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England fast bowler Jofra Archer took his first wicket in this year's Indian Premier League as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by six runs.

Archer chalked up the most expensive figures in IPL history - 0-76 from four overs - in his first match of the 2025 tournament against Sunrisers Hyderabad last weekend.

His second outing for the Royals versus Kolkata Knight Riders three days ago was not much better as his 2.3 wicketless overs were dispatched for 33.

However, the 29-year-old bowled with pace, aggression to finish with 1-13 from three overs in a gritty win over CSK as Rajasthan registered their first victory of the campaign.

Archer conceded just one run in his first two overs against CSK and became the first player to bowl a maiden in this year's IPL.

It set the tone for Rajasthan in the field as CSK were kept in check by a disciplined bowling and fielding display.

CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad made 63 off 44 balls but he was one of four wickets to fall to Royals spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who claimed 4-35.

However, with master finisher Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the crease and 20 needed off the last six balls, a frenzied yellow wall roaring him on, CSK still had hope.

Royals skipper Riyan Parag opted to give Sandeep Sharma the final over of the game, instead of Archer, and he got the job done.

Dhoni whacked his first legal delivery to deep mid-wicket where Shimron Hetmyer took a spectacular catch before Sandeep kept his nerve to close out the game.

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• Chennai Super Kings have been kept in check by a disciplined Rajasthan Royals attack as they reached 74-3 at the halfway point in pursuit of 183 for victory in their Indian Premier League match.
• Jofra Archer bowled a menacing opening spell of 1-13 for the Royals as he claimed the wicket of Rachin Ravindra, caught behind by Dhruv Jurel.
• Archer conceded just one run in his first two overs against CSK and became the first player to bowl a maiden in this year's IPL.
• Rahul Tripathi was the second CSK wicket to fall when, on 23, he pulled spinner Wanindu Hasaranga into the hands of Shimron Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket.
• Shivam Dube deposited Hasaranga into the stands for six in the 10th over but fell to the Sri Lankan for 18 next ball, following a breath-taking one-handed diving catch from Riyan Parag.

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• Rajasthan Royals made 182-9 from their 20 overs after being pegged by the Chennai Super Kings in the second half of their innings.
• Nitish Rana top scored with 36-ball 81, hitting 10 fours and five sixes, before he was stumped in the 12th over by CSK wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he advanced down the pitch to spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
• Royals skipper Riyan Parag added 37 from 28 balls before he was bowled by a yorker from the slingy Matheesha Pathirana.
• Pathirana and Noor Ahmad both claimed 2-28 for CSK while Khaleel Ahmed took 2-38.
• Jofra Archer made for a two-ball duck - caught at long-on off the bowling of Khaleel - for the Royals while England team-mate Jamie Overton bowled two wicketless overs for 30 and dropped a catch for CSK.

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• Nitish Rana has got Rajasthan Royals off to a flyer against Chennai Super Kings with a blistering 21-ball half-century in their Indian Premier League fixture in Guwahati.
• The Royals were 99-2 off 10 overs following some aggressive strokeplay by Rana.
• Rana was given out lbw to Ravichandran Ashwin in the ninth over when he was on 61, but the decision was overturned after he reviewed it.
• Left-hander Rana had earlier pummelled Ashwin for back-to-back sixes in the fifth over which saw the experienced spinner dispatched for 19 runs in the over.
• Sanju Samson made 20 off 16 balls but was unable to hit Noor Ahmad over the head of Rachin Ravindra at long-off, with the Kiwi taking a smart catch.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal was out to the third ball of the match when he chipped Khaleel Ahmed into the hands of Ashwin at mid-off.
• CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to field first.

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