Devdutt Padikkal(34) and Glenn Maxwell(22) have been RCB’s high scorers on an evening when solely 4 Bangalore batsmen managed to achieve the double-figure mark.
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Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja smashed 37 runs off the final over of the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) innings to take them to 191/4 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium.
The all-rounder hit 5 sixes — which included one off a no ball — and a 4 off Harshal Patel, who had taken three wickets and given away simply 14 runs in the three overs he bowled beforehand.
Jadeja ended the innings on 62 off simply 28 balls, hitting 4 fours along with the 5 sixes.
He put up a partnership of 49 runs off 17 balls for the fifth wicket along with his associate, captain MS Dhoni, contributing simply two runs in it.
Jadeja’s rampage made the twentieth over of the match the joint costliest in the IPL’s historical past, first set by Chris Gayle for RCB in 2011 when he scored 37 runs off Prasanth Parameswaran in opposition to Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Jadeja was dropped on zero by Dan Christian off Washington Sundar in the fifteenth over. CSK began the seventeenth over on 134/3 and Mohammed Siraj and Patel gave away simply 20 runs in seventeenth, 18th and nineteenth overs. While it appeared like RCB had achieved effectively to limit CSK to a below-par complete, Jadeja turned it round in the final over.
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He began with a six over the long-on and deep midwicket areas. Patel missed the yorker and the second supply was despatched over the ropes once more. The quick bowler then came to visit the wicket however ended up bowling a no-ball for top which was additionally despatched for a six by Jadeja.
The free hit that got here after that was despatched over deep midwicket. Jadeja then appeared to hit the subsequent ball over further cowl and the fielder there nearly pulled off a shocking catch. The batsmen ran two runs, bringing Jadeja again on strike and he hit the subsequent ball over long-on for the fifth six over the over. He then hit the remaining ball over sq. leg and it took a bounce earlier than going for 4.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis put up a gap partnership of 74 in the first 10 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal offered RCB with the breakthrough by dismissing Gaikwad on 33 off 25.
Patel then took the wickets of du Plessis (50) and Suresh Raina (24) off consecutive balls in the 14th over earlier than dismissing Ambati Rayudu (14) in the 18th.
(With IANS Inputs)
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