MATCH REPORT: M39 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings

MATCH REPORT: M39 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings

Match

After defeating the table topper Chennai Super Kings in match 39 played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their chances of going into the playoffs of VIVO IPL 2019. After posting 161-7 of batting first, the host stopped CSK at 160-8.

In the batting, RCB got opener Parthiv Patel's 53 and got competitive scores from many middle-order batsmen. AB de Villiers (25 in 19 balls), Akshdeep Nath (24 in 20 balls) and Moin Ali (26 in 16 balls) made useful contributions in the total of RCB.

In the second half, Dale Steyn stuttered for two consecutive times - already in the over, the audience pushed back on the backfoot. However, CSK captain MS Dhoni gave life with unbeaten innings of 84 runs, which almost worked for his team. CSK, requiring 26 runs in the last overthrown by Umesh Yadav, was successful in making 24 runs with the help of the first five bowlers - Shardul Thakur tried to run out to Shardul Thakur before the run out on the Strecker. Which leveled the score and sent the match into super over.

Standing Batting Performance

One of the two batting performances in the match was Parthiv Patel, who introduced RCB's innings with a mature half-century. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 53 runs in 37 balls before he was out in the 16th over; The little batsman was busy on the crease, he made several runs through his single, but now every time he gets more score. He was involved in two useful partnerships with AB de Villiers for the second wicket and a 41-run partnership with Akshdeep Nath for the third wicket. Parthiv, who took the side of leg side and collected more than 75% of his runs on that side of the field, hit four sixes and two fours.

Chasing Chennai Super Kings' run-up was almost the same man: MS Dhoni. After making 28 runs on CSK's 4 runs, he needed a great effort to chase the runs, and the captain did almost the same thing. Dhoni scored 84 runs in 48 balls; His innings included five fours and seven sixes. He first resurrected the innings with Ambati Rayudu with a 55-run partnership - in which both partners contributed equally. After this, he dominated RCB bowlers, scoring 58 runs in 26 balls and throwing his team in one stroke.

Standing Bowling Performance

Deepak Chahar (2-25) and Ravindra Jadeja (2-29) were the two best bowlers of CSK; Chahar dismissed RCB captain Virat Kohli with a fine outswinger and then included Pawan Negi's wicket in his team, while Jadeja collected wickets of AB de Villiers and Akshdeep Nath.

Dale Steyn will be the best bowler in the match; South African fast bowler pushed Shane Watson (caught in the slip) and Suresh Raina (clean bowled by 144kph Yorker) and pushed the viewers back to back in the first over. Stanley, who had a poor record in IPL matches in Bangalore, played two boggling performances in his very first over. They completed their mantra with figures of 2-29.

State of the match

MS Dhoni's 84 not out in T20 cricket will be his highest score. His previous highest IPL was an unbeaten 79 for CSK against Kings XI Punjab in 2018.

Short score:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 161-7 (Parthiv Patel 53) defeated Chennai Super Kings: 160-8 (MS Dhoni 84 *) by 1 run.

Best match player
Parthiv Patel, for his 53 and direct hit, who ran to Shardul Thakur