Chennai Super Kings kick off their title defence with a dominant six-wicket win in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Friday.
New CSK signing Mustafizur Rahman took 4 large wickets to limit RCB to 173/6 at MA Chidambaram Stadium after which spectacular knocks from Rachin Ravindra and Shivam Dube helped the champions chase the goal with eight balls remaining.
Faf du Plessis gained the essential toss and elected to bat first with Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar and Yash Dayal making their RCB debuts. Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings additionally handed highly-anticipated IPL debuts to Sameer Rizvi and Rachin Ravindra.
RCB had been off to a wonderful begin with Faf and Virat Kohli including 41 runs for the opening wicket. But Mustafizur modified the momentum in the fifth over with the wickets of Faf and Rajat Patidar. Then Deepak Chahar dismissed Glenn Maxwell on a golden duck in the subsequent over to stumble RCB to 42/3 in the powerplay.
Kohli scored essential 21 runs and new signing Green added 18 runs in the center overs but it surely was a 95-run stand between wicketkeeper batters Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik that boosted RCB to a difficult complete.
Chasing a troublesome goal, new chief Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed two fours in the primary over after which Rachin Ravindra dominated the powerplay with an explosive knock. Yash Dayal dismissed Ruturaj who scored 15 runs whereas Rachin made an impression on his debut by smashing 37 runs off simply 15 balls with the assistance of there sixes and three fours.
Chennai saved the momentum by their aspect with Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell additionally scoring small however essential innings in the center overs. Green shone for RCB with a ball with wickets of Rahane and Mitchell however Shivam Dube, who got here as an substitute, and Ravindra Jadeja added 66* runs for the fifth wicket to make sure a straightforward chase for CSK.
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman (substituted by Shivam Dube), Tushar Deshpande.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (substituted by Yash Dayal), Anuj Rawat (wk), Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj.
