Mustafizur Rahman picked 4/29 on his CSK debut and was the Player of the Match.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bat first. He gave the team a brilliant start with 35 in 23 balls with 8 fours. But after his dismissal at the hands of Mustafizur Rahman, RCB experienced a mini-collapse.
Rahman picked 4/29 as RCB was reduced to 78/5 with Virat Kohli making 21, while Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell scored ducks. But Anuj Rawat (48 in 25 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (38*) added 95 runs for the 6th wicket to take RCB to 173/6 in 20 overs.
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In reply, Rachin Ravindra gave a flying start to CSK with 37 runs in 15 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad made 15 runs. Ajinkya Rahane (27 in 19 balls) and Daryl Mitchell (22) continued to score runs at a brisk pace.
But Cameron Green dismissed both the batters to bring RCB back into the game. But Ravindra Jadeja (25* in 17 balls) and Shivam Dube (34*) added 66* runs for the 5th wicket to take CSK home with 8 balls to spare and 6 wickets in hand.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for a brilliant all-round performance by the defending champions CSK.
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