Match 68 : F du Plessis' 54 runs followed by superb bowling led Bengaluru to upset Chennai by 27 runs and qualify for playoffs

IPLT20 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings match played on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Putting into bat first by Chennai, Bengaluru with Virat Kohli's 29 balls 47 runs, Faf du Plessis's 39 balls 54 runs, Rajat Patidar's 23 balls 41 runs and Cameron Green's 17 balls 38* runs set huge target of 219 runs for Chennai to get. Shardul Thakur was expensive but took 2 wickets of 61 runs in his 4 overs.

Following huge target of 219 runs, Chennai lost Ruturaj on very 1st ball of inning. Rachin Ravindra with 37 balls 61 runs, Ravindra Jadeja with 22 balls unbeaten 42 runs and MS Dhoni's 13 balls 25 runs tried best but managed to score 191/7 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 27 runs. RCB qualify for playoffs as well. Faf du Plessis declared man of the match for his 54 runs.

Man of the match :- Faf du Plessis (RCB)
Points : Bengaluru 2, Chennai 0
IPL RCB vs CSK live score Toss : Chennai won and field first Result : Bengaluru won by 27 runs Man of The Match : F du Plessis (RCB) Points - Bengaluru 2, Chennai 0   Bengaluru 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Virat Kohli c Mitchell b Santner 47 29 3 4 162.6   Faf du Plessis (c) run out (Santner) 54 39 3 3 138.46   Rajat Patidar c Mitchell b Thakur 41 23 2 4 178.26   Cameron Green not out 38 17 3 3 223.52   Dinesh Karthik (w) c Dhoni b Deshpande 14 6 1 1 233.33   Glenn Maxwell c Dhoni b Thakur 16 5 2 1 320.00   Mahipal Lomror not out 0 1 0 0 0.00   Yash Dayal               Karn Sharma               Mohammed Siraj               Lockie Ferguson                               Extras (lb 1, w 7) 8           Total (20.0 overs) 218/5 RR: 10.90   Chennai       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Tushar Deshpande 4 0 49 1 0 4 12.25   Shardul Thakur 4 0 61 2 0 0 15.25   Maheesh Theekshana 4 0 25 0 0 1 6.25   Mitchell Santner 4 0 23 1 0 0 5.75   Ravindra Jadeja 3 0 40 0 0 0 13.33   Simarjeet Singh 1 0 19 0 0 2 19.00   Chennai 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) c Yash Dayal b Maxwell 0 1 0 0 0.00   Rachin Ravindra run out (Swapnil Singh/Karthik) 61 37 5 3 164.86   Daryl Mitchell c Kohli b Yash Dayal 4 6 0 0 66.66   Ajinkya Rahane c du Plessis b Ferguson 33 22 3 1 150.00   Shivam Dube c Ferguson b Green 7 15 0 0 46.66   Ravindra Jadeja not out 42 22 3 3 190.00   Mitchell Santner c du Plessis b Mohammed Siraj 3 4 0 0 75.00   MS Dhoni (w) c Swapnil Singh b Yash Dayal 25 13 3 1 192.30   Shardul Thakur not out 1 2 0 0 50.00   Tushar Deshpande               Simarjeet Singh                               Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 8) 15           Total (20.0 overs) 191/7 RR: 9.55   Bengaluru       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Glenn Maxwell 4 0 25 1 0 1 6.25   Mohammed Siraj 4 0 35 1 0 1 8.75   Yash Dayal 4 0 42 2 0 0 10.50   Swapnil Singh 2 0 13 0 0 1 6.50   Karn Sharma 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.00   Lockie Ferguson 3 0 39 1 2 0 13.00   Cameron Green 2 0 18 1 0 1 9.00 IPL Points Table 2024