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Ravindra Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu (Source: BCCI/IPL)
The wait for Chennai's first win in the Indian T20 league 2022 has officially come to an end. Chennai finally got to two points on Tuesday as they beat Bangalore by 23 runs. The defending champions were just too good for the Faf du Plessis-led side.
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After being asked to bat first, Chennai's batters were hitting sixes for fun. However, they didn't really have a merry start as Ruturaj Gaikwad failed once again. The 2022 edition keeps getting worse for the opener as he had to depart for 17. Moeen Ali didn't last too long either as he perished in the seventh over. However, what followed after that was absolute mayhem.
Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube put together a 165-run partnership. The veteran opener showed everyone why the experts rate him so highly in the Indian T20 league. He scored a brilliant 88 from 50 balls. Uthappa's knock came at a strike rate of 176, and consisted of four fours and nine boundaries.
On the other hand, Dube scored an unbeaten 95 off 46 deliveries, and was unlucky to miss out on a hundred. He showed no mercy on Bangalore's bowlers. This enabled the four-time champions to a mammoth total of 216-4 in their stipulated 20 overs. Thus, the fans witnessed some enthralling cricket.
When it comes to the second innings, Bangalore were never really in the chase. They lost their first three wickets in the powerplay overs itself. Their key player such as their skipper Faf, Kohli and Maxwell failed to impress. Things didn't get better as the Bangalore-based franchise lost wickets at regular intervals.
The debutant Suyash Prabhudesai gave the Bangalore fans a glimmer of hope as he hit some lusty blows. However, he too was dismissed for an 18-ball 34. Maheesh Theekshana was the pick of the bowlers as he picked four-fer, and gave 33 runs in his full quota of four overs. At the end, Bangalore fell short of their target by 23 runs.
Here are some of the Tweets from today's game:
Oh dear, #RCB are even struggling with reviews....
β Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 12, 2022
Itβs carnage out there. Bangalore under pressure??? #CSKvsRCB
β Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 12, 2022
β Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) April 12, 2022
60-2 after 10 overs
β Dube stan acc (@v1mal7) April 12, 2022
215-5 after 20 overs
This is CSK bitches π₯³π₯³
Captain Jadeja strikes and gets Glenn Maxwell. CSK all over RCB.
β Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 12, 2022
When ex comes back to haunt.. pic.twitter.com/j0z3MbGvup
β β (@Ashwin_tweetz) April 12, 2022
Just because you have Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik to do the job, doesnβt mean you shouldnβt score at all, Virat.
β Shrutika Gaekwad (@Shrutika_45_) April 12, 2022
CSK will win only 2 games in their worst tournament and those 2 will be against RCB, by defeating them by 10 wickets in one game and 250 runs in other. #RCBvCSK
β Udit (@udit_buch) April 12, 2022
Honestly the old rcb would've succumbed to 100-110 after the Maxi wkt. This is impressive from the two indian youngster.
β arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 12, 2022
CSK gotta start investing in TN youngsters (please don't spam with Jagadeesan or Sai, talking about future atleast). TN has been dominating in the white ball format. Sundar, SRK, Natarajan all coming from TNPL. CSK gotta make use of these resources as well.
β Heisenberg β’ (@internetumpire) April 12, 2022
CSK scored 153 runs in last 58 balls.. let that sink in β€οΈπππ
β Param Jain (@pune109) April 12, 2022
Well played Robbie.. would have loved to see you score a 100..
Excellent batting by Dube Saab as well..
This is absolute carnage from Robbie & Dube.. That was literally a six hitting competition going on... Both of them deserved a ton there... Upto the bowlers now... #IPL2022 #RCBvCSK
β Aviral Rai (@cric_fan23) April 12, 2022
When you replace a bowler (Harshal) with a batter (Suyash) you are forced to bowl out a pacer on his off day (Akash Deep) or give part timer that extra over (Maxi). If Karn or Sid Kaul were playing they would have bowled those two overs at least. #RCBvsCSK #IPL2022
β Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 12, 2022