Match 52 IPL 2011: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals { Chennai Super Kings thrashed hosts Rajasthan a massive 63-run margin during their IPL match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur }

Chennai opener Murali Vijay scored 53 against Rajasthan

  Batting first Chennai Super Kings put on board a huge 196 runs on board with all their batsmen performing in the middle. Opener Murali Vijay was the most impressive with 53 runs on board.

A 197-run target was never going to be an easy one for the hosts and that's what happened. The Rajasthan Royals batsmen were already under pressure and it got multiplied when they lost their opener Rahul Dravid in the fourth over of the innings when the total was 27.

Shane Watson too didn't last long and fell in the sixth over after scoring a scanty 11. While Doug Bollinger drew first blood for Chennai, R Ashwin claimed the second wicket to reduce Rajasthan to 48/2.

Rajasthan's hopes were shattered when their Kiwi import Ross Taylor too walked back with a scanty total on board. And it was South African Albie Morkel who sent him back to reduce Rajasthan to 63/3 in the 8th over.

Ashok Menaria was the next to take a walk back to the Rajasthan dugout, with Ashwin sending him back on two in the 10th over and the Rajasthan scoreboard read 70/4.

Finally, Ajinkya Rahane and Johan Botha tired to do the unthinkable - bat against a charged up Chennai attack. They even helped Rajasthan cross 100-run mark at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Rahane batted and scored a dogged 52, but the target was too steep and Chennai bowlers were bowling a good line. Chennai's West Indian recruit Dwayne Bravo scalped him on the first ball of the 15th over with Suresh Raina performing the final honours in the deep. Rajasthan were reduced to 105/5.

The rest of the Rajasthan batsmen merely paid quick visits to the crease as Chennai bowled the hosts out for 133 with nine ball to spare.