Leading Online Desk : IPL 2024 CSKvsRCB : Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have set Chennai Super Kings (CSK) a target of 174 runs to win in the first match of IPL-2024. After winning the toss and batting at the Chepauk Stadium, the team scored 173 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Anuj Rawat scored 48 off 25 balls while Dinesh Karthik scored 38 not out off 26 balls. Both shared a partnership of 95 runs. Earlier, captain Faf du Plessis was dismissed for 35, Virat Kohli for 21 and Cameron Green for 18. Mustafizur Rahman got 4 wickets. Deepak Chahar took one wicket.
Half of Bangalore's team returned to the pavilion
Half of Bangalore's team returned to the pavilion. Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets in the 12th over to destroy Bengaluru's middle order. He bowled Cameron Green on the fourth ball of the 12th over. Green was dismissed for 18 off 22 balls.
Kohli out
Virat Kohli was dismissed for 21 runs off 20 balls. Rahman has him caught by Rachin Ravindrakar.
Kohli hit the first six of the season
Virat Kohli hit his first six of the IPL season in the 10th over of the innings. He hit Mahish Tikshan's second ball for a six.
RCB's half century
Royal Challengers Bangalore crossed the 50-run mark in the 8th over. Virat took two runs off Tikshan's second ball to take the team's score past 50.
Kohli's 12 thousand T20 runs completed
Virat Kohli completed 12 thousand runs in his T20 career. He achieved this feat in the 7th over with a single off Ravindra Jadeja.
Maxwell Golden Duck
On the third ball of the sixth over, Deepak Chahar had Glenn Maxwell caught by wicketkeeper Dhoni. Maxwell became a golden duck.
Two wickets in the 5th over
RCB got their first shock in the form of du Plessis. He returned with 35 off 23 balls. Ravindra took the first catch. In the 5th over, Mustafizur Rahman was played by Duplessis to the off side at deep backward point. The ball remained in the air. At the same time, Rachin Ravindra ran and took the catch. Mustafizur took his second wicket on the last ball of the same over. He got Rajat Patidar caught by wicketkeeper Dhoni.
The playing 11 of both the teams are as follows
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Alzari Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj,
Impact Players: Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Swapneel Singh, Vaishak Vijay Kumar.
Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Tekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Player: Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Sheikh Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Moeen Ali.
how is the pitch
The team batting first had won five matches in IPL 2023 at Chennai's Chepauk ground. While the team chasing the target had won four matches.
How is the record of CSK and RCB in the opening match?
So far, Chennai Super Kings have played the season opener eight times under the leadership of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The team has won four matches. At the same time Royal Challengers Bangalore have played four opening matches of IPL. Out of these three matches have been lost and one match has been won. Bengaluru defeated Mumbai Indians in the opening match of IPL 2021.
CSK tops in statistics
A total of 31 matches have been played between CSK and RCB in the history of IPL so far, in which the defending champions CSK have won 20 matches while the RCB team has managed to win only 10 matches. One match between the two teams has been a draw. Thus Dhoni's team seems to have the upper hand compared to RCB.
