Chennai Super Kings (CSK) face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as Dhoni and Virat play against each other probably for the last time.
Match Details
Most probably, the last match between Dhoni and Virat was all set to be played in Bengaluru.
RCB won the toss and elected to field first.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Innings
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway opened the innings for CSK.
Ruturaj’s great form is a great plus for the CSK team.
However, Mohammad Siraj didn’t let the man in form settle down as he took his wicket.
Devon kept on going and scoring runs on every side of the ground.
When Devon was hitting great shots from one end, Ajinkya Rahane was supporting him from the other end.
They both were hitting boundaries from every possible angle, as four and six were consecutively hit.
They kept on going when Ajinkya lost his wicket to de Silva.
Devon completed his half-century when Shivam Dube came into bat and started hitting marvelous shots.
Shivam and Devon were hitting great boundaries around the ground.
Shivam completed his half-century when Devon lost his wicket to Harshal Patel.
CSK completed their 200 runs in the 18th over itself with the help of great knocks by the top order.
With the outstanding knocks, CSK built a big total of 226/6.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Innings
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the innings for RCB.
Virat, while trying to hit a big shot, lost his wicket to Akash as the ball, after hitting his shoes, hit the wicket.
RCB got a big breakthrough in the form of Virat Kohli in the first over itself, as it wasn’t long before Mahipal also lost his wicket.
After losing two quick wickets, Faf and Glenn Maxwell handled the situation well.
They both started to hit great shots on every side of the ground.
The great knocks by both of them kept the RCB team alive in the game, as they even completed their half-centuries.
The match was going their way when Glenn lost his wicket, and in the next over, Faf also lost his wicket.
Dinesh in the end tried hard to achieve the total, but even he lost his wicket.
In the end, Suyash Prabhudessai tried hard but wasn’t able to make RCB win the match.
CSK won the close thriller match by 8 runs.
The Gloves of Doom for #RCB tonight
❌ Maxwell – c Dhoni b Theekshana
❌ Faf du Plessis – c Dhoni b Moeen Ali#IPL #RCBvsCSK #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/SMSzGstO2x— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 17, 2023