The responsibility to bowl the 9th over was handed to Mitchell Santner after CSK took a strategic time out at the end of the 8th over. Santner tossed the delivery up and around off with flight. The ball stopped a touch as Samson tried to smash through mid-off. Instead, the batter whacked it back towards Santner above the head.
Santner displayed a great reactionary ready position to leap up high and plucked it, reaching with both hands above him to complete the catch. Samson was dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 20 deliveries with 2 boundaries.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss & opted to bat first against Rajasthan Royals in the 68th match of IPL 2022. With the help of Moeen's 93, Chennai posted 150/6 in 20 overs despite scoring 75 runs inside the powerplay. For RR, Obed McCoy & Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 2 wickets each and Trent Boult & Ravi Ashwin chipped in with a wicket each. This match is being played at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
2⃣ wickets in quick succession!
Mitchell Santner dismisses Sanju Samson while Moeen Ali gets Devdutt Padikkal out. #RR 3 down.
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