IPL 2021, Match 12 : Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

Spinners did the star 'turn' to help Chennai Super Kings to a 45-run win over Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday (PTI Photo)

After scoring 188-9, CSK restricted RR to 143-9, with the huge margin of victory giving a big boost to CSK's net run-rate. (ANI Photo)

Ravindra Jadeja (2-28) and Moeen Ali (3-7) were the chief architects of CSK's win - ANI Photo

RR remained in the hunt thanks to a fine effort by opener Jos Buttler (49) who kept the CSK bowlers at bay -ANI Photo

Jadeja removed Buttler in the 12th over, followed by the wicket of Shivam Dube (17) as RR slipped to 90 for 4 (PTI Photo)

Meanwhile, Ali dismissed David Miller (2), Riyan Parag (3) and Chris Morris (0) to leave RR in dire straits at 95-7 - Photo by CSK Twitter

CSK may have scored a lot more but for Chetan Sakariya's 3-36 (ANI Photo)

The 22-year-old left-arm pacer Sakariya accounted for Suresh Raina (18), Ambati Rayudu (27) and MS Dhoni (18) - PTI Photo

At 120 for 3 after 13 overs, CSK were looking good for a 200-plus total with Raina and Rayudu at the crease, but Sakariya dismissed both (ANI Photo)

Dwayne Bravo's 8-ball 20 and Sam Curran's 13 off 6 balls ensured that CSK scored 30 runs in the last two overs to finish on a high (PTI Photo)

The first half of CSK's innings saw cameos from opener Faf du Plessis (33) and Ali (26) - PTI Photo

In the middle overs, Rayudu and Raina added 45 from 26 balls for the fourth wicket that kept CSK's scoreboard moving (PTI Photo)