The highly anticipated 17th edition of IPL started in Chennai and the first match was between the defending Champions Chennai Super Kings versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The game was filled with all the exciting moments and interesting events. Chennai Super Kings won the game and started its campaign of IPL 2024 with a winning note. So let’s get into the article to check out the full details of the match between Chennai Super Kings versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
A look back to the match between Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Chennai Super Kings came out to the middle of the ground under the leadership of a new Captain and young Indian batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad, he won the toss for CSK and decided to bowl first.
The innings of Royal Challengers Bengaluru were full of ups and downs as they started well, but the team suddenly lost a couple of wickets in a quick session. Then they got a good build-up and scored a decent target on the board. The captain of RCB Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli came out to start the procedures. The captain of RCB started the responsibility of attacking and he is smashed 35 runs on the board and Virat Kohli was dismissed for just 21. It is worth mentioning that Virat Kohli has touched a new milestone of 12000 runs in the shortest format of the game.
Rajat Patidar and the sensational Glenn Maxwell went back to the pavilion without scoring a single Run. While Cameron Green added 18 on the board while Anuj Rawat smashed 48 from just 25 balls and Dinesh Karthik smashed 38 from 26. The fireworks helped RCB to set a decent target of 173 on the board.
Having said that, Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets for CSK by giving just 29 runs and Deepak Chahar took one wicket by giving 37 runs.
In the reply, the Chennai Super Kings came out to bat with a confident mindset. The new captain of the side Ruturaj Gaikwad came out to open the innings and went back after scoring 15 runs in his account while he is partner Rachin Ravindra smashed 37 from just 15 deliveries. Ajinkya Rahane added 27 from 19 while Daryl Mitchell scored 22.
The all-rounders of CSK then took the responsibility to finish the game as Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten by scoring 34 and 25 respectively. Chennai Super Kings finished the game in 18.4 overs and CSK won the game by 6 wickets in their hands.
Let’s hope that RCB will be coming back by fixing their errors and let’s wait for the upcoming High Voltage games.
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