CLT20 Semifinal: Rajasthan Royals vs. Chennai Super Kings Scorecard, Recap, More

Rajasthan Royals became the first side to reach the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 semi-finals with an 14-run win over Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur.

They will meet the winners of Trinidad and Tobago's match with Mumbai Indians in the second semi-final, and will bring an unbeaten tournament record into the Sunday showpiece.

Batting first after being put in by CSK at the toss, the Royals made 159 for eight from the 20 overs, with Ajinkya Rahane top-scoring with a 56-ball 70.

Shane Watson contributed with a knock of 32, but Chennai struck at regular intervals to keep themselves in the game.

It looked the kind of score that would make for a competitive chase, but the Super Kings' middle order fluffed their lines and could not recover.

After eight overs they had a platform, albeit an unspectacular one, of 51 for two. But Subramaniam Badrinath, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo and Ravi Jadeja came and went for single-figure scores as Rajasthan tightened their grip on the tie, and Suresh Raina's departure for 29 sealed the shocking collpase at 72 for seven.

Pravin Tambe was the star with the ball, his four overs costing just 10 runs and yielding three wickets.

There was a rally—Ravi Ashwin and Chris Morris combined for a stand of 73 runs in 50 balls—it made the scoreline far closer than it had once seemed.

But the damage had been done, and the Super Kings, who won the tournament in 2010, were out.

Here is the scorecard as given by the official CLT20 website:

Rajasthan Royals Innings (Run Rate: 7.95)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Rahul Dravid	b Chris Morris	5	8	62.50	1	0
	Ajinkya Rahane	c Mohit Sharma b Dwayne Bravo	70	56	125.00	6	2
	Kevon Cooper	c Subramaniam Badrinath b Mohit Sharma	14	7	200.00	2	1
	Sanju Samson	c Ravichandran Ashwin b Jason Holder	11	10	110.00	1	0
	Shane Watson	c Jason Holder b Chris Morris	32	23	139.13	4	0
	Brad Hodge	b Jason Holder	11	9	122.22	1	0
	Stuart Binny	c Ravindra Jadeja b Dwayne Bravo	5	5	100.00	0	0
	Dishant Yagnik	c Jason Holder b Dwayne Bravo	0	1	0.00	0	0
	James Faulkner	NOT OUT	1	1	100.00	0	0
	Rahul Shukla	NOT OUT	1	1	100.00	0	0
Extras	(nb 1, w 7, lb 1)	9
Total	(8 wickets; 20/20 overs)	159

Not Called to Bat

Pravin Tambe

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Ravindra Jadeja	3	19	0	6.33	7
  Mohit Sharma	4	37	1	9.25	9
  Chris Morris	4	25	2	6.25	11
  Jason Holder	4	35	2	8.75	6
  Dwayne Bravo	4	26	3	6.50	4
  Ravichandran Ashwin	1	16	0	16.00	1

• Fall of Wickets
  1/14 (Dravid, 2.4 ov)	2/29 (Cooper, 3.6 ov)
  3/62 (Samson, 8.4 ov)	4/121 (Watson, 15.1 ov)
  5/149 (Hodge, 18.1 ov)	6/155 (Rahane, 19.1 ov)
  7/157 (Yagnik, 19.3 ov)	8/157 (Binny, 19.4 ov)

Chennai Super Kings Innings (Run Rate: 7.25)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Michael Hussey	run out (Kevon Cooper)	9	11	81.81	1	0
	Murali Vijay	run out (Sanju Samson)	14	16	87.50	2	0
	Suresh Raina	c sub (Menaria) b Pravin Tambe	29	23	126.08	4	0
	Subramaniam Badrinath	st Dishant Yagnik b Pravin Tambe	8	10	80.00	1	0
	MS Dhoni	lbw Rahul Shukla	3	7	42.85	0	0
	Dwayne Bravo	lbw Pravin Tambe	3	5	60.00	0	0
	Ravindra Jadeja	c Dishant Yagnik b Shane Watson	2	4	50.00	0	0
	Chris Morris	NOT OUT	26	17	152.94	3	0
	Ravichandran Ashwin	c Stuart Binny b James Faulkner	46	28	164.28	3	3
	Jason Holder	NOT OUT	0	0		0	0
Extras	(nb 1, w 3, lb 1)	5
Total	(8 wickets; 20/20 overs)	145

Not Called to Bat

Mohit Sharma

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Stuart Binny	1	2	0	2.00	4
  James Faulkner	4	36	1	9.00	9
  Shane Watson	4	34	1	8.50	10
  Rahul Shukla	3	21	1	7.00	5
  Kevon Cooper	4	41	0	10.25	6
  Pravin Tambe	4	10	3	2.50	14

• Fall of Wickets
  1/13 (Hussey, 2.5 ov)	2/33 (Vijay, 5.4 ov)
  3/51 (Badrinath, 8.1 ov)	4/54 (Dhoni, 9.2 ov)
  5/61 (Bravo, 10.4 ov)	6/70 (Jadeja, 11.6 ov)
  7/72 (Raina, 12.3 ov)	8/145 (Ashwin, 19.4 ov)