IPL 2021: Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja deliver as CSK choke RR with spin in Mumbai to return to 2nd spot

IPL 2021, CSK vs RR: Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja picked up 5 wickets between them as Chennai Super Kings defended 188 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai against Rajasthan Royals. The former champions jumped to the 2nd spot after the 45-run win on Monday.

After a long time, Chennai Super Kings looked like the champion side that they are in the Indian Premier League. When it spins, MS Dhoni and his men are hard to beat. And CSK rode on a fine middle-overs spin-bowling display from Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja to comfortably defend 188 against Rajasthan Royals and jump to the 2nd spot on the IPL 2021 points table on Monday. A resounding victory for @ChennaiIPL against #RR by 45 runs.4 fine catches and 2 wickets for @imjadeja #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/xMtP2v2elL Moeen Ali (3/7) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/28) spun a web around the Rajasthan Royals batsmen on a surprisingly dry day at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Royals lost 5 wickets, including that of Jos Buttler (49), David Miller (2), and Chris Morris (0), for just 8 runs in the middle-overs, much to the delight of MS Dhoni who was constantly reminding his spinners that they would be able to get some purchase because of the apparent lack of dew on Monday evening. IPL 2021, CSK vs RR: Highlights