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Chennai witnessed another win for their favorite Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. This time it happened in the first match of IPL 2024. For RCB the positive was the performances of Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat in the middle order. However, the top order left a lot to be desired as they lost the first five wickets before reaching the score of 80. The match also witnessed banter between Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli.
It happened while Jadeja was bowling to Cameron. During that over, Jadeja tried to scare Kohli with the ball. As she returned after the banter, Kohli said, “Abbey Saans a lene de usko.” She was referring to the quick overs that Jadeja bowls in a short span of time.
How do we know how quickly Jadeja completes his over?
So he was bowling to Green and Kohli told him, “Abey saans a lene de usko.”#ViratKohli #TATAIPL2024 #RCBvCSK #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/60pUpP1g84
— Leeonie_0 (@Leeonie_0) March 22, 2024
Mustafizur Rahman set it up with his bag full of cerebral variations before Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube did the job with their superlative finishing skills to record a comfortable six-wicket win for Chennai Super Kings over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first match of the IPL on Friday. CSK, who have not lost to RCB at home since 2008, kept their enviable record intact.
Mustafizur, with his IPL-best figures of 4/29 in four overs, was largely responsible for restricting RCB to 173 for six on a good batting track, where a 95-run sixth-wicket stand stood off 50 balls between Anuj Rawat ( 48 of 25). balls) and Dinesh Karthik (38 not out off 26 balls) was the visitors’ only salvation.
Jadeja (25 not out off 17 balls) brought in plenty of experience just when things could have gotten tough in the run chase, rushing a rusty Dube (34 off 28 balls) into some quick doubles to complete the chase in 18.4 overs. Dube also boosted his confidence in Jadeja’s company towards the end, when he ended the chase in a jiffy.
Credit must also be given to Rachin Ravindra (37 off 15 balls), who came out brilliantly with three sixes and as many boundaries to set the tone.
Ajinkya Rahane (27 off 19 balls), who had a forgettable Ranji season with the bat, also hit a couple of sixes before a fine drive from Glenn Maxwell saw his back.
Dube and Daryl Mitchell (22 off 18 balls) were peppered by short balls from Alzarri Joseph and Cameron Green and the latter was the victim of one of those deliveries.
When RCB batted, Mustafizur brought back memories of his rookie days but an impressive rearguard action from Rawat took RCB to a fighting total.
Rawat, who was initially cautious, lunged towards Tushar Deshpande, whose natural length is shorter. Three sixes and a four in the 18th over turned the pitch as RCB scored 83 runs in their last six overs. Rawat hit four fours and three sixes in his innings.
This was after Mustafizur took four wickets in his first two overs to reduce RCB to 78 for five.
With PTI inputs
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