Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faced Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2024 opening match on March 22, 2024. This match was played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Chennai.
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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