RCB vs CSK IPL 2024: Catch all the action from the match through these images
Published on May 19, 2024 01:33 AM IST
- RCB beat CSK by 27 runs to record their sixth consecutive win and thus snatch the final playoff spot from their southern rivals.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first team to have lost all but one of their first seven games and yet qualified for the playoffs. RCB beat rivals Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs to record their sixth consecutive victory, snatch the fourth spot and thus complete the remarkable comeback. (PTI)
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RCB were put to bat first after CSK won the toss. Their innings was briefly interrupted by rain after three overs, at which point VIrat Kohli and Faf du Plessis had put up an opening stand of 31 runs. That increased to 78 off 58 balls despite CSK exploiting the conditions by throwing spinners at the pair after resumption. The opening stand ended with Kohli falling on 47 off 29 balls. (AFP)
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Du Plessis then shared a 35-run stand off 20 balls with Rajat Patidar. The RCB captain fell after scoring 54 off 39 balls in a rather freakish run out at the non-striker's end. (AFP)
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Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar then blazed 71 runs for the third wicket in just 28 balls, While Green remained unbeaten on 38 off 17, Patidar fell on 41 off 23. Dinesh Karthik them smashed 14 off six balls while Glenn Maxwell scored 16 in five balls to help RCB record a score of 218/5 in 20 overs. CSK needed to score at least 201 to secure fourth spot. (PTI)
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RCB's defence got off to a dream start with CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad falling off the very first ball of the innings to Maxwell. (ANI)
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CSK then lost another wicket in the third over before their chase got underway with a 66-run stand between Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane that came in 41 balls. The partnership was broken with Lockie Ferguson's first ball of the match in the 10th over with Rahane holing out to Du Plessis on 33 off 22. (PTI)
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Ravindra soon managed to score his maiden IPL half-century and kept CSK in sight of the qualification target of 201. However, a horrible mix-up with the struggling Shivam Dube led to him being run out on 61 off 37 balls. (IPL-X)
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It all seemed to go RCB's way after that, symbolised by a screamer of a catch taken by Du Plessis to dismiss Mitchell Santner in the 15th over of the innings. (PTI)
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However, CSK's cause got a late impetus with veterans Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni coming together. The pair put up 61 runs for the seventh wicket off just 27 balls. (PTI)
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The pair smashed 18 runs in the 19th over and it thus came down to CSK needing 17 to qualify for the playoffs in the last over. MS Dhoni, playing possibly the last match of his illustrious professional career, was on strike and hit a six off the first ball of the over. However, he fell on 25 off 13 balls the very next ball. (PTI)
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