Match: 17th IPL 2018 Chennai Super vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Pune | Date: Apr 20, 2018
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 64 runs
Man of the match: Shane Watson
| Chennai Super Kings | 204-5 (20) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Shane Watson | c Buttler b Laughlin | 106 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 185.96 |
| Ambati Rayudu | c Buttler b Laughlin | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 |
| Suresh Raina | c Gowtham b Gopal | 46 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 158.62 |
| *MS Dhoni | c Gowtham b Gopal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.67 |
| Sam Billings | c Stokes b Gopal | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Dwayne Bravo | not out | 24 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 150.00 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Deepak Chahar | ||||||
| Karn Sharma | ||||||
| Shardul Thakur | ||||||
| Imran Tahir |
Extras: 6 b:0 lb:0 nb:1 w:5
Total: 204-5 (20) | Curr. RR: 10.20
FOW:Ambati Rayudu (50-1, 4.3), Suresh Raina (131-2, 11.5), *MS Dhoni (151-3, 13.2), Sam Billings (161-4, 15.1), Shane Watson (202-5, 19.5)
| Rajasthan Royals | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Stuart Binny | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.50 |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.67 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.75 |
| Ben Stokes | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 |
| Ben Laughlin | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9.50 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 140-10 (18.3) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| *Ajinkya Rahane | b Chahar | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 145.45 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | b Thakur | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Sanju Samson | c Karn b Chahar | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Ben Stokes | c Billings b Tahir | 45 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 121.62 |
| Jos Buttler | c Tahir b Bravo | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 129.41 |
| Rahul Tripathi | c Billings b Bravo | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Stuart Binny | c and b Thakur | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | c Dhoni b Watson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Shreyas Gopal | not out | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | b Karn | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 160.00 |
| Ben Laughlin | c Dhoni b Karn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Extras: 8 b:0 lb:0 nb:0 w:8
Total: 140-10 (18.3) | Curr. RR: 7.57
FOW:Heinrich Klaasen (20-1, 1.5), Sanju Samson (25-2, 3), *Ajinkya Rahane (32-3, 4.3), Jos Buttler (77-4, 10.1), Rahul Tripathi (96-5, 12.2), Ben Stokes (111-6, 13.5), Krishnappa Gowtham (115-7, 14.4), Stuart Binny (117-8, 15.3), Jaydev Unadkat (140-9, 18.2), Ben Laughlin (140-10, 18.3)
| Chennai Super Kings | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7.50 |
| Shardul Thakur | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Shane Watson | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.33 |
| Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.00 |
| Karn Sharma | 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
