Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Chennai Super Kings to earn the ultimate playoff berth in the IPL 2024 on Saturday. RCB efficiently defended a 218 whole by 27 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium to knock out the defending champions CSK and secured a fourth place in the factors desk.
Faf du Plessis scored an excellent fifty and in-form Virat Kohli contributed fast 47 runs to assist Bengaluru submit a 218/5 whole. Chennai Super Kings stored the sport balanced for almost all of the time however the hosts averted a late scare to earn a deserving win.
After recording only one win in their first eight matches, RCB made a sensational comeback with six consecutive wins to conclude their league-stage marketing campaign. With seven wins in 14 matches, Bengaluru jumped to fourth place and with identical variety of wins, Chennai completed at fifth place in IPL 2024 factors desk.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar (substituted by Swapnil Singh), Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Yash Dayal, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj.
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana (substituted by Shivam Dube).
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