RCB vs CSK IPL 2024: Â Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings in the 68th match of IPL 2024 and secured a place in the playoffs. Bangalore became the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs. In the match played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Bangalore defeated Chennai by 27 runs.Â
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RCB set a Target of 218 runs for Chennai
Batting first, RCB scored 218 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Bangalore had to restrict Chennai to 200 runs to qualify for the playoffs. That is, RCB had to win the match by 18 runs at any cost to qualify for the playoffs, but the team won by 27 runs.Â
Chennai, which came out to chase the target, did not get a good start. The team lost the wicket of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad on the very first ball of the innings. Then the team also got a second blow soon. But, Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane shared a 66 (41 balls) run partnership for the third wicket and provided stability to the team, but after that the team could not provide stability. Although Jadeja and Dhoni shared a 61 (27 balls) run partnership for the seventh wicket and brought the team close to victory again, but in the end they had to face defeat.Â
This was the innings of Chennai Super Kings while chasing the targetÂ
Chasing the target, Chennai suffered the first blow on the very first ball of the innings, when captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (00) was sent to the pavilion by Glenn Maxwell. Then the team lost the second wicket in the form of Daryl Mitchell (04) on the second ball of the third over. After this, Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane took over the innings and shared a 66 (41 balls) run partnership for the third wicket. This partnership ended on the first ball of the 10th over, when Lockie Ferguson sent Ajinkya Rahane to the pavilion. Rahane played an innings of 33 runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.Â
Then the team’s fourth wicket fell in the form of Rachin Ravindra on the last ball of the 13th over, who was run out. Rachin played an innings of 61 runs with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes in 37 balls. The team had not yet recovered from the fourth wicket when Shivam Dubey returned to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the 14th over, scoring just 07 runs in 15 balls. In this way, Chennai lost 5 wickets at a score of 119.
Then Mitchell Santner (03) was out on the last ball of the 15th over. After this, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni shared a 61 (27 balls) run partnership for the seventh wicket, which brought the team very close to victory once again. But this partnership ended with Dhoni’s wicket on the second ball of the 20th over, with which Chennai’s hopes of victory also ended. In the end, Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten by scoring 42 runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes, but could not lead the team to victory. In this way, RCB defeated CSK and qualified for the playoffs.Â
In this big match, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. The playing eleven of both the teams in the match was as follows:
RCB:Â
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Yash Dayal, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed SirajÂ
Chennai:Â Â
Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Darrell Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santner, Simarjit Singh, Mahesh Theekshana
Virat Kohli set a flurry of records, equalled Chris Gayle, crossed the 700 mark for the second time in IPL
 Virat Kohli made a shower of records in the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings. Right-handed batsman Virat missed his half-century by three runs. He also completed 3000 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Virat has become the first batsman to achieve this feat at a single venue in IPL. Kohli was out after scoring 47 runs with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes in 29 balls. 35-year-old Kohli crossed the 700 mark for the second time in IPL.
Virat Kohli is at the top of the list of highest run-scorers in IPL 2024. He has scored the most 708 runs this season at a strike rate of 155.60, which includes a century and 5 half-centuries. Kohli has hit 59 fours and 37 sixes during this period. Kohli has become the first Indian to score 700 plus twice in a season in IPL. In this case, he has also equaled Chris Gayle. Gayle has also scored 700 plus twice in IPL. Kohli along with captain Faf du Plessis shared a 78-run partnership for the first wicket. Virat had earlier scored the most 973 runs with the help of 4 centuries in the 2016 IPL.
Virat became the Sixer King of IPL 2024Â
Virat Kohli has hit 37 sixes this season of IPL. This is the highest number of sixes by any batsman this season. Nicholas Pooran is at number two in this list who hit 36 ​​sixes while Abhishek Sharma has hit 35 sixes. He has hit the maximum number of 38 sixes in a season of IPL. Kohli hit 38 sixes in 2016. In 2015, 23 sixes came off Kohli’s bat while in 2013 he hit 22 sixes.
