Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challenger Banglore is ready to confront each other in in-augural match of IPL 2024. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has begun its journey in the leadership of New captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Royal Challenger side is lead by Faf Du Plessis. Both team are ready to play in Chepak Stadium, Chennai.
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Toss
Both captains along with Match Referee Jawagal Sreenath and Host Ravi Shastri were present for Toss with IPL Trophy in between. RCB captain Faf Du Plessis won the toss and choose to Bat first.
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Teams
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI)
Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande
Royal Challengers Bangaluru (Playing XI)
Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj
Play Begun with national anthem sung by Sonu Nigam
1st Innings Summary
Faf Du Plessis has started the inning with Virat Kohli of IPL 2024. The south African batsman took the CSK bowlers on granted in the beginning of inning and hit 8 boundaries. He hit Deepak Chahar with 4 boundaries in an over. Faf presented his good form for IPL 2024. His batting prowess took the RCB by batting start. He tried to build the inning and contributed for the team He sent 8 deliveries over the boundary before departing on individual score of 35 caught by Rachin Ravindra at deep back over on the ball of Mustfizur Rahman. Faf Du Plessis c Ravindra b Mustafizur 35(23) [4s – 8]
Rajat Patidar took the strike after Faf Du Plessis. He was unable to contribute much for the team and departed back to pavilion on golden duck on the third ball of the same over by Mustafizur Rahman of the same over in which he took Faf Du Plessis. Rajat Patidar caught behind by MS Dhoni on an angling length ball of Mustafizur Rahman. Rajat Patidar c Dhoni b Mustafizur 0(3)
Deepak Chahar took the wicket of Glenn Maxwell in 6th over of the match and departed him to pavilion on Golden Duck in the first match of this season. Deepak Chahar bowled a tight stump line delivery, Maxwell tried to open the face of the bat with the intent to drive down to third men; but bowl rested in the gloves of Cool Legendary wicket-keeper MS Dhoni. It was his second catch of the match. Maxwell c Dhoni b Chahar 0(1)
With the magnificent start, RCB lost control in the fifth over of the match, and CSK put pressure on RCB. One time, it was 41-0, and after 6 deliveries, RCB has reached 42-3. It was great anticipation of CSK bowlers.
Virat Kohli hits the first six of the season on the bowl of Mahesh Theekshana. It was a half tracker to Kohli by Theekshana, Kohli follows and hit over the deep mid-wicket to Six. Virat Kohli tried to build partnership with Cameron Green after falling of 3 wickets in just three deliveries. Mustafizur took the wicket of Virat Kohli on 2nd Ball of 12th over. Kohli was his third wicket of the match. Mustafizur bowl back of the length delivery angling across, Kohli tried to pull it away. Kohli generated full power to send the ball out of boundary line but caught in deep cover by Rachin Ravindra by sliding towards the boundary. It was important wicket for CSK. Kohli departed 21 runs including 1 massive six. Kohli c Ravindra b Mustafizur 21(20) [6s- 1]
Virat Kohli has achieve two records in this inning. Virat Kohli has completed 12000* runs in Men’s T20 cricket and has become 6th Batsman in the world cricket to achieve this record after Chris Gayle (14562), Shoaib Malik (13360), Kieron Pollard (12900), Alex Hales (12319), and David Warner (12065). He completed this milestone only in 360 matches, at second position behind from Chris Gayle who completed 12000* runs in 345 T20 matches.
He also has completed 1000-plus runs against CSK in the history of IPL. Kohli has also complete this mark against Delhi Capitals. Another batsman in the history of IPL have achieved this record are David Warner against Punjab Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Shikar Dhawan against Chennai Super Kings(CSK), and Rohit Sharma against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Mustafizur did not stop yet. 1 ball followed by Kohli’s wicket, he got the wicket of Cameron Green. A length fall angling leg stumps missed by Cameron during creating room to hit that ball and strike the top of Leg Stump. Green b Mustafizur 18(22) [4s-1]
Ravindra Jadega bowled a quick 11thover gave only one run. He gave only 21-runs in his 4 over spell for CSK. He has stopped the RCB between 11th to 15th over so well that they only conceded 2-boundary in these 30 balls.
Dinesh Karthik, one of the senior player of IPL, took the inning of RCB ahead to get respectable score. He hit a six on Theekshana in 16th over on Long on. In 18th over, he smashed a Six on 1st bowl over the head of bowler and departed ball out from boundary.
Anuj Rawat go head-to-head with Dinesh Karthik to contribute for the team. He took 18th over of Mahesh Theekshana on granted after Dinesh Karthik and smashed Sixes on 3rd and 5th Bowl of over. Rawat smashed 3rd Ball for Six by picking the length delivery and send it above the mid-wicket. On 5th Ball, he picked a low full toss and hit it high and wide of the long on. He concluded this over with boundary at short fine. Both batsman has scored 25 runs from the over. Confident Anuj Rawat has hit a six on 3rd Ball of 19th over of Mustafizur over the bowler’s head. He got run out on the score of 48 on the last bowl of the inning by wicket keeper MS Dhoni. His quick contribution took score of RCB to 173-6 which is way good if we see the 42-3 in 6 overs. Rawat and Karthik set the 95-runs partnership for 6th wicket for RCB which has become 6th wicket highest partnership for RCB. Anuj Rawat run out (Dhoni) 48(25) [4s-4, 6s-3]
Mustafizur rahman was the star bowler from CSK side. He took 4-wickets by giving 29 runs in 4 overs. This was his debut match in IPL. He has become second bowler after Shadab Jakati (4/24) against Delhi Capitals who score best bowling figure for CSK.
Target: RCB set the target of 174 runs for CSK
2nd Innings Summary
Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra came on crease to chase down the target of 174 runs. Siraj bowled first over for RCB. Gaiwad took the strike to start the second inning of the match. He started the match with boundary on short delivery of Siraj.
Ruturaj Gaikwad gave his wicket by contributing 15-runs for the team on last bowl of 4th over. Yash Dayal, impact player used by RCB, troubled Gaikwad with angled bowl and get the edge from the bat of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Green caught the ball in his second attempt. Gaikwad c Green b Yash Dayal 15(15) [4s-3]
Rachin Ravindra, young player from New Zealand, got a Six on last bowl of 3rd over of the inning on the top edge from short bowl bowled by Mohammad Siraj. He continued his form and hit another Six after the wicket of Ruturaj on the first bowl of 5th over of inning. Alzari Joseph has bowled a short bowl and Rachin picked the length of bowl and sent the bowl over long leg for Six. This young talent had contributed well for CSK. After Mohammad Siraj and Alzary Joseph, he targeted Karn Sharma in 7th over of inning. He hit him a Six on 5th ball of the over. Rachin smashed the half way ball to wide mid-wicket for a Six. On next ball, he again tried to fit ball hard by slog sweep but ball went flat to the hands of Rajat Patidar. Karn Sharma got his wicket which was caught by Rajat Patidar. This short and quickest inning came to an end with 3 boundaries and 3 maximum. Rachin Ravindra c Rajat Patidar b Karn Sharma 37(15) [4s-3, 6s-3]
Ajinkiya Rahane tried to create partnership with Rachin Ravindra, smashed a Six on 3rd Bowl of 6th over. He picked the length bowl of Yash Dayal and hit for maximum to Long off. Rahane hit a Six to Cameron Green in the 11th over of the inning. He picked the bad line of Cameron Green and hit maximum to deep backward square leg. On the next ball, Rahane tried to pull the ball but it took top half and went into the air. Glenn Maxwell anticipated this catch well. Rahane departed with contribution of 27-runs in 19 balls. Rahane c Maxwell b Green 27(19) [6s-2]
Daryl Mitchell took strike after fall of Rachin Ravindra. Daryl Mitchell took Karn Sharma on granted in 9th over of the inning. He smashed him two back-to-back Sixes on 2nd and 3rd ball of the over. The 2nd ball hit straight down the ground and 3rd ball went off to long-off. It put CSK in strong position about 10 overs. After Rahane, Cameron Green picked the wicket of Daryl Mitchell as well. On 3rd ball of 13th Over, Cameron Green invited Daryl Mitchell to anticipate short ball. The trick worked for Cameron Green, Daryll hit the ball hard toward the long on but ball did not clear the line and was caught by Rajat Patidar. Mitchell c Patidar b Green 22(18) [6s- 2]
Mayank Dagar has bowled his 1st over well, he gave only two runs in his first over. Cameron Green took two wickets of CSK between 11 to 15 overs to create pressure on the opposition.
CSK need 46 off final 30 balls
Ravindra Jadega took strike after Mitchell. He started to take the team to win the first match of the season. In 14th over, he hit Maxwell a Six to long-on. Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadega takes the inning of CSK to the win.
16th Over
Jadega and Shivam Dube collected 12 runs off the over. Shivam Dube sent second ball of Cameron Green’s over to 4-runs by using the pace of ball and sent it to boundary between deep backward square leg and long leg. Now, CSK need 34 runs in 24 balls.
17th Over
In 17th Over, both batsman collected 16 runs from the over. Shivam Dube smashed 4th and 5th ball of Alzary Joseph to boundries. The required runs come down to 18 runs in 18 balls. In this over, RCB gave match in the hands of CSK.
18th Over
Mohamad Siraj gave 8 runs off 18th over. Shivam dube sent 2nd and 5th ball of over to boundary line. Now, just formality was left. CSK needs only 10 runs from 12 balls with 6 wickets in hand.
19th Over
Chennai Super Kings won the match on 4th Ball of 19th over. Shivam Dube hit back-to-back 6 and 4 on 3rd and 4th ball of the over.
Result
Chennai Super Kings clinches the win in first match of the IPL 2024. CSK began its journey with win over RCB. This win give them confidence to take other match to them.
CSK won the match by 6 Wickets
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