In a match between two teams that have already been eliminated from the playoffs, Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets to secure ninth place in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Only if Chennai beat Gujarat Titans by a huge margin in the last match, the team can overtake Rajasthan. Otherwise, five-time champions Chennai will remain at the bottom. Rajasthan is in the bottom two positions with 8 and Chennai 6 points.  After losing the

toss, Chennai were invited to bat and scored 188-8. Ayush Mahatre scored 43 in 20 balls with 8 fours and 1 six, Devald Brevis scored 42 in 25 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes, Shivam Dubey scored 39 in 32 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 16 runs in 17 balls.

After Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 57 runs off 33 balls, Rajasthan completed the target in 17.1 overs. In Delhi, Suryavanshi hit 4 fours and a six. Captain Sanju Samson scored 41 off 31 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 36 off 19 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes and Dhruv Jurel scored an unbeaten 31 runs off 12 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.