Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs to start their Indian Premier League campaign on a positive note.
After scoring 216/7 while batting first, thanks to brilliant half-centuries from Sanju Samson and skipper Steve Smith, the Royals restricted Chennai to 200/6 as Faf du Plessis (72 off 37) got his second half-century in as many innings.
The match at Sharjah saw a staggering 33 sixes hit in total, with is the joint-highest for a single match in the history of the T20 tournament.
CSK, who defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians in the opener, needed to get going from the start of their chase but they were pegged back by Rahul Tewatia.
The leg-spinner picked the wickets of Shane Watson, Sam Curran and Ruturaj Gaikwad to put the Royals on top.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned back the clock and hit three consecutive sixes in the last over but it was too little,…
