Royal Challengers Bengaluru was considered to be the first team who be disqualified for the playoffs of the 17th edition of IPL as the team was continuously losing the matches in the early stage of the tournament. But Royal Challengers Bengaluru bounced back and the team procedure to the next round of the tournament. The defending Champions Chennai Super Kings are not qualified for the playoffs. The target of Chennai Super Kings was 219 but they needed to score 201 to qualify for the next round. However, Chennai Super Kings were not able to achieve that target and they went back without qualifying for the playoffs. So let’s get into the article to check out the match between Chennai Super Kings versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
A look back to the game between Royal challenges Bengaluru versus Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first, the batting unit of Royal Challengers Bengaluru utilised the opportunity. Virat Kohli smashed 47 from 29 while his partner and the captain of the side Faf du Plessis contributed 54 from 39.
Rajat Patidar came out to bat at the third position and smashed 41 from 23 while the sensational all-rounder Cameron Green smashed 38 from 17 and Dinesh Karthik contributed 14 from 6. Glenn Maxwell added 16 from 5 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru finished their innings at 218 with the loss of 5 wickets.
The reply of Chennai Super Kings was not good as they lost their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for 0 while Rachin Ravindra smashed 61 from 37 and Ajinkya Rahane contributed 33 from 22. Daryl Mitchell contributed 4 while Shivam Dube went back to the pavilion after scoring just 7.
Ravindra Jadeja was unbeaten after scoring 42 from 22 and MS Dhoni smashed 25 from 13. But that was not enough for Chennai Super Kings as they finished the innings at 191 with the loss of 7 wickets.
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