Tags: IPL 2024,
Chennai Tremendous Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 1st Match at Chennai, Mar 22, 2024,
Chennai XI,
Bangalore XI
Revealed on: Mar 23, 2024
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It was a well-known story as Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) continued their domination over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) within the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, March 22. RCB determined to bat first after successful the toss and posted 173/6 on the board. Within the chase, CSK acquired dwelling in 18.4 overs.
RCB acquired off to a brisk begin with the bat as skipper Faf du Plessis discovered plenty of boundaries with ease. He raced away to 35 off 23, however couldn’t keep it up and fell to Mustafizur Rahman (4/29), miscuing an tried huge hit to deep backward level. Rajat Patidar’s poor run continued as he was caught behind for a duck in the identical over.
Deepak Chahar, who was costly in the beginning, hit again with the massive wicket of Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck. The RCB batter was caught behind attempting to run a ball down to 3rd man. Virat Kohli additionally couldn’t convert his begin. He fell for 21 off 20 balls, miscuing a pull off Mustafizur to deep midwicket. The left-arm pacer then knocked over Cameron Inexperienced (18 off 22) because the batter made room and missed an correct supply on the stumps. Anuj Rawat (48 off 25) and veteran keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik (38 off 26) added 95 runs for the sixth wicket to take Bangalore previous 170.
Within the chase, CSK acquired off to a brisk begin as their openers added 38 in 4 overs. Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, nonetheless, fell for a run-a-ball 15. He was caught at slip off Yash Dayal [Impact Player], driving on the up. Rachin Ravindra (37 off 15) made a terrific IPL debut, slamming three fours and three sixes. Nevertheless, he performed one shot too many and slog-swept Karn Sharma straight to the fielder at deep backward sq. leg.
Ajinkya Rahane made 27 off 19 however checked a pull off Inexperienced and was brilliantly caught by Maxwell, diving at deep backward sq. leg. Daryl Mitchell chipped in with 22 off 18 balls. He too fell to Inexperienced miscuing a pull. Nevertheless, Shivam Dube (34 not out off 28) coming in because the Affect Participant, added an unbroken 66 with Ravindra Jadeja (25 not out off 17) as Chennai acquired previous the end line with eight balls to spare.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
