Abu Dhabi: Three-time champions Chennai Super Kings are likely to end the 2020 IPL campaign without a playoff. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team, which batted brilliantly, lost by 6 wickets to the Rajasthan Royals in Monday’s match. With the seventh defeat, the most successful team has reached the country for the first time without leaving the play-offs. On Monday, Dhoni’s team was limited to 125/5. In response, despite the Rajasthan Royals facing an early setback, English batsman Jose Butler (40 *, 4 balls) unilaterally ruled out the match. The Rajasthan Royals have continued their winning streak, boosting their play-off chances by 8 points from 10 matches.The Rajasthan Royals, who came down to the field with a target of 124 runs, were similarly in early trouble. But he lost 3 wickets (Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson) for 10 balls and 2 runs and was under pressure with a score of 24/3. At this point, however, two foreign players, Jose Butler and captain Steven Smith, took the match out of the innings. Butler continued to build innings, but Butler batted explosively and finished the match before two-and-a-half overs. Butler was unbeaten on 40 off 6 balls (4 fours, 2 sixes) and Smith was unbeaten on 24 off 38 balls. Butler also won the Player of the Year award.
