Defending champions Chennai Super Kings won their first match of the season scheduled to be played against Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings Defeated RCB by 6 wickets
As per the IPL 2024 schedule, the first match of the season was scheduled to be played between CSK and RCB in Chepauk Stadium on March 22, 2024. As expected the defending champions defeated the Bengaluru team and made an impressive start under new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.
After winning the toss RCB captain Faf du Plessis opted to bat first where Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the innings as expected. Opening the game, Faf du Plessis made an aggressive start while Virat maintained a steady phase.
But soon, Faf’s reign comes to an end when CSK’s new recruiter Mustafizur Rahman bowls his first over of the season. The Bangladesh-born dismissed Faf du Plessis for 35 runs and drew the first blood for RCB.
Soon in the same over, Rahman dismissed Rajat Patidar for a duck and swapped the RCB’s aggressive start. In the very next over, Chahar dismissed Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck and added pressure over the RCB batters.
Soon after Cameroon Green’s(18 runs) dismissal, Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik made an outstanding partnership and scored 95 runs off just 57 deliveries. With the duo’s impressive partnership, RCB scored 173 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
But Dinesh Karthik who made a 95-run partnership with Anuj Rawat feels they were “slightly under par“.
On the other hand, Mustafizur who played his first match for CSK bagged 4 wickets and spelled 29 runs in 4 overs. Tushar Deshpande becomes the most expensive bowler for CSK where he gave whopping 47 runs in 4 overs which includes 6 wides.
Ravindra Jadeja, Maheesh Theekshana, also went wicketless while Deepak Chahar bagged one wicket by dismissing RCB’s key player Glenn Maxwell. Overall, CSK bowled 13 extras in their first match of the season against RCB today.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra opened the inning for CSK where CSK’s new captain lost his wicket for 15 runs to the impact player – Yash Dayal. following his dismissal, Rachin made a descent stand with Rahane and added 33 runs to the team’s scoreboard.
With decent contributions from Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube, CSK won the game by 6 wickets and climbed to the top position in the IPL 2024 points table.
CSK vs RCB 2024 Highlights
IPL 2024 CSK vs RCB Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 173-6 (20 Ov) |
| Chennai Super Kings | 176-4 (18.4 Ov) |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Virat Kohli | c Ravindra b Mustafizur Rahman | 21 | 20 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| Faf du Plessis (c) | c Ravindra b Mustafizur Rahman | 35 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 152.17 |
| Rajat Patidar | c †Dhoni b Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c †Dhoni b Chahar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | b Mustafizur Rahman | 18 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Anuj Rawat † | run out (†Dhoni) | 48 | 25 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 192 |
| Dinesh Karthik | not out | 38 | 26 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 146.15 |
Chennai Super Kings Bowling
| BOWLING | O | R | W | ECON | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tushar Deshpande | 4 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 4 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chennai Super Kings Batting
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) | c Green b Yash Dayal | 15 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| Rachin Ravindra | c Patidar b Sharma | 37 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 246.66 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Maxwell b Green | 27 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 142.1 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c Patidar b Green | 22 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 122.22 |
| Shivam Dube | not out | 34 | 28 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 121.42 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | not out | 25 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 147.05 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling
| BOWLING | O | R | W | ECON | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alzarri Joseph | 3.4 | 38 | 0 | 10.36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Karn Sharma | 2 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayank Dagar | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 3 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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— Times of Sports (@timesofsports) March 23, 2024
