WATCH | Ajinkya Rahane, Rachin Ravindra pull off splendid relay catch to dismiss big fish Virat Kohli

Ajinkya Rahane and Rachin Ravindra pulled off an excellent catch on the boundary ropes to eliminate the big RCB fish Virat Kohli within the IPL 2024 opener on Friday, March 22. While RCB obtained off to an excellent begin on the again of a robust powerplay by Faf du Plessis, CSK quickly made a thumping comeback after the primary six overs. 

Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman helped CSK of their comeback. Meanwhile, Rahane and Rachin pulled off an excellent catch on the boundary ropes. The jaw-dropping effort occurred in the course of the twelfth over of the primary innings. 

Mustafizur banked on his slower ball and bowled one again of a size supply that angled throughout Kohli. The batter seemed to generate energy and clear deep mid-wicket however couldn’t get sufficient of energy. Rahane ran to his proper together with his eyes on the ball, took the catch after which had a slide to the boundary. But as he obtained nearer to the boundary cushion, he relayed the ball to Rachin, who got here from deep square-leg and took the catch with ease. 

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Notably, Mustafizur then obtained Cameron Green too quickly after. Mustafizur went with a size ball once more that angled into the leg stump. The Aussie star made room for a lower nevertheless it was not on supply as he missed the stump-line ball that broke the timber. With this, he obtained his fourth wicket of the match.

RCB made a very good begin with Faf du Plessis placing his foot on the fuel early on within the powerplay. RCB made 33/0 from the primary three overs however then Mustafizur started his act, eradicating Faf first adopted by Rajat Patidar in the identical over. While Deepak Chahar eliminated Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck, Mustafizur got here with the 2 lethal blows of Kohli and Green.

CSK’s Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi , MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande

RCB’s Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj