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Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2024: Defending champion CSK begins 2024 campaign with a win
Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 Highlights: Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja completed Chennai Super Kings’ clinical chase to help them win their first match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Cameron Green with a couple of wickets in the middle put the hosts in a bind but the temperament of DUbe and Jadeja took CSK home.
Earlier, cameos by Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat took Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 173/6 in the first match of IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Mustafizur Rahman was the pick of the bowlers for the Chennai Super Kings, taking four wickets. Earlier, Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first.
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The focus of the match was on MS Dhoni, who resigned from the CSK captaincy on the eve of the match, handing over the reigns of the reigning champions to Ruturaj Gaikwad. More attention was also paid to Virat Kohli, who is bidding to play for India in the T20 World Cup. Kohli could only manage 21 off 20 balls.
Scroll down to see a summary of the CSK vs RCB game
Match overIndian Premier League, 2024 – Match 1
Chennai Super Kings
176/4 (18.4)
vs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
173/6 (20.0)
Match finished (Day – Match 1)
Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets
How MS Dhoni broke the captaincy news? An early morning phone call, then a chat at the breakfast table.
Although the decision came out of the blue, the franchise appears to be much better placed to handle the transition, unlike in 2022 when Ravindra Jadeja took the reins before stepping aside midway through the IPL. Back then, the franchise seemed to have been taken aback by Dhoni’s decision, but this time coach Stephen Fleming said they were much better placed. (READ MORE)
The old IPL jungle rule: six-hitters get to
Six knocks are paramount and one of the most foolproof methods to reach the IPL final, exemplified by the finalists over the years. Barring the inaugural season in 2008, at least one of the two teams in each final has invariably finished in the top two of most of the six teams reached in that particular edition. (Read more)
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First uploaded on: 03-22-2024 at 17:18 IST