IPL 2023: Rayudu becomes fourth player to score a duck as an impact player

Chennai Super Kings CSK batter Ambati Rayudu once again came in as an impact player but again failed to make runs resulting into CSK failure to chase a massive score of 203 against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League IPL 2023 at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor StadiumThe Indian veteran batter was dismissed for a twoball duck by the hands of Ravichandran AshwinAlso Read Fourth week of IPL Great for Arshdeep Rahane not so good for KL ArjunWith this knock Ambati Rayudu became the fourth impact player to lose his wicket without opening his accountAs of now Delhi Capitals batter Prithvi Shaw leads the chart with two ducks as an impact player against Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers BangaloreThe rising Indian youngster currently playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders Anukul Roy also joined this list after losing his wicket for a duck against Delhi CapitalsMumbai Indians young batter Nehal Wadhera also came in as an impact player against Punjab Kings but failed to open his accountAlong with this whenever an impact player lost his wicket without opening his account that team ended up on the losing sideThe same trend conspired as CSK set out to chase a target of 203 runs openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway got CSK off to a cautious startThey could score only 13 runs in their first three overs with Gaikwad relieving some pressure in the next over by smashing Jason Holder by a four and sixRR bowlers continued to build pressure on CSK battersConway gave in to it handing over a catch to Sandeep Sharma at midoff on a delivery by Adam Zampa At the end of the powerplay in six overs CSK was left at 421 with Gaikwad 34 unbeatenZampa got his second wicketHe dismissed Gaikwad for 47 off 29 balls consisting of five fours and a sixDevdutt came running from longon to take a good catchCSK was 692 in 92 oversCSK was at 712 in 10 overs with Shivam Dube 1 and Ajinkya Rahane 15 unbeatenThey needed 132 in the final 10 oversRavichandran Ashwin got Rahane for 15 off 13 balls CSK was 733 in 102 overs with Jos Buttlers knock ending Rahanes stay at the crease Next to go was Rayadu He was dismissed for a twoball duck after he attempted to slog sweep but gave a catch toJason Holder at deep midwicketCSK was 734 in 104 overs and Ashwin got two quick wicketsFollowing that lefthander allrounder Mooen Ali and Shivam started to build a partnership With a six from Dube CSK reached the 100run mark in 131 oversAshwin leaked runs in the 14th over giving away 15 including two sixes by ShivamCSK needed 90 in the final six oversIn the final four overs CSK needed 74 runs with Sandeep Sharma giving only four runs in the 16th overHowever Holder gave away 16 runs in the 17th over including two fours and six by Shivam CSK needed 58 runs in the final three oversShivam Dube brought up his fifty in 29 balls with two fours and four sixes CSK needed 37 runs in the final overCSK ended their innings at 1706 in their 20 overs with Jadeja 23 unbeatenThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever