Chris Morris got the better of Dravid's (5) stumps in the third over of the match just before Mohit Sharma brought an early end to Cooper's (14) innings.
Cooper hit 2 boundaries and a single six in his short cameo and was looking to do some serious damage; however, Sharma was successful in getting the right-hander caught by Subramaniam Badrinath.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl against Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals breezed into the last-four stage of the tournament with an unbeaten four-match streak while the Super Kings, the first team to have advanced to the semifinals, stumbled in their final group game against Trinidad & Tobago.
Former champions CSK are aware that their opponents have not lost a single game in this venue in the last Indian Premier League, and add the home side's performance in the ongoing tournament, the record surely wears an invincible look.
The hosts know the conditions like the back of their hands and the strategies that they planned had been executed well. But then again, the CSK, led by the redoubtable Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, could be an altogether different proposition.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson (wk), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, James Faulkner, Dishant Yagnik, Kevon Cooper, Rahul Shukla, Pravin Tambe.
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Subramaniam Badrinath, Chris Morris, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Mohit Sharma.
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