IPL 2024 CSK vs RCB: Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of IPL 2024. CSK won this match by 6 wickets. Shivam Dubey played an important role for that. He gave the team victory by hitting a six and a four in the 19th over. CSK needed 10 runs in the last 12 balls. Shivam scored an unbeaten 34 runs in 28 balls in this match. Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 25 runs.
Actually, Shivam came to bat at number 5 for CSK, who came out to chase the target given by RCB. During his innings, he faced 28 balls and scored an unbeaten 34 runs. Dubey’s innings included 4 fours and 1 six. Ravindra Jadeja was at the other end. He scored an unbeaten 25 runs in 17 balls. Jadeja hit a six.
Excitement of the 19th over –
CSK needed 10 runs to win in the last 12 balls. Alzari Joseph came to bowl the 19th over for RCB. Ravindra Jadeja had the strike. He took a single on the first ball of the over. After this Shivam Dubey got the strike. The second ball of the over was wide. After this the next ball was a dot. Dubey hit a six on the third ball of the over. Now CSK needed 4 runs to win. He hit a four on the fourth ball. In this way CSK won the match.
RCB lost in the first match of IPL 2024 –
Batting first in the first match of IPL 2024, RCB scored 173 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, CSK achieved the target in 18.4 overs. For that, Rachin Ravindra scored 37 runs in 15 balls. During this, Rachin hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 22 runs. Ajinkya Rahane contributed 27 runs.
Chasing the target of 174 runs set by RCB, CSK (CSK va RCB) started the innings with captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra. Both added 38 runs for the first wicket. Yash Dayal got Gaikwad caught by Cameron Green on a personal score of 15. After this, in an attempt to hit a big shot, Rachin Ravindra also returned to the pavilion after scoring 37 runs off 15 balls. Rachin was caught by Rajat Patidar off Karn Sharma. Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed after scoring 27 runs off 19 balls. Rahane was caught by Cameron Green near the boundary by Maxwell. Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 22 runs. Shivam Dubey returned unbeaten after scoring 24 runs off 28 balls, while Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 25 off 17 balls.
Anuj and Karthik shared a 95-run partnership.
Earlier, defending champion Chennai Super Kings’ fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets with his ‘variation’, due to which Royal Challengers Bangalore were in trouble, but due to a 95-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Anuj Rawat (48 runs) and Dinesh Karthik (38 not out), the team was able to make a respectable score of 173 runs for 6 wickets. But considering the batsman-friendly pitch, this score will not be enough to stop the CSK batsmen.
RCB scored 83 runs in the last 6 overs
Anuj Rawat (25 balls) hit 25 runs against Tushar Deshpande and along with experienced cricketer Karthik (38 not out), made a crucial partnership of 95 runs for the sixth wicket in just 57 balls. Rawat, who was playing cautiously initially, changed the course of the innings by hitting three sixes and a four against Deshpande, due to which RCB scored 83 runs in their last six overs. Captain Faf du Plessis played an innings of 35 runs.
RCB had lost 5 wickets for 78 runs
Rawat hit four fours and three sixes during his innings. Earlier, Mustafizur had put pressure on RCB by taking four wickets in his first two overs and reducing their score to 78 runs for 5 wickets. Mustafizur dominated the innings earlier, but after that Rawat played a sensible innings. If Mathisha Pathirana had been fit to join CSK, then Mustafizur might not have got a place in the playing eleven.
Kohli scored 21 runs
Mustafizur, who was put in to stop Du Plessis, took two wickets with the help of the pitch in the powerplay. Mustafizur dismissed Rajat Patidar after Du Plessis. Deepak Chahar then did not let Glenn Maxwell even open his account. Virat Kohli, who was playing his first competitive match after more than two months, scored 21 runs off 20 balls. After facing only six balls in the powerplay, Kohli’s first aggressive stroke was a six off Mahesh Teekshna’s ball. Kohli also completed 12000 runs in T20 cricket during this time. He is the first Indian to achieve this feat.
