The reigning champions Chennai Tremendous Kings picked up from the place they left off final season as they defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets within the 2024 Indian Premier League season opener, on the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
It was deja vu for the Tremendous Kings in each sense as Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja guided them over the end line on Friday, lifting them out of hassle, very like how they did within the remaining of the 2023 version in opposition to the Gujarat Titans.
The Chennai based mostly staff, with new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad on the helm, by no means appeared in any hassle because the Royal Challengers Bangalore fizzled out after a surprising onslaught within the first three overs by captain Faf du Plessis.
Pacer Mustafizur Rahman was the decide of the bowlers for the Chennai Tremendous Kings, ending with figures of 4-29 in 4 overs after the hosts have been made to bowl first.
Because of Rahman’s show, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have been lowered to 78-5 earlier than a 95-run sixth wicket partnership between the younger Anuj Rawat and veteran Dinesh Karthik led them to a decent complete of 173/6 in 20 overs.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore’s wait for his or her first win on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai since 2008 will proceed to stretch longer as the house staff chased down the goal with eight balls to spare.
Turning level of the match
Very similar to the Royal Challengers Bangalore within the first innings, it was a late partnership for the fifth wicket between Shivam Dube (35*) and Ravindra Jadeja (25*) which turned the match in favour of the Tremendous Kings. The left-handed duo added an unbeaten 66-run stand off simply 37 deliveries.
Whereas Dube, who got here in because the influence participant, struggled to search out his rhythm early on and was consistently peppered with the brief ball, Jadeja took the strain off with some good strike rotation and discovering occasional boundaries, together with a six down the bottom off Glenn Maxwell within the 14th over.
The Bangalore outfit’s plan of utilizing frequent brief balls quickly backfired, as Dube settled in and began discovering boundaries off his personal. Overhead wides didn’t assist the Bangalore trigger both as Chennai Tremendous Kings edged nearer to victory.
Fittingly it was a Dube hook shot over deep sq. leg off an Alzarri Joseph brief supply which put the ultimate nail within the coffin for Royal Challengers Bangalore, earlier than a leg bye to the positive leg boundary closed off the match.
The Area’s participant of the match
Rahman together with his best-ever bowling figures within the Indian Premier League is The Area’s participant of the match for the season opener.
The 28-year-old left-arm pacer was first launched into the assault within the fourth over of the match after the Royal Challengers Bangalore raced to 37/0 after three overs and he had a direct influence.
Rahman struck twice in his first over, eradicating the damaging du Plessis, who had carried out a bulk of the scoring up till then, after which choosing up the wicket of Rajat Patidar for a three-ball duck.
He then later returned within the twelfth over of the innings to interrupt a 35-run stand between Virat Kohli and Cameron Inexperienced, prizing out each of them inside a span of three deliveries.
The Bangalore batters struggled to learn the Bangladesh worldwide’s change in tempo and at one level he had picked up 4 wickets for simply six runs.
Bangalore by no means actually recovered from Rahman’s fiery spell and have been all the time taking part in catchup.
“Be in my very own sneakers, not Mahi bhai’s”
Ruturaj Gaikwad led an Indian Premier League staff for the primary time throughout the match. He had large sneakers to fill in, taking on from the legendary MS Dhoni. The 27-year-old batter was, nonetheless, unfazed on the large stage and was spot on together with his bowling modifications.
Gaikwad was proactive after an excellent begin for the Royal Challengers Bangalore within the powerplay and pulled issues again by introducing Rahman early into the assault. He additionally neatly modified the ends Deepak Chahar bowled from and the pacer dismissed the damaging Glenn Maxwell for a duck.
“I really feel privileged to steer. However I need to try to be in my sneakers, and never attempt to fill in Mahi bhai’s sneakers. I bought to know final week that I would be the captain, however Mahi bhai had hinted it final yr. I’ve all the time loved and by no means felt any extra strain, clearly I had Mahi bhai to again me up as effectively.”
— Gaikwad, about changing into the Chennai captain
Factors Desk
| Place | Groups | Performed | Received | Misplaced | Tied | NRR | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai Tremendous Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.779 | 2 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 3 | Gujarat Titans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Lucknow Tremendous Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 6 | Mumbai Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 7 | Punjab Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 10 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.779 | 0 |