RavindraJadeja smashed 37 runs off the last over of the Chennai Super Kings' (CSK)innings to take them to 191/4 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in theIndian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium.
Theall-rounder hit five sixes -- which included one off a no ball -- and a fouroff Harshal Patel, who had taken three wickets and given away just 14 runs inthe three overs he bowled previously.
Jadejaended the innings on 62 off just 28 balls, hitting four fours in addition tothe five sixes.
Heput up a partnership of 49 runs off 17 balls for the fifth wicket with hispartner, captain MS Dhoni, contributing just two runs in it.
Jadeja'srampage made the 20th over of the match the joint most expensive in the IPL'shistory, first set by Chris Gayle for RCB in 2011 when he scored 37 runs offPrasanth Parameswaran against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Jadejawas dropped on zero by Dan Christian off Washington Sundar in the 15th over. CSKstarted the 17th over on 134/3 and Mohammed Siraj and Patel gave away just 20runs in 17th, 18th and 19th overs. While it looked like RCB had done well torestrict CSK to a below par total, Jadeja turned it around in the last over.
Hestarted with a six over the long-on and deep midwicket areas. Patel missed theyorker and the second delivery was sent over the ropes again. The fast bowlerthen came over the wicket but ended up bowling a no-ball for height which wasalso sent for a six by Jadeja.
Thefree-hit that came after that was sent over deep midwicket. Jadeja then lookedto hit the next ball over extra cover and the fielder there almost pulled off astunning catch. The batsmen ran two runs, bringing Jadeja back on strike and hehit the next ball over long-on for the fifth six over the over. He then hit thefinal ball over square leg and it took a bounce before going for four.
Earlier,Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis put up an opening partnership of 74 in thefirst 10 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal provided RCB the breakthrough by dismissingGaikwad on 33 off 25.
Patelthen took the wickets of du Plessis (50) and Suresh Raina (24) off consecutiveballs in the 14th over before dismissing Ambati Rayudu (14) in the 18th.
Briefscores: Chennai Super Kings 191/4 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 62 not out, Fafdu Plessis 50; Harshal Patel 3/51, Yuzvendra Chahal 1/24)