A long wait of 17 years came to an end, as the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepack on Friday, March 28. Winning the Southern Derby by 50 runs, RCB won its second game in 18 editions. Indian Premier League (IPL),
For Chennai, there were some positivity on the individual front, as his poster boy MS Dhoni instigated Suresh Raina's Tally to become the most run-song for the franchise in history. His left -arm spinner, Noor Ahmed also grabbed the Purple Cap, took seven wickets in two matches, which he has played so far. Ravindra Jadeja (2 for 36) also bowled well, but it was not enough to stop the RCB to post an equal total in the first innings.
talking points
1. There is no problem in the middle order of RCB
RCB batted first after Chennai captain Ruturaj Gikwad won the toss and selected for the first field. Phil Salat (16 runs 16 runs) started a thunderous thunder before Noor made him better. His early partner and star batter Virat Kohli saw the inconvenience between his 30 balls, where he scored only 31 runs. Devdutt Padikkal clung to a sharp cameo, while captain Rajat Patidar was the first innings hero with a solid half -century. Tim David rocket Finishing Blow, as the visitors posted 196/7 at the end of 20 overs.
2. Kohner of Chennai from Afghanistan '
As the salt looked dangerous, CSK introduced Noor Ahmed in the attack and the Afghan spinner produced his talent immediately, striking with the wickets of both openers. In his four overs, the foreign spinner took three wickets, while stopping the flow of runs. Wicketkeeper-Baator Jitesh Sharma, who scored 6 runs, became Noor's third victim in Chepuk. This was his seventh skull of the season, courtesy, he currently has the most wickets in the Cash-Rich League's 2025 season.
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3. RCBs are table-toppers!
With two consecutive wins against defending champions KKR and five-time champions Chennai, RCB now topped themselves with four points and with a 2.266 NET Run-Cret (NRR) on the table of IPL 2025 points. Their next stability is against 2022 champions Gujarat Titans, which M. of Bangalore. His first game is also going to be at the Chinnaswamy Stadium – his home ground. Captain Patidar wants to lead for example and help the team's bags in another win to maintain dominance in the upcoming game.
who said what?
CSK captain Ruturaj Gikwar said
I still feel that 170 was an equal score on this wicket. Batting was not so easy. Poor fielding our cost. When you are chasing 170, you have a little longer time, but when you are following 20 runs, you have to bat differently in the powerplay and it did not happen today. It slowed down slightly, it became a bit sticky. The new ball was a little sticking. Don't know how it happened. Rahul supported his shot, I also supported myself, sometimes it never works. But as I said, when you have an equal score in your mind and you are following 20 extra, then you always want to be ahead. So it was just thinking. But in the end we did not lose by a big margin, it was just 50 runs. Certainly a different scenario when you have three world -class spinners in the team. You want new batsmen to face them. This time it did not happen, we dropped catch and boundaries and they kept coming and they kept walking and the pace did not stop till the last time. There is a long flight for Guwahati, but we just have to change mentally and see which areas we can improve. I think fielding has to be improved a lot and we have to come back to the fielding department.
SilverRCB captain and match players
If I talk about this match, it was a good clan on this surface because the ball was stopping slightly and it was not easy for the batsmen to hit four more sixes. [On winning in Chennai] It always plays specially in Chepuk because of fans, the way they support their teams. [On his innings] I think it was very important because we were targeting 200 because it would not be easy to chase it. My goal was clear that as long as I was there, I would maximize every ball. [On bowling changes] This track was very helpful for spinners, so I was keeping it in my mind that I could use my spinners at the initial stage. Especially Livingstone, the way he came and bowled four overs, was incredible. [On Hazlewood] It was a game-changing as we got two-three wickets in the first six overs. To see how they kept it at a difficult length because the ball was not coming on the bat easily.
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