- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 taken at deep square. You'll remember that straight six he hit off Chahal, where he got into sweeping position. Gets in that position again, but this one dips on him faster and he's ended up not getting close to it at middle stump. Has to stretch out, can't possibly go straight from there, and ends up carving it up for the fielder to run in and hold 74/113.5 taken at long-on! Yet again Harshal is on a hat-trick! Must be the third time this season. Offcutter, short and turning into middle stump. It's an attempted aerial pull, but he can't go through it because that stops on him. Christian runs to the left and takes that smartly. Two new batsmen at the crease suddenly for CSK 111/313.4 dragged out to deep midwicket. Offcutter at a length, at middle stump. Raina jumping down leg side and reaching out this time for the slog. Can't get distance on it and Padikkal takes it comfortably 111/217.3 picks out deep square. Offcutter at a length outside off, gets his weight into the off side and looks to swish that over the fine leg boundary. No pace on it, and he's not in the best shape right now either. Can't get enough power on that to clear Jamieson 142/4Extras6 (lb 1, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL191/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 9.1 ov), 2-111 (Suresh Raina, 13.4 ov), 3-111 (Faf du Plessis, 13.5 ov), 4-142 (Ambati Rayudu, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 4 0 32 0 8.00 9 3 1 0 0 KA Jamieson 3 0 31 0 10.33 5 4 1 1 0 YS Chahal 3 0 24 1 8.00 8 1 2 0 0 NA Saini 2 0 27 0 13.50 1 3 1 0 1 HV Patel 4 0 51 3 12.75 9 2 5 1 1 DT Christian 2 0 12 0 6.00 5 1 0 1 0 Washington Sundar 2 0 13 0 6.50 7 1 1 0 0
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 superb execution from Curran! Slower ball, dug right into the pitch, short of a length outside off. Kohli looks to cut and that gets big on him. Thick outside edge and an easy take 44/14.6 taken at backward square! The bowling change has worked out. Thakur slams another in short, tight at Padikkal's body, and that is definitely a vulnerable area for him. Late on the pull and it floats out to Raina 54/26.2 taken at deep midwicket. Length at middle stump, a panic-driven jump down the pitch. Nowhere close to meeting that ball. Can only drag it high for Gaikwad 65/38.5 tonks leg stump! Slows it down, slides it on. Maxwell clears the front leg and looks to slog that over deep midwicket. Through it early and misses completely. Jadeja continues to torment RCB 79/410.1 no way! Jadeja is like an Under-23 player playing in the Under-11s nets right now. He is managing to embarrass the entirety of RCB, and who bigger than AB de Villiers? He has completely outfoxed him. Length ball, drifted and dipping into leg stump. AB reaches out from the crease and wants to stab that on the front foot. It turns past quickly and hits the top of middle. Stunning, simply stunning performance this 83/69.4 looks like a Jadeja direct hit, and as ever, it looks out. This is just pure bullying from Jadeja and CSK. Once again, they're making RCB look very ordinary. This was a short of a length legbreak outside of, punched to Jadeja's left and Christian doesn't have the legs to beat this throw. His third straight score of 1 81/515.6 Tahir's got a direct hit from square leg and Jamieson is walking back! Full ball squeezed out towards square leg, he's sent back and stretching, but he's nowhere close! Tahir waits, takes aim, and throws the stumps down 103/911.6 slides into middle stump! Harshal back in the crease for the pull, doesn't pick the slider. Tahir back after long time, gets his first 89/713.1 sharp take from Raina! Another slider, short of a length outside off. Saini has a quick slash at this. Raina was moving to his right instinctively for the cut, but this speeds into his mid-riff, low to his left, and he reacts fast 94/8Extras8 (lb 3, w 5)TOTAL122/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.1)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Virat Kohli, 3.1 ov), 2-54 (Devdutt Padikkal, 4.6 ov), 3-65 (Washington Sundar, 6.2 ov), 4-79 (Glenn Maxwell, 8.5 ov), 5-81 (Dan Christian, 9.4 ov), 6-83 (AB de Villiers, 10.1 ov), 7-89 (Harshal Patel, 11.6 ov), 8-94 (Navdeep Saini, 13.1 ov), 9-103 (Kyle Jamieson, 15.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Chennai Super Kings , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
25 April 2021 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 0 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (37 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 51/0 in 6.0 overs (RD Gaikwad 22, F du Plessis 27)
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (RD Gaikwad 22, F du Plessis 27, Ex 2)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (74 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 110/1 in 13.0 overs (F du Plessis 49, SK Raina 24)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (114 balls), Extras 5
- RA Jadeja: 50 off 25 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 191/4 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 62, MS Dhoni 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 65 runs, 2 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 79/4 in 8.5 overs (AB de Villiers 2)
- Over 10.3: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Batting), Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batsman - HV Patel (Upheld)
- Over 13.5: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - YS Chahal (Struck down)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 103/9 in 16.0 overs (YS Chahal 1)
- Over 17.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - Mohammed Siraj (Upheld)
Match Coverage
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