royals 177 for 8 (Ojha 80, Jakati 2-30, Thushara 2-28) beat Chennai Super Kings 160 for 6 (Vijay 42, Tait 2-22) by 17 runs

Naman Ojha's bat, Yusuf Pathan's right arm and some steady nerves from the fast bowlers proved enough to flummox Chennai Super Kings and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in a row. Ojha's first half-century of the season, and best score in the IPL, propelled Rajasthan to a formidable total before a miserly spells from Yusuf, who also effected a direct-hit run-out and held two catches, Shaun Tait and Siddharth Trivedi choked Chennai as the "home" side surged to a 17-run victory in Ahmedabad.

Rajasthan Royals won by 17 runs

Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Lumb	c Thushara b Morkel	30	16	3	2	187.50
	NV Ojha†	c Joginder Sharma b Thushara	80	49	6	5	163.26
	FY Fazal	c Vijay b Jakati	17	18	1	0	94.44
	YK Pathan	c Raina b Jakati	8	6	1	0	133.33
	AC Voges	c Muralitharan b Morkel	20	19	1	0	105.26
	AA Jhunjhunwala	c Vijay b Thushara	11	6	2	0	183.33
	P Dogra	run out (†Dhoni/Thushara)	5	3	1	0	166.66
	S Narwal	not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
	SK Warne*	run out (Jakati/†Dhoni)	0	0	0	0	-
	SW Tait	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 2)	3
	Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	177	(8.85 runs per over)

Did not bat SK Trivedi

Fall of wickets1-47 (Lumb, 3.6 ov), 2-100 (Fazal, 10.6 ov), 3-117 (Pathan, 12.4 ov), 4-155 (Ojha, 17.3 ov),5-162 (Voges, 18.2 ov), 6-174 (Dogra, 19.2 ov), 7-174 (Jhunjhunwala, 19.3 ov), 8-175 (Warne, 19.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JA Morkel	4	0	46	2	11.50
	T Thushara	4	0	28	2	7.00	(1w)
	M Muralitharan	4	0	34	0	8.50	(1w)
	Joginder Sharma	2	0	23	0	11.50
	SK Raina	2	0	15	0	7.50
	SB Jakati	4	0	30	2	7.50

	Chennai Super Kings innings (target: 178 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	M Vijay	run out (Pathan)	42	28	4	2	150.00
	ML Hayden	c & b Pathan	19	14	1	1	135.71
	SK Raina	b Warne	14	12	1	0	116.66
	MS Dhoni*†	run out (Voges/†Ojha)	21	19	2	0	110.52
	S Badrinath	c Pathan b Tait	25	27	2	0	92.59
	JA Morkel	c Fazal b Tait	28	12	1	3	233.33
	AB Karthik	not out	3	5	0	0	60.00
	T Thushara	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(lb 3, w 3)	6
	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	160	(8.00 runs per over)

Did not bat Joginder Sharma, M Muralitharan, SB Jakati

Fall of wickets1-24 (Hayden, 3.4 ov), 2-75 (Vijay, 8.4 ov), 3-79 (Raina, 9.4 ov), 4-123 (Dhoni, 15.4 ov),5-151 (Badrinath, 18.1 ov), 6-155 (Morkel, 18.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	YK Pathan	4	0	26	1	6.50	(2w)
	S Narwal	3	0	49	0	16.33	(1w)
	SW Tait	4	0	22	2	5.50
	SK Warne	4	0	34	1	8.50
	SK Trivedi	4	0	18	0	4.50
	AC Voges	1	0	8	0	8.00

Match details

Toss Rajasthan Royals, who chose to bat Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0

Player of the match NV Ojha (Rajasthan Royals)

Umpires SS Hazare and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire S Dua