CSK VS RCB : RCB WINS TAKES THEM IN THE PLAY-OFFS. SPORTS.

CSK VS RCB : RCB Wins Takes Them In The Play-offs.

TEAMS: RCB vs CSK

 

TIME: 7:30 PM

 

VENUE: CHINNASWAMY STADIUM, BANGALURU.

 

TOSS: CSK WON THE TOSS AND DECIDED TO BOWL FIRST.

 

CSK vs RCB : This match was very important for both the teams because according to the calculations of the points table, if RCB had to qualify for the playoffs, CSK had to lose by 18 runs. But the simple calculation for CSK was that if they win the match then they will qualify and if they also lose then it is by 17 or fewer runs.

 

FIRST INNINGS

 

POWERPLAY

 

It was not as good as it looked for CSK as they had won the toss but still had to win the rmatch and RCB’s opening batsmen FAF came to bat first. Du. Plessis and Virat Kohli gave an aggressive and strong start to the team. On the 3rd over it was raining and there was a delay in the game when the rain stopped and the play started again due to the rain the situation was different because CSK had put spinners on the bowling and the bowl was also spinning a lot.

After the rain, despite the presence of V.Kohli and F.Du.Plessis, they continued their batting and by the end of Powerplay they had reduced RCB’s score to 42 without the loss of any wicket.

 

AFTER POWERPLAY

 

Virat Kohli and Faf Duplessis started playing big shots and both the batsmen were hitting fours and sixes from their respective ends.
But in the 10th over, Virat Kohli hit a ball off M.Satner and his next ball got an edge in the round with a strong flick and it was played straight into the hands of D. Mitchell at long-off. and V.Kohli was caught out. And he scored 47 runs in just 29 balls at a strike-rate of 162.07.

After that, Rajat Patidar came to Kohli’s place at the crease. And FAF. Duplessis scored 30 runs in 29 balls till Virat was out and after his departure he started hitting his big shots and won the over. After scoring 2 boundaries, he remained the only one to complete his half-century in the 12th over.

And on the first ball of the 13th over, Patidar hit a straight drive and it hit Satner’s hand and went on the stumps and Du Plessis, who was batting first, were unfortunately run out and scored 54 runs in 39 balls.

After that there was a partnership between C.Green and R.Patidar and both of them started attacking batting and after 16 overs RCB lost 155 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.

 

CSK VS RCB : RCB Wins Takes Them In The Play-offs.
FAF.Du. Plesis scores half century.

 

SLOG OVERS

 

After batting well in the middle overs, R. Patidar and C. Green continued to be in their dangerous form but in the 18th over, Rajat Patidar got out on S. Thakur’s low full toss at long-on. Mitchell He took the catch and scored 41 runs in 23 balls with a strike-rate of 178.26. After that Dinesh Karthik started batting in foam and started hitting and playing big shots. And he made 14 runs in just 5 balls in the 19th over and his catch on the ball of T.Deshpande took wicketkeeper M.S.Dhoni out.

After batting well in the middle overs, R. Patidar and C. Green continued to be in their dangerous form and only bowled but in the. After that G. Maxwell also came and started hitting from the first ball and he also played an aggressive cameo and got out in the 20th over and he scored 16 runs in just 5 balls. And RCB scored a good total. After 20 over RCB has scored 218 runs and lost 5 wickets.

 

CSK VS RCB : RCB Wins Takes Them In The Play-offs.
R. Patidar while playing the shots.

 

SECOND INNING

 

POWERPLAY

 

After the first inning, RCB had given CSK 218 to win but CSK was eyeing 201 runs. Because if they score 201 runs and even lose the match after that, they will still qualify for the playoffs.
But this was absolutely shocking because G.Maxwell dismissed the CSK captain with the first ball. He will be out on the first ball without scoring any runs. After our wicket, RCB had a slight advantage and after that one boundary was about to come.

So in the 3rd over, D. Mitchell tried to hit a big shot but Y. Dayal’s ball was caught by V. Kohli and got out. and D.Mitchell scored only 4 runs. After that, a partnership started forming between A. Rahane and R. Rachin and both of them also started hitting some boundaries. Because of him, CSK scored 57 runs in Powerplay at the loss of 2 important wickets.

 

AFTER POWERPLAY 

 

After the powerplay, both of them started hitting some shots together and also added some runs. On the 10th over, A.Rahane tried to hit a big shot on the ball of L.Ferguson. Du. Plessis got his catch. And he contributed 33 runs in 22 balls.
After our wicket, RCB bowlers continued bowling and gave very few chances to CSK to score runs. And pressure would have been created by scoring runs, but S. Dube’s bad call would have caused R. Ravindra to run out and go back to the pavilion. He scored 61 runs in 36 balls.

And due to constant pressure, S. Dube, who was struggling very hard to score runs, got caught out on the boundary line while attempting a shot in the 14th over.
His contribution was only 7 runs in 14 balls. And RCB captain Faf took a brave catch of Satner on the first ball of the 15th over. Du. Plessis also sent them to the pavilion. And he will score only 3 runs and get out. And CSK was 138-8 after 16 overs.

 

CSK VS RCB : RCB Wins Takes Them In The Play-offs.
R. Rachin celebrates his half century.

SLOG OVERS

 

After the fall of our wicket, Crease and MS Dhoni came and there was a partnership between him and R. Jadeja in which both of them started batting aggressively and the same between MS. Dhoni hit a six and the ball went out of the ground but on his next ball he was caught out on the boundary line while trying to play another big shot. And he was out after scoring 25 runs in 13 balls. After that, due to the excellent bowling of Yash Dayal, RCB won the match by 27 runs and qualified for the Playoffs.

 

CSK VS RCB : RCB Wins Takes Them In The Play-offs.
V. Kohli celebrates after winning match.

POTM: FAF. DU. PLESIS for his half century and his contribution on the field.

 

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