There were fears for Steve Smith as he missed Australia's ODI series win in England ... but you can't keep a champion down.
Rajasthan Royals rode explosive half-centuries from Sanju Samson and captain Steven Smith to beat Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs in a high-scoring Indian Premier League game on Tuesday .
Samson blazed nine sixes and a four in his powerful knock of 74 off 32 balls and Smith made 69 off 47 deliveries before Jofra Archer smacked four sixes against South African Lungi Ngidi in the last over to give Rajasthan a strong total of 7-216. Chennai, who won the toss and elected to field, lost the momentum by the ninth over in their run-chase as they lost four wickets in the space of three overs and were restricted to 6-200. Faf du Plessis top-scored with 72 off 37 balls and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni narrowed the margin of defeat with his unbeaten 29."Without singling out anyone, a controllable we could have controlled is no-balls.
"Sanju Samson played an unbelievable knock, felt like everything he was hitting went for six," Smith said. "On this wicket, it was all about trying to avoid straight hits for the spinners. A couple of balls were fuller and got above the eyeline but the idea was to stay back of a length."
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