- BATSMENRB4s6sSR13.1 oh, he's broken this stand with a good return catch! It was a typical Bravo slower ball, back of length on the stumps and de Kock pulled but a bit too early and handed it back to the bowler, who brings out his dance celebration and the crowd loves it 138/24.2 Jadeja dives and takes it at mid-on. Kohli walked down this time, it was a length delivery on the stumps and Kohli wanted to loft it over the fielder but didn't quite middle it. Jadeja was slightly wide at mid-on and he quicklt went to his left for a dive and grabbed it with both hands. Thakur is thrilled! 35/114.5 AB holes out, another great over for CSK. Not a great delivery, it was a short legbreak well outside off and turned away further but AB swung away from the body and the leading edge went high enough for Billings to run in from sweeper cover. He doesn't drop those 142/314.6 two in two, Tahir is running again! Anderson got strike because they crossed over on the previous delivery, Tahir sent down a wrong'un outside off and Anderson poked tentatively to slip where Harbhajan pouched it 142/418.6 taken at deep midwicket. Mandeep picks the knuckle ball, but this length ball is too far outside off for the slog sweep he plays eventually. Ends up slicing it and Jadeja has an easy one. This is a good innings from Mandeep, he has put the momentum back in RCB's favour 191/519.1 Dhoni hits and that's Colin de Grandhomme. And the associated runs. Too simple for him - he chucks it overarm with his glove one. Negi was looking to dab this slower ball past him with a late cut and missed 191/619.2 and another! Well, scratch that about momentum. Three wickets in three balls. Two run outs. Quite appalling. It's a full toss and he lifts it inside-out to long-off's right. Jadeja picks up on the bounce. Sundar has settled into the crease at the non-striker's end. Negi is running down frantically though for some reason. Turns, slips, can't make his ground at the striker's end 192/719.3 bye bye. Bizarre over. Bizarre cricket. A slower ball at length outside off. Umesh looks to slug it to Commercial Street. He can only find Billings, 20 yards in from the boundary at deep midwicket 193/8Extras8 (b 4, w 4)TOTAL205/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.25)Did not bat: YS ChahalFall of wickets: 1-35 (Virat Kohli, 4.2 ov), 2-138 (Quinton de Kock, 13.1 ov), 3-142 (AB de Villiers, 14.5 ov), 4-142 (Corey Anderson, 14.6 ov), 5-191 (Mandeep Singh, 18.6 ov), 6-191 (Colin de Grandhomme, 19.1 ov), 7-192 (Pawan Negi, 19.2 ov), 8-193 (Umesh Yadav, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DL Chahar 2 0 20 0 10 4 2 1 0 0 SN Thakur 4 1 46 2 11.5 10 1 5 2 0 Harbhajan Singh 2 0 24 0 12 6 1 3 0 0 RA Jadeja 2 0 22 0 11 4 1 2 0 0 SR Watson 2 0 21 0 10.5 2 1 1 1 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 35 2 8.75 5 1 2 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 1 33 2 8.25 12 2 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 caught at mid-on, Negi has struck! Wasn't the short on the stumps but Watson went back to pull and miscued it, easy catch for mid-on 8/117.5 Rayudu can't make it despite the dive! He steered it to short third man where Umesh dived to his right but the ball deflected away, making the batsmen think of two. But it wasn't too far and Umesh qickly got back and, guess what, direct hit at the keeper's end 175/55.1 the persistence with pace pays off, Raina miscues it to backward point! Raina strayed from his stumps again and Umesh pitched it up with some swing towards his legs, Raina flicked but mistimed it horrible and the edge went the other way, easy peasy for Mandeep 50/26.2 lots of turn and he's stumped! Billings came down the track, Chahal bowls it slower through the air and shorter on the stumps, Billings looks to flick it with the wrists but the ball turns so much that it's gone past him and into the keeper's gloves 59/38.6 so much turn, he's got the off stump! After that wide, Chahal goes wide outside off, wide enough to tempt Jadeja into a cut and he tries that but it turns in viciously to knock the stumps over! 74/4Extras11 (lb 2, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL207/5 (19.4 Overs, RR: 10.52)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Shane Watson, 0.6 ov), 2-50 (Suresh Raina, 5.1 ov), 3-59 (Sam Billings, 6.2 ov), 4-74 (Ravindra Jadeja, 8.6 ov), 5-175 (Ambati Rayudu, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB P Negi 3 0 36 1 12 7 0 5 0 0 UT Yadav 4 0 23 1 5.75 12 2 1 0 0 Washington Sundar 1 0 14 0 14 2 0 2 0 0 Mohammed Siraj 4 0 48 0 12 4 4 2 4 0 YS Chahal 4 0 26 2 6.5 11 1 1 2 1 CJ Anderson 3.4 0 58 0 15.81 2 2 6 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Chennai Super Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
25 April 2018 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Q de Kock 23, AB de Villiers 27, Ex 0)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 0
- Q de Kock: 50 off 35 balls (1 x 4, 4 x 6)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 23 balls (2 x 4, 6 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 49 balls (Q de Kock 35, AB de Villiers 65, Ex 1)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 5
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 205/8 in 20.0 overs (Washington Sundar 13, Mohammed Siraj 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- Over 11.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - AT Rayudu (Struck down)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (72 balls), Extras 4
- AT Rayudu: 50 off 40 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (AT Rayudu 12, MS Dhoni 36, Ex 4)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 15.6 overs (97 balls), Extras 7
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 29 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 53 balls (AT Rayudu 39, MS Dhoni 55, Ex 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 200 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 11
Match Coverage
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Dhoni breaks personal six-hitting record in IPL
MS Dhoni struck seven sixes, his personal best in a single IPL game, to seal a high-scoring win for Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru
Talking Points: Dhoni's cardiac Kings do it again
Plus, how bad have Royal Challengers been at the death this season? (Spoiler: extremely bad)
Dhoni, Rayudu raze down 206 in blaze of sixes
A stunning 102 runs came off sixes as Chennai Super Kings consigned Royal Challengers Bangalore to another deflating loss at home
CSK target top spot; RCB look to rise further from the bottom
The hosts have been over-reliant on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for their runs. Will one of them do the job again against CSK?