IPL 2023: Chennai beat Bangalore by 8 runs

IPL 2023: Chennai beat Bangalore by 8 runs

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 10 runs in a thrilling match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Batting first after losing the toss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Chennai scored 226 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Bengaluru could only manage 218 runs for 8 wickets.

Chennai Mathisha Pathirana defended 19 runs in the last over. He gave only 10 runs in the over and also took a wicket. Devon Conway scored 83 and Shivam Dubey scored 52 runs from CSK. At the same time, Glenn Maxwell scored 76 and Faf du Plessis scored 62 runs from Bangalore.

Maxwell-du Plessis partnership

Chasing the target of 227 runs, Bengaluru lost 2 wickets in the initial overs itself. Then Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis shared a 121-run partnership off 61 balls.

Maxwell was dismissed in the 13th over after scoring 76 and du Plessis after scoring 62 runs in the 14th over. After the dismissal of both, the rest of the RCB batsmen could not score 67 runs in 36 balls.

Chennai lost 6 wickets in 20 overs

Batting first, Chennai scored 226 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Devon Conway (83 off 45 balls) and Shivam Dubey (52 off 27 balls) scored stormy half-centuries. Apart from these two, Ajinkya Rahane scored 37 runs off 20 balls. Rituraj Gaikwad could only score 3 runs.

Virat was bowled

Maxwell handled Chasing a target of 227 runs, Bengaluru lost the wickets of Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror in the first two overs. Then came Glenn Maxwell with Paaf du Plessis scoring 60 runs in 4 overs. The team scored 75 runs in 6 overs at the loss of 2 wickets.

RCB scattered in the last

Maxwell and du Plessis had almost won their team, but after both were dismissed, the team could not score 84 runs in 7 overs. In the rest of the team's batsmen, Shahbaz Ahmed scored 12, Dinesh Karthik 28, Suyash Prabhudesai 19 and Wayne Parnell scored 2 runs. Vanindu Hasaranga remained not out after scoring 2 runs. Tushar Deshpande took 3 wickets and Mathish Pathirana took 2 wickets from Chennai. Akash Singh, Mahish Teekshana and Moin Ali got 1-1 wickets.