Dhoni led CSK beat RCB by 6 wickets to register their 7th win, move on the top of table

Dhoni led CSK beat RCB by 6 wickets to register their 7th win, move on the top of table

CSK beats RCB: Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, once again showed a great game, defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in IPL 2021 (IPL 2021).

The way RCB started in the match played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, it could not end like that. Virat Kohli (53) and Devdutt Padikkal (70) gave RCB a strong start but the team’s middle order and lower order failed to capitalize on this start and RCB could not go beyond 156 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Chennai achieved this target in 18.1 overs for the loss of four wickets. The partnerships made by its batsmen played an important role in this victory of Chennai. With this win, Chennai has returned to the first place in the points table.

Chasing the target of 157 runs, Chennai got a quick start by Rituraj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis.

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Together they added 59 runs for the loss of any wicket in the powerplay. Yuzvendra Chahal, who was called RCB’s trump card, broke this partnership. Chahal ended Gaikwad’s innings. He hit four fours and a six in his innings of 26 balls.

This wicket fell on the second ball of the ninth over at a total score of 71. After this du Plessis became the victim of Glenn Maxwell. Du Plessis scored 31 runs in 26 balls. His innings included two fours and two sixes.

Moeen Ali-Rayudu took over the innings
After the dismissal of both the openers, the Chennai team was in trouble but the pair of Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu removed the crisis from them.

This partnership seemed to be dangerous for RCB, when Harshal Patel, number-1 among the highest wicket-takers this season, broke the partnership by dismissing Moeen Ali.

Kohli caught the catch of this left-handed batsman who scored 23 runs. His wicket fell on the total score of 118. Both of them added 47 runs. Patel ended Rayudu’s innings of 32 runs, his wicket fell on a total score of 133 runs.

Raina-Dhoni finish

He was doing his job before Rayudu got out and CSK’s road to victory was easy from here. Suresh Raina and captain Dhoni took the task to the end.

Raina played a useful innings in his style with the help of some great shots. Raina remained unbeaten on 17 runs. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 11 runs.

Strong start for Bangalore

Earlier, after being invited to bat, RCB scored 90 runs without losing a wicket in the first 10 overs while the team lost six wickets in the next 10 overs and added only 66 runs.

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Dwayne Bravo bowled brilliantly for Chennai Super Kings, taking three wickets for 24 runs, which included the wickets of Glenn Maxwell (11) and Harshal Patel (03). Shardul Thakur also took two wickets for 29 runs. Deepak Chahar was expensive initially but managed to take a wicket.

Coming from the attacking strategy in the powerplay, Kohli started with two consecutive fours on Deepak Chahar as soon as he got on the field, adding 13 runs in the first over. In the fourth over, Padikkal sent Josh Hazlewood for a six in long off.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni again put Thakur on the bowling instead of Deepak Chahar. RCB openers got off to a great start.

He did not waste any ball and hit it for fours and sixes when given the opportunity. In the fifth over, Kohli hit a beautiful six at deep midwicket on Thakur as the team completed their 50 runs in 5.3 overs.

Kohli hit his fourth boundary in the last over of the powerplay, which made the team 55 runs in six overs. Both helped to score 90 runs in 10 overs with one run in between the wickets and fours and sixes.

Padikkal completed his half-century in 35 balls with five fours and two sixes, which helped the team complete its 100 runs. Kohli also soon scored a half-century in 36 balls with six fours and a six.

Bravo breaks partnership

Bravo broke the partnership of Kohli and Padikkal. He ended this partnership by dismissing Kohli for a total of 111. Kohli hit a high shot trying to hit a six but it was not that strong and Ravindra Jadeja standing on the boundary line did not make any mistake in catching it.

After AB de Villiers (12) on the last two balls of the 17th over, Padikkal reached the pavilion. After this the team lost the wickets of Tim David, Maxwell and Harshal Patel.