Editorial Staff
In this Saturday’s match RCB made a score of 154 which is quite a modest target for CSK. Out of this Kohli’s contribution was of 73 from 49 balls. It was an easy 8 – wicket victory for Chennai super kings over Royal Challengers Bangalore which was almost out of the league. This win over RCB, strengthened their position on second number in the IPL table. With such a modest target to chase, CSK batsmen didn’t had to fuss much about. From 14 games CSK has managed to get 18 points by winning 9 matches with average run – rate being equal to +0.385.
Faf du Plessis scored 54 being the opener and had partnership of 57 with Dwayne Smith in the opening stand. Plus he and Mahendra Singh Dhoni made 75 runs. Dhoni pulled of 49 runs from 28 balls, thus ensuring a rise in the net run – rate. Dhoni hit 3 sixes and 4 boundaries and Du Plessis had 3 sixes and 3 fours. Smith too had a great start for CSK with 34 runs from 17 balls. For RCB, it was Kohli standing tall with a half – century full of strokes. He hit 5 sixes and 2 fours and the other batsmen almost failed to stand against a well disciplined attack from CSK.
