Chennai Super Kings (CSK) survived a spirited battle from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to prevail by eight runs of their IPL conflict on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Monday.
The high-voltage affair between the standard rivals produced an thrilling run-fest, with a complete of 444 runs scored on the night time.
Chasing 227, RCB took a no-holds-barred method to scare the customer. Captain Faf du Plessis (62, 33b, 5×4, 4×6) and Glenn Maxwell (76, 36b, 3×4, 8×6) went berserk, placing on 126 runs in 10.1 overs.
RCB was on prime when the duo was going nice weapons. Like he has achieved many occasions previously, CSK skipper M.S. Dhoni discovered a strategy to bail his aspect out of bother. Dhoni stored his cool and latched on to 2 robust skiers to ship du Plessis and Maxwell again to the pavilion, in what turned out to be match-winning catches.
With the batting mainstays out of the best way, RCB couldn’t keep afloat. After being put in, CSK feasted on a luxurious unfold provided by RCB
to rack up a mammoth complete. Devon Conway (83, 45b, 6×4, 6×6), Ajinkya Rahane (37, 20b, 3×4, 2×6) and Shivam Dube (52, 27b, 2×4, 5×6) hammered the RCB assault, which was
badly off the mark. The bowlers – pacers Wayne Parnell, V. Vyshak and Harshal Patel specifically – served up an assortment of full tosses, overpitched deliveries and half-trackers to make life simple for the batters.
Conway favoured the leg-side, rocking again and pulling with nice authority. Dube launched the complete tosses into the stands, en path to his first
fifty of this match. Rahane hit the shot of the day, hooking a brief ball from Parnell onto the stadium roof. RCB’s woes had been accomplished when Harshal was barred from finishing the ultimate over for bowling two no-balls above the waist.
The packed crowd was thrilled to welcome Dhoni to the crease. Dhoni walked in with two balls remaining, however might solely handle a single.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com