47th match of 2015 IPL season 8 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Opting to bat first, Chennai with BB McCullum's 81 runs managed to put good totals of 157 runs at the end of 20 overs. Rajasthan in reply managed to score 145 runs and lost the match by 12 runs. RA Jadeja declared man of the match for his superb bowling with 4 wickets in his 4 overs spending just 11 runs.
Earlier, Chennai won the toss and decided to bat first. Chennai could not made batter start and lost DR Smith early scoring 6 runs. SK Raina also followed him of just 3 runs. F du Plessis joined with BB McCullum and plsyed sensible cricket in middle overs. F du Plessis plessis made 29 runs before he got run out. BB McCullum contributed well 81 runs and put Chennai on respatable score of 157 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Following target of 158 runs, Rajasthan made good start with AM Rahane and SR Watson initially. Rahane wnet early today scoring 23 runs. Skipper SPD Smith also failed today and made only 4 runs. SR Watson also followed him and contributer 28 runs. Other lower order batsmen could hold the nerves well and Rajasthan lost the match by 12 runs.
Player of the match - RA Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
Points - Chennai Super Kings 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
