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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) registered their fourth victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, after crus♏hing CSK by 37 runs at Dubai International Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing 170, CSK had a dreadful start as they lost Faf du Plessis (8) cheaply in the fourth over of the innings. Soon, they lost another opener, Shane Watson (14) during the last over of the powerplay.
After the end of 6 overs, CSK scored only 26 runs with two batsmen back into the hut. It was the third-low💯🧸est score in the powerplay this season.
Lowest Powerplay scores this IPL:
- 23/3 – DC v KXIP Dubai
- 25/2 – KKR v KXIP Abu Dhabi
- 26/2 – CSK v RCB Dubai*
- 31/3 – RR v MI Abu Dhabi
- 33/2 – KKR v MI Abu Dhabi
Ambati Rayudu (42) and N Jagadeesan added 64-runs for the second wicket but failed to accelerate⛦ theꦑ run-rate.
In the 15th over, Jagadeesan met a run-out after scoring 33 from 28 deliveries. 17 runs later to his dismissal, CSK skipper MS Dhoni (10) was sent back to the dugout by leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
In the end, CSK could only manage to post 132/8 runs on the scoreboard, losing the contest by 37 runs.
Washington Sundar once again performed outstandingly well for RCB. He bowled 3 overs and picked up two wickets for 16 runs. Chris Morris, who was playing his first game for RCB in IPL 2020, impressed everyone with a fantastic show. The right-armer bagged three wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.
With the victory, RCB captured the fourth spot in the points table with four wins in six matches.
Kohli’s 52-ball 90 propels RCB to 169/4
Earlier, RCB started their proceedings slowly as they only scored 65/1 in 10 overs. But they managed to turn things around in the final phase of the innings, thanks to their skipper Virat Kohli who scored 90 from 52 balls.
Kohli smashed 4 fours and as many sixes during his magnificent knock. Apart from the 31-year-old, opener Devdutt Padikkal contributed with 33 while Shivam Dube scored 22 runs.
For CSK, Shardul Thakur picked up two wickets while Deepak Chahar and Sam Curran bagged one scalp each.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
I am afraid the glory yearsಌ are coming🐷 to an end ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Those sixes from were top class
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Feel sad for Chennai fans.
This was a team that fought & teams used to be wary till the end. Have been very disappointing especially with d bat, leaving it for too late.
Kohli was extra🌱 special today. Many batsmen can learn how to not get bogged down,played only 5 dots— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Absolutely no issues Dhoni playing like this. Went on the attack early, nailed one, missed tꦓhe other. Tough luckඣ!
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Virat kohli was the difference today..played an outstanding Inn congratulations We will🌟 bounce back stronger
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Virat Kohli ran 50 of his 90 runs. I can't think of any other batsman who would do this (or see the need to do this in a T20)
— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Great win boys
Unlucky
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)
Virat Kohli’s just the right case study on how to approach the clim෴ax of a T-20 game
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Most runs in an IPL꧅ inning through running b/w wickets:
50 – Manish Pandey vs DEC, 2009 (114*)
50 – Virat Kohli vs GL, 2016 (100*)
50 – David Warner vs RCB, 2019 (100*)
50 – VIRAT KOHLI vs CSK, Today (90*)— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
What a knock from Virat Kohli.
He wasܫ 34*(30) after 16 ♏overs then smashed 6,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,4,6,2,6,1,6,2Nb, 1,4,2,2,2,2,1.
56 runs from last 22 balls. What a f🅰inish from the greatest of the modern Era.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Brilliant win by , the difference was King Kohli period! Starting to see what the top 4 teams🎶 are gonna🍬 be!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
What a debut for Chris Morris – 3/19 from 4 over – the way he started with the new ball set the standard what we might see in
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
This Victory Means 💛A Lot! Super Proud Of Captain For Leading From The Front!! Love You !!! ❤
— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh)
is at the venue & entertaine🍒d her with a sublime kno😼ck.
— Kumar Sourav (@AdamDhoni1)
Congratulations Anushka Sharma. You take all the credits today. ❤️ Virat Kohli played wel🍎l today only because of you.
Yes if he can fail because of her, he can succeed becau⛄se of her too. L𓃲ogics.
— Karthi (@The_Hitwicket)
