Chennai Super Kings VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru, CSK CSK won the first match of the TATA Indian Premier League match By 6 wickets in front of their home fans at Chepauk Stadium. RCB won the toss and elected to bat first in Chepauk Stadium. RCB started well but they lost three wickets in quick succession in the 5th and 6th over. Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets. Anuj Rawat scored 48 runs and Dinesh Karthik scored 38* runs. RCB managed to score 173/6 runs in 20 overs.
CSK chased the target in 18.4 overs. Rachin Ravindra scored 37 runs in his first IPL Match and Shivam Dubey scored 34* runs as impact player for CSK. Cameron Green took 2 wickets. CSK scored 176/4 in 18.4 overs and won the match by 6 wickers.
Chennai Super Kings playing eleven
Ruturaj Gaikwad(Captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni(WK), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rehman
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kholi, Faf Du Plessis(Captain), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat(WK), Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Alzaari Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj.
Chennai Super Kings VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru: CSK defeated RCB by 6 wickets
RCB won the toss and decided to bat first. Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli came to open batting for RCB and Deepak Chahar had a first over for CSK. Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli had a 41-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 5th over, Mustafizur Rehman bowled a slower outside the off-stump to Faf Du Plessis who looked to play a big shot but ended up slicing the ball, and Rachin Ravindra took a catch at Sweeper Covers. Faf Du Plessis scored 35 runs off 23 balls.
In the 5th over last ball, Rajat Patidar was caught behind by MS Dhoni in the ball of Mustafizur Rehman. Rajat Patidar scored 0 runs off 3 balls. in the 6th over, Glenn Maxwell was caught behind by MS Dhoni in the ball of Deepak Chahar. Glenn Maxwell scored 0 runs off 1 ball.
Cameron Green and Virat Kohli had a 35-run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the 12th over, Mustafizur Rehman bowled a short ball in the body to Virat Kholi who played a pull shot. Ajinkya Rahane ran toward the ball and flicked it in just before the fence and Rachin Ravindra made no mistake he took a catch. Virat Kohli scored 21 runs off 20 balls. In the 12th over the fourth ball, Cameron Green was bowled out by Mustafizur Rehman. Cameron Green scored 18 runs off 22 balls.
Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik had a 95-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Anuj Rawat scored 48 runs off 25 balls and he was run out in the last ball of the innings by MS Dhoni when they tried to steal a quick single. Dinesh Karthik scored 36* runs off 26 balls. RCB scored 173/6 in 20 overs.
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Rituraj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra came to open batting for CSK and Mohammad Siraj had a first over for RCB. Yash Dayal was used as an impact player in place of Dinesh Karthik. Rituraj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra had a 38-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 4th over, Yash Dayal bowled a good length ball to Rituraj Gaikwad who played a drive but the ball took the edge of the bat and Cameron Green took an easy catch at the first slip. Rituraj Gaikwad scored 15 runs off 15 balls. In the 7th over, Karn Sharma bowled a slower delivery to Rachin Ravindra who played a slog sweep but he hit flat and straight into the hands of Rajat Patidar at deep Square leg. Rachin Ravindra scored 37 runs off 15 balls.
In the 11th over, Cameron Green bowled a short ball to Ajinkya Rahane who played a pull shot at deep Square leg but Glenn Maxwell took a jumping Catch. Ajinkya Rahane scored 27 runs off 19 balls. Shivam Dubey came as an impact player in place of Mustafizur Rehman. In the 13th over, Cameron Green bowled a short ball to Daryl Mitchell who went in the backfoot to play his shot but he did not get elevation as he liked and ended up hitting straight in the hands of Rajat Patidar. Daryl Mitchell scored 22 runs off 18 balls.
Shivam Dubey and Ravindra Jadeja had a 66-run match-winning partnership they chased down a target of 174 runs in 18.4. Shivam Dubey scored 34* runs off 28 balls and Ravindra Jadeja scored 25 runs off 17 balls. CSK scored 176/4 in 18.4 overs. CSK won this match by 6 wickets.