IPL 2021, RCB vs CSK Highlights: Chennai have now won seven times this season. (IPL)IPL 2021, RCB vs CSK Highlights: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) moved back to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings after registering a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
After being sent to bat first, RCB got off to a blistering start through their openers Virat Kohli (53) and Devdutt Padikkal (70). But after the end of their 111-run partnership, things went south for Bangalore as they were restricted to 156/6 at the end of 20 overs. Chasing, Faf du Plessis (31) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (38) provided a quick start to CSK’s innings. Despite losing wickets in the middle overs, CSK romped to victory with 11 balls to spare owing to MS Dhoni (11*) and Suresh Raina’s (17*) late cameos.
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156/6 (20.0)Chennai Super Kings
157/4 (18.1)Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets
The victory puts CSK first on the IPL 2021 points table. RCB have now suffer their seventh-straight defeat in the UAE after a great start to the competition back in India. The chase was set up by Gaikwad and du Plessis, who put on 71 and contributions from Rayudu, Moeen, Raina and Dhoni saw them home.
And Chennai have done it. They have handed RCB their second straight loss in UAE. Dhoni and Raina steer them home. CSK win by 6 wickets.
Dhoni hits 2 fours in the over. Just 2 runs left to win. CSK 155/4 after 18 ovs.
Raina hits a 4 and a 6 to end Hasaranga's misery as CSK look to finish this soon. CSK are 145/4 after 17 ovs.
Guess who's at the crease. It's Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Can he take CSK over the line? He will face Hasaranga.
And Rayadu departs. He was in inspired form as he smashes two back to back 4s. He is Ccaught by de Villiers!! Pulls, and picks out short mid-wicket. CSK 133/4 after 15.4 ovs
Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled across to lap-scoop a pacy delivery from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air started to discuss who was the inventor of that shot. Doull was the opinion that Zimbabwe’s Flower brothers, Andy and Grant, and Guy Whittall had attempted these. Murali Kartik plumped for Douglas Marillier, who swatted Glenn McGrath in a thrilling last over in 2001 (he lapped two fours off attempted yorkers but Zimbabwe lost by a run). Doull cued up Australia’s Ryan Campbell who played the closest to the modern-day lap in 2002 against Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Zoysa. “I am just wondering someone in 90s played that shot,” went Doull.
Hey Doullie, perhaps you are remembering your countryman Dion Nash in 1998. Another last over thriller it was. Shaun Pollock had the ball with New Zealand needing 7 off 2. Nash shuffled a touch towards off, bent down and paddled Pollock to fine-leg. The exhilaration at the choice of shot (Tony Greig on air would manage “what a beautiful little paddle shot!) was brutally cut short as the commentators, players, and umpire started to sweat whether it was a six or a four as it had landed on the rope. Rope meant four then. There were two ropes adjacent to each other which overlapped at one point and after replays, it was judged to be a four (Check the famous cricket YouTuber Robe Linda’s channel to see Nash’s beauty.) Nash would hole out to deep midwicket next ball where Lance Klusener took a good running catch and a distraught Nash trudged off. History would perhaps be kinder to him as that “beautiful little paddle shot” was perhaps the real progenitor of the modern-day version of the lap.
Raina hits a 4. Full outside off stump. Turning further away, and he leans into a clubbed shot over cover. Beats the extra cover man in the deep! Over ends at 7 runs. CSK 125/3 after 15 ovs.
Patel starts the over with a No ball. And a Free hit. Just 1 off it though. In the last ball of the over he takes Moeen Ali. CSK 118/3 after 14 ovs. Just 6 off it.
Maxwell returns. Was bowling a pretty good over until THAT!! A 6 to finish the 12th over. Great shot by Rayadu. In the first ball of the next over, Ali hits another 6. CSK 106/2 after 12.1 ovs.
Moeen Ali joins the party as he hits Chahal for a 6. Not an easy shot by any means. CSK end the over on a high. 11 overs gone. CSK 90/2.
Rayadu comes to bat and offf the mark straight away after hitting Maxwell for a 4. Maxwell ends te over after giving off 7 runs and getting 1 wicket. CSK 78/2 after 10 overs.
Faf du Plessis is gone as well. Maxwell strikes. Extra bounce on this length delivery as Faf attempted a sweep. Got it high on the bat. Saini in taking the catch may have hurt his finger. CSK 71/2 after 9.1 ovs.
Gaikwad goes. He has been caught by Kohli. That's a super catch from Kohli. Chahal comes back after getting hit for a 4 by Gaikwad in the first ball. That's a super catch from Kohli CSK 71/1 after 8.2 ovs.
Hasaranga bowls a good over. CSK batsmen are having it difficult to get runs after the Powerplay. Just 5 off this over. CSK 67/0 after 8 ovs
Chahal comes in to attack. Brilliant over as he somewhat stems the run flow. Appeal for a run out but it's turned down. 3 runs off the over. CSK 62/0 after 7 ovs.
Saini to du Plessis and gets hit for a 6. du Plessis does not even bother to run. And another 4 in the 3rd ball. Ends the over with another 4. CSK 59/0 after 6 overs.
Patel bowls a no. Gaikwad will need no invitation for the Free Hit. And he hits a 4 off it. Decent over except that boundary. Just 8 off it. CSK 43/0 after 5 ovs.
Gaikwad hits a 4 off Hasaranga's first ball. Great sweep into the gap at square leg. Hasaranga gets hit for a 6 in the last ball of the over. CSK 35/0 after 4 ovs
Siraj comes back. du Plessis isn't happy with something behind the bowler's arm, he pulls away once again at the last moment. Siraj finishes the over at 5 runs. Good over. CSK 23/0 after 3 ovs.
Navdeep Saini in the attack. du Plessis hits a 6 in the second ball. Good ball but that's how good du Plessis is. CSK 14/0 after 1.2 ovs
Gaikwad starts with a 4. He picked the length early and gave it a smack. Other than that a decent over. 8 off it. CSK 8/0 after 1 over
CSK are favourites to move to No. 1 on the points table but stranger things have happened. du Plessis takes strike. Ruturaj is at the other end. Siraj to open the attack.
RCB started strong as they made 90 for no loss. But the last ten has hurt them: 66 for 6 in the last ten, and it's only 157 for CSK to chase. A partnership of 111 between Kohli (53) and Padikkal (70) set RCB up for a big total, but the Maxwell-AB-David-Harshal-Hasaranga quintet could contribute 28 runs.
Tim David let out a yawn on the sprawling sofa inside the dressing room. In full gear, barring the helmet. He stretched his limbs, slumped back over the sofa, tilted his head, and kept yawning, his mouth agape. The moment, funnily or embarrassingly, was caught on the camera. In the dug-out that hugged the pitch, Simon Doull was mining info on the latest IPL debutant, who turns up for Singapore, from Sanjay Bangar, and the smart producer might have thought it was the appropriate time to introduce David to the world. The timing was incredible—he was yawning just when Bangar was waxing lyrical on David’s energy and intensity. Maybe, he was still jet-lagged, maybe the action that was unfolding in the middle wasn’t thrilling enough (Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal were dealing at a strike rate of 130-135 thereabouts, while our hero belts at 154), or maybe it was his way of dealing with nerves (yawning, some neuroscientists believe, is a stress-buster), or maybe it was the sheer restlessness of sitting geared-up for his IPL debut. His wait only stretched longer, as the openers ate up 13.2 overs. And instead of him, they sent AB de Villiers next. You could imagine how he would have reacted to the decision. With a yawn obviously! To yawn, after all, is human.
Bravo has a very nice last over. CSK has mustered a late comeback. Just 2 off the over. And another wicket to boot. Sendsational over. RCB has been restricted to 156/6.
Bravo comes to ball. And he gets Maxwell in the second ball. Full on leg stump. Misses the yorker, and Maxwell looks to smack a six over cow corner. But he checks the shot instead of offering a full flourish. Taken by the outfielder rather comfortably. RCB 154/5 after 19.2 ovs
Chahar has a great over. Just 4 off it. 19 overs gone as RCB batsmen struggle as CSK look to take more wickets and stem runs. RCB 154/4 after 19 ovs.
And a wicket as Chahar takes Tim David. Some comeback here by CSK. Royal Challengers left reeling but Maxwell is still there and he can hit them. RCB 150/4 after 18.2 ovs.
The exclamation escaped Virat Kohli’s lips after he was stunned by how much Ravindra Jadeja spun the ball. It had landed outside leg stump and broke right across his startled jab and went past the off stump. Oi! went Kohli. He let out a chuckle. So did Jadeja. Only man who didn’t show much surprise was of course MS Dhoni who had his right gloves in the right place to pouch it. Where did that turn come from, though? In fact the top soil came off a touch on that occasion - a puff of dust flew up as the ball gripped and spun. This pitch isn’t known for much turn. Perhaps, it’s down to the newly-relaid surface after the last IPL which is yet to settle down, may be. Kohli fell next over, swat-flicking Dwayne Bravo straight to the deep midwicket fielder. And Kohli had a wry smile at the missed six.
And gets caught in the next ball. Huge wicket for CSK as ABD departs. And just when he was starting to look dangerous. Padikkal is gone next as he is caught by Rayudu!! Got himself into a pickle there. RCB 140/3 after 17 ovs.
Thakur comes in the attack and ABD clears the front leg and absolutely hammers a six over deep midwicket for six! RCB 140/1 after 16.3 ovs.
Hazlewood comes for CSK. Over was going well before that DDP 6. Full, in the slot just outside off. DDP clears the front leg and clubs it for six over long on. 16 ovs gone as RCB are 131/1.
ABD faces Thakur. Just 1 run off 3 balls. Pretty good over. Just 4 off it. ABD starts slow. RCB 118/1 after 15
Before today, Virat Kohli's 151 runs (and 98 balls) off Dwayne Bravo in the IPL were the most by any player against a bowler without getting dismissed.
In Powerplay - 21/36 balls - 33 runs
After Powerplay - 20/44 balls - 20 runs
Bravo comes in to attack and he gets Kohli. Picks Jadeja at deep midwicket. RCB 111/1 after 13.2 ovs
Virat Kohli gets his 50 and gets it in style. Nudges it behind off his pads, and this has been played fine. RCB 108/0 after 12.1 ovs
And 50 up for DDP plus RCB's 100 as he hits Chahar for a four. Slower ball banged in short outside off, plenty of width and Padikkal slaps it over backward point. Gets a pat on his helmet from Kohli for his half ton
Jadeja comes back. Pretty good over considering the proceedings. Only 6 off it. RCB 96/0 after 11 ovs.
Padikkal hits another 4. I don't even remember an over where there wasn't a boundary. Thakur did not do much wrong there. Just a good shot. RCB 90/0 after 10 overs.
Jadeja gets hit for a 6 by Devdutt. A belter over long-on! Lovely use of the feet to get to the pitch and that Ganguly like swing through the line to clear the ropes. RCB 82/0 after 9 ovs.
Bravo is brought into the attack. And Kohli hits him for a 4 as well. There are no exceptions. Every bowler is getting smashed without discrimination. 9 runs off the over. RCB 70/0 after 8 ovs.
Chennai Super Kings - 939*
Delhi Capitals - 933
Kolkata Knight Riders - 735
Mumbai Indians - 728
Australia - 718
Hazlewood back in the attack. And another 4 in the 3rd ball of the over. Kohli is smashing it everywhere. 6 overs gone. Powerplay done. RCB 55/0 after 6 ovs.
Shardul Thakur comes in for the attack. Over was going well until that six from Kohli. He didn't even bother looking at the ball. 10 runs off the over. RCB 46/0 after 5 ovs.
DDP goes through with the stroke fearlessly. Arms flow in sync as he lifts it up and over for a 6. Hazlewood does not do much wrong here. RCB 34/0 after 3.2 ovs.
And another 4 from Virat Kohli as he takes full advantage of a knuckleball. He steps out, gets underneath the length and picks it away beautifully. RCB 28/0 after 3 ovs.
Padikkal gets in on the act as Chahar's bad time continues. Hits a great shot for 4. Stays on the back foot and crashes that wide of extra cover. RCB 24/0 after 2.3 ovs.
Virat looks in good form but Hazlewood manages to stem the run flow just a little bit. Still a pretty healthy position for the Royal Challengers to be in. RCB 18/0 after 2 ovs
What do you know. The last ball is hit for another boundary. A very fast start for the Royal Challengers. Chahar has an expensive over. RCB 13/0 after 1 over.
Kohli opens with a 4. A boundary to start the proceeding for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The second ball is also a 4 as Chahar is taken to the cleaners. RCB 8/0 after 0.2 ovs
Kohli and Padikkal will open for RCB. Chahar will start the attack for CSK.
Check this one out
Chennai Super Kings XI: R Gaikwad, F du Plessis, M Ali, A Rayudu, S Raina, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, DJ Bravo, S Thakur, D Chahar, J Hazlewood
Royal Challengers Bangalore XI: V Kohli, D Padikkal, KS Bharat, G Maxwell, AB de Villiers, T David, W Hasaranga, H Patel, N Saini, M Siraj, Y Chahal
Kohli says, "We would've probably bowled as well. Few extra runs would be nice. We looked at the positives after the last game. You have to start over right over again. Its an opportunity to play the cricket we want to play. Got in Saini for Sachin Baby. Jamieson is out Tim David is in."
"It's a small venue, few wet patches, and we have some dew last time we played here. No changes in the XI. Our last game was an incredible team effort with Rayudu injured. It was a special performance from the bat.'