RCB vs CSK Match Highlight:
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. Chinnasamy Stadium in Bangalore, Bangalore defeated Chennai by 27 runs.
RCB batted first and scored 218 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Bangalore had to stop Chennai to 200 runs to qualify for the playoffs. That is, RCB had to win the match by 18 runs at any cost to go to the playoffs, but the team won by 27 runs.
Chennai, which came out to chase the target, did not get a good start. The team lost the wickets 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 wickets 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 wickets and brought the team close to victory again, but in the end, they had to face defeat.
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Such was the innings of Chennai Super Kings while chasing the target
Chasing the target, Chennai suffered the first blow on the very first ball of the innings, hen captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (00) was sent to the pavilion by Glenn Maxell. Then the team lost the second wicket in the form of Daryl Mitcheel (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 ended on the first ball of the 10th over, hen Lockie Ferguson played an innings of 33 runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 sex.
Then the fourth wickets of the team 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 in 37 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. The team had not yet recovered from the fourth wicket hen on the fourth ball of the 14th over, Shivam Dubey returned to the pavilion after 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.