Watch: R Ashwin’s brilliant trap and MS Dhoni’s lightning-fast stumping send Nitish Rana packing

Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Nitish Rana had a terrific outing with the bat in the game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The 11th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is taking place at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday (30th March).

Nitish Rana, who walked out at number three, set the stage on fire with his brilliant innings for Rajasthan Royals. The left-hander was allowed to bat a bit higher in the batting order, and he repaid the faith of the management with his blistering innings.

Nitish Rana slammed a magnificent half-century, and even after that, he kept going at the Chennai Super Kings bowlers. The left-hander attacked every bowler, in particular Ravichandran Ashwin, as he put Rajasthan Royals in a commanding position in the game.

With the way he was batting, Nitish Rana was looking all set for the brilliant ton. But his stay at the crease was cut short by the brilliance of Ravichandran Ashwin and MS Dhoni, who combined together to send the batter packing in the 12th over of the innings.

Ravichandran Ashwin fired the delivery wide outside off with a pause action as Nitish Rana had committed to running down the pitch. He was stranded after failing to reach it and MS Dhoni behind the stumps gathered it and did what he does best to end Rana's innings.

Watch: MS Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin combine to remove Nitish Rana during RR vs CSK IPL 2025 clash

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Nitish Rana had a terrific outing with the bat in his third innings for Rajasthan Royals, scores 81 runs off 36 balls

Rana had a terrific outing with the bat in his third innings for Rajasthan Royals. The Southpaw ended with an innings of 81 runs off 36 balls, missing his century by 19 runs. The left-hander had a strike rate of 225 as he slammed 10 fours and a sixes during his stay at the crease.

With the kind of effort that he displayed, he surely would've locked the number three spot for the rest of the season. He batted to four in the last two games and he couldn't make a bigger impact there.

Rajasthan Royals ended up posting a total of 182 runs on the board against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025

Thanks to his brilliant innings with the bat, Rajasthan Royals ended up posting a decent total on the board. Riyan Parag scored (37), and Shimron Hetmyer (19) also came up with the handy efforts as the franchise posted a total of 182 runs on the board.

Rajasthan Royals are yet to open their account in the IPL 2025. With the kind of total that they have posted and pitch offering help for bowlers, they would be fancying themselves to win the game and bag two important points.

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