Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 12th Match, Indian Premier League 2019 - CommentaryCSK vs RR, 12th Match, Indian Premier League 2019 - Commentary

Harsha Bhogle: They just find a way. CSK.

Hritvik Patel: "Cometh the hour, cometh the man!! Unbelievable start from Champion Bravo of the final over."

Harsha Bhogle: Another post midnight thriller at the IPL. Been a fabulous tournament so far.

Nimish: "I think Dhoni should've given Santner another over, given that Stokes is much weaker against spin."

Raman: "Don't forget, RR are still ahead of CSK at this stage. Stokes and Archer are no mugs."

Soham: "RR need some big hits to control the asking rate. Ones and twos are only going to pile up more pressure at the far end of the innings."

TaskForce: "You have to give it to Dhoni for his acumen for capataincy. He bowled the "darters - Jadeja and Santner with the wet ball" and asked for a new ball, due to dew, for bowlers who require to grip the ball well, Tahir for leg spin and Bravo for his cutters."

Atul: "Bravo's spell is crucial. Considering the slowness of pitch and amount of dew, his cutters will be effective if he bowls around the wicket and away from the batsman's body. Change of pace will be key."

Mahesh: "The dew which settles on the ground increases as the match progresses. In case of RR, when the umpire was first asked for a change of ball, he refused because the dew level was tolerable. Later when the dew increased, he did change the ball. So, I think there is no such thing as unfairness in here."

Jigar Gogri: "Excellent innings from Tripathi. He knows the match situation and is exactly playing according to it!"

Vikram Reddy: "This will be so unfair in the context of the match. RR asked the umpire to change the ball when it is wet umpire refused. But for CSK, the ball was replaced soon after the powerplay."

Deepak: "MS should go for watson today as spin doesn't seem to be working much"

SJ: "Crucial game for Steve Smith. For all the hype surrounding his recall to WC Aussie team, he has done precious little with the bat anywhere in the T20 leagues, while Warner seems to be miles ahead."

Ashu: "Given the nature of the pitch I think Smith is going to be the key for RR. He needs to bat all the way through."

Rakesh: "This is the problem with Samson - inconsistency".

Mrithyu: "RR need to play out of their skins to secure a win in this match. Someone has to take the role of Dhoni here."

Arun Dayalan: "Bad Captaincy from Jinks. When you are defending a target, you should have your best bowler for 19th over. But when you are bowling first, you should always have him for 20th where batsmen go berserk, especially MSD. Clearly Archer is your best bowler today."

Mahendra Rathore: "Apart from Archer, Rajasthan don't have any good bowler which can be trusted by the captain. They should check their dugout and give chance to other bowlers as they can't win with these bowlers."

Abhay: "It has become trend that Dhoni will play calm and sensible game, no matter what the situation is, he will never take risks till the last 6 balls."

Pankaj: "Someone please make RCB watch this game ball by ball."

Bipul Bhattarai: "This is what we grew up watching of CSK ! A partnership from Raina and Dhoni after early wickets, Dhoni remaining there till the end, some power hitting from foreign all rounder (then Morkel now Bravo) and at the last their spinners scripting them the victory."

Yagyansh: "With already so much dew in the first innings I'd say CSK should try and reach 145-150 to be on the safer side."

Rohan Kumar: "I think Dhoni should not accelerate the innings, rather Bravo should. CSK needs Dhoni till the last ball. Dhoni not out will surely give the momentum to CSK."

Shrish: "There is lot of dew in the 1st inning only, imagine all CSK spinners bowling with this amount (or more) dew."

Surya Mandavilli: "This recovery from any point is the hallmark of teams like CSK & KKR (as we saw yesterday). They build it from there and fight with whatever they can."

Fred: "Even a 135-140 would suffice with the pitch gripping. With Dhoni and Raina, CSK could get even more than 160."

Athava GK: "It seems that the Chennai pitch hasn't changed much, another low scoring match is on the cards."

Himanshu Verma: "I don't think pitch has changed much from first match of this season. So nearly 100 will be a fighting total considering CSK have three quality spinners (Santner, Tahir and Jadeja)."

Mustafa Moudi: "The Current RR skipper has played under the current CSK Skipper (Dhoni), who has played under Smith, who has played under Watson, who is now playing under Dhoni... IPL confuses me sometimes !!"

Lakshay Piplani: "Standard of umpiring should be improved. Poor umpiring in IPL till now."

Amit Verma (@amitIJVerma): "Santner has only been included considering no of RHB Rajasthan Royals have, same reason Harbhajan Singh was for the first match. You have to take tough decision to be a successful team as Chennai Super Kings."

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