Chennai Super Kings (CSᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚK) climbed to the top of the points table with a comfortable six-♏wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Saturday.
Having elected to field on winning the toss, CSK restricted the visitors to 127/🐻9 in their 20 overs. In reply, while Shane Watson departed early, opener Ambati Rayudu laid the foundation of a successful foundation with a brilliant 32 off 25 balls. CSK captain MS Dhoni hit Chahal three consecutive sixes in the 18th over of the mat💎ch to lead his team to a victory.
Earlier, C👍SK produced a magnificent bowling performance as they restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a low total. Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were dismissed cheaply while Parthiv Patel was the sole fighter who scored a brilliant 53.
For CSK, Ravindra Jadeja spun a web around the vi💙sitors, picking up 3 wickets for just 18 runs in his 4 overs.
Here’s how fans reacted to CSK’s win over RCB:
A walk in the park finish from MS Dhoni with three massi𓃲ve sixes. Dominating victory from . Back at the༺ top of the table quite comfortably in style.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
The last time before today when 💖Ravindra Jadeja took atleast three wickets in an IPL match was in 2015. He took four wickets in that match agains💝t RR at Chepauk.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
RCB batsmen today:
Parthiv and Southee – 89 runs off 67 balls (8 fours; 3 sixes)
Remaining Batsmen – 34 runs off 53 balls (3 fours; 0 sixes)— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
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A ♏superb overall performance !🤩 Great win 👊�� ! Well bowled ! calm as ever and well suppo𓆏rted up ! ⭐⭐⭐
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Well Bowled & , Congra🌃tulations on the Victory &
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
Captain Cool decides what time to finish the match.. And He did finish in style.. Didn't he..
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus)
Sixes with effortless ease from powerꦗ and bat speed from those amazingly fast hands.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Those Aren't SIXES, Those Are Slipper Shots Right On The Face Of MS Dhoni Haters Who Were Waiting To Troll Him For His Slow Cricket. 🚁🙏💪
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
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Agar tumhe lagta hai ki Dhoni ki wajah se m༺ain abhi ꦦtak team mein hu..
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket)
"First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh At You, Then They Fight You, Then You Win Man Of The Match" – Sir Ravindra Jadeja 🙏🦁
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
When start hitting six and you know you can do no𝓰thing
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh)
Under pressure, coming up with his best performance this se𒉰ason
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Last 6 match of IPL
between CSK v RCB:25/5/2014: CSK won
22/4/2015: CSK won
04/5/2015: CSK won
22/5/2015: CSK won
25/4/2018: CSK won
05/5/2018: CSK won— Dilip Singh (@Statsdilip)
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CSK in IPL:
Most wins vs RCB: 13 wins
Most loss vs MI: 13 Losses
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda)