Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by 50 runs on his home ground due to a brilliant batting on a slow pitch. The RCB scored 196 runs first by losing the toss at Cherok on Friday. CSK was able to score only 146 runs in reply.
RCB captain Rajat Patidar scored a fifty, he scored 51. The team scored more than 20 runs and crossed the score 190. Josh Hazelwood took 3 wickets. Chennai scored 41 and MS Dhoni scored 30 runs from Chennai. Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
After deciding to bat first after losing the toss, the RCB started fast but lost 2 wickets in 76 runs. Captain Rajat Patidar came here to bat, he also batted fast. Patidar scored 4 fours and three sixes on a slow pitch. He scored 51 off just 32 balls and the team scored 176 in the 18th over. He also became Player of the Match because of this exhibition.
2. The hero of victory
- Yash kindness: Coming to bowling in the sixth over, Yesh bowled very wonderful. He gave only 18 runs in 3 overs. He left Chennai on the backfoot in the 13th over, dismissing Chennai in the 13th over.
- Liam Livingston: Livingston came to bowl in the overs and gave a run at an economy rate of only 7. He also took the wicket of Sam Quran and Ravi Ashwin.
- Josh Hazelwood: Hazelwood came for the second over in the powerplay and took 2 wickets. He sent Rahul Tripathi and Rituraj Gaikwad a pavilion. Then he finally took Ravindra Jadeja's wicket.
3. Fighter of the Match
Only left -hand spinner Noor Ahmed was able to fight from Chennai. He gave 36 runs in 4 overs but took 3 big wickets. Noor sent the pavilion to Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and Liam Livingston. However, he received no support from the other end.
4. The Turning Point
CSK released 3 catches of silver Patidar. The first was 17 runs, the second on 19 and the third at 20. He took advantage of this life and played 51 runs. He kept the scoring rate high in the middle overs and reached the team a big score.
Rahul Tripathi left his catch when Rajat Patidar scored 19 runs.
5. Who said?
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said
I think the score was 170 runs on this pitch. Batting was not so easy in the second innings. When you have 20 runs more and more, you need a quick start to the powerplay. Which we didn't do. The new ball was coming slowly. We also didn't field well. However, we have not lost with a large margin. For the future, we have to see what other aspects need to be improved.
RCB captain Rajat Patidar
In my opinion, we scored a good score on this pitch. The ball was coming with a little stop, which was not easy to kill for four or six. The spinners were getting help from the pitch. Livingst bowled brilliantly. We got 3 wickets in the powerplay. Playing in Chipok is always special. The way his fans support him.
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