Rajasthan Royals have secured their first win in this season's Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket. After losing the first two matches, Rajasthan brushed off the challenge of Chennai Super Kings by 6 runs on Sunday. After winning the first match, Chennai lost their second match in a row.

After losing the toss and being invited to bat, Rajasthan lost 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and scored 182 runs. 

Nitish Rana scored 81 runs in 36 balls. Player of the match He hit 10 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Rian Parag scored 37 with 2 fours and a six off 28 balls, Sanju Samson scored 20 runs and Simron Hetmyer scored 19 runs. Chennai's Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed and Mathisha Pathirana took 2 wickets each.

In reply, Chennai could score only 176 runs by losing 6 wickets. Captain Ruturaj Gaekwad scored 63 runs with 7 fours and 1 six off 44 balls. 

Rahul Tripathi scored 23 off 19 balls, Shivam Dubey got 18 off 10 balls, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 16 runs off 11 balls. Ravindra Jadeja scored 32 with 2 fours and 1 six off 22 balls and Jamie Overton remained unbeaten with 11 runs off 4 balls. 

Jofra Archer gave Rajasthan a good start by dismissing Rachin Ravindra in the first over. Archer spent only 13 runs in 3 overs. Wanindu Hasaranga took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. 

Delhi's second win in a row

Sunrisers Hyderabad, aggressive batting is added. If there is a possibility of any team touching the score of 300 runs for the first time in IPL, the name of Hyderabad comes first. But this Hyderabad team has been defeated in the second game in a row. 

Last time the team lost against Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets. After winning the toss and batting, Hyderabad had already lost 4 wickets in the power play in Visakhapatnam. But their aggressive style of play did not change. 58-4 at the end of 6 overs, Hyderabad reached 105-4 in 10 overs. 

Hyderabad's innings ended with 163 runs in 18.4 overs. Hyderabad reached that position only after Aniket Burma scored 74 off 41 balls. He hit 5 fours and 6 sixes. Henrik Klaasen scored 32 with 2 fours and a six off 19 balls, opener Travis Head scored 22 runs off 12 balls with 4 fours. His opening pair Abhishek Sharma was run out for 1 run as he could not coordinate with Head. Mitchell Starc turned the game in Delhi's favor by dismissing Ishaan Sharma for 2 and Nitish Kumar Reddy for 0 with a header. Player of the match Starc took 5 wickets for 35 runs in 3.4 overs. Debrehate spinner Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets with only 22 runs in 4 overs. 

After Faf du Plessis and Jack Fraser McGurk added 81 runs in 9 overs for the first wicket, Delhi scored 166 runs in 16 overs. Du Plessis was dismissed for 50 off the first ball of the 10th over. He played 27 balls and hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. McGurk scored 38 runs off 32 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. KL Rahul, who is playing his first match from Delhi, hit 2 fours and 1 six off 5 balls and was dismissed for 15 runs. 

Abhishek Porel scored 34 with 2 fours and a six off 18 balls and Tristan Stubbs remained unbeaten on 21 runs with 3 fours off 14 balls. Delhi have become the second team to win both their opening matches of the season.