RJASTHAN Royals kept alive their Indian Premier League play-off hopes with a sensational chase of 190 against already-qualified Chennai Super Kings.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 50 off 21 balls and Shivam Dube 64* off 42 as Rajasthan won with 15 balls to spare.

Earlier, Chennai made 189-4 with Ruturaj Gaikwad hitting a maiden T20 century from the final ball.

Rajasthan are now sixth in the table, but will likely need to win their final two games to earn a play-off spot.

They are one of four teams on 10 points, with net run rate looking more likely to decide who progresses.

Chennai have already qualified, but a place in top two, which means playing in the qualifier and having two chances to reach the final, is no longer in their own hands.

Brutal hitting sees Rajasthan home
Faced with a required run-rate of 9.50 an over, Rajasthan had little option but to go out and attack.
They did just that, motoring to 75-0 after five overs.

Jaiswal, who left home at the age of 10 to pursue a career in cricket, hit his first IPL half-century, with him and Evin Lewis, who made 27 off 12 balls, both hitting over mid-wicket and straight down the ground with alarming frequency.

Both fell in the space of five balls, to leave Rajasthan – who made five changes, including dropping England’s Liam Livingstone – 81-2, but that did not affect them.
Captain Sanju Samson took the anchor role, and allowed Dube to attack and he obliged, including hitting Moeen Ali for successive sixes over mid-wicket.

When Samson fell for 28 his side needed just 20 from 4.2 overs and the game was practically over, and allowed Glenn Phillips to chip in with an eight-ball 14.

It was a bad day for Chennai’s overseas pace bowlers with England’s Sam Curran going for 55 from his four overs and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood 54