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IPL updates: CSK beat RCB by 5 wickets

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23:58   Dhoni takes the team to victory with a six!


CSK 207-5 (19.4 ovs) vs RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) Scorecard

CSK beat RCB by 5 wickets in a high-scoring match.

Anderson gone for 58 off his 3.4 overs as MS Dhoni takes his team across the finish line.

16 needed off 6 now as Anderson comes to bowl the last over.

Short ball and Bravo just goes after it and the ball goes over the keeper for a boundary.

Bravo hammers the next ball over long-off for a huge six!

6 needed now off 4 balls.

Bravo cuts it hard through point for a single.

5 needed off 3 as Dhoni is on strike.

Dhoni finishes it off with a six as CSK beat RCB by 5 wickets.




Siraj continues. He starts with a dot. Bravo then takes a single to long-off.

Dhoni then gets a single to point.

Good bowling from Siraj as just another single here for Bravo.

Full toss and Dhoni then just slices the ball over backward point for a six!

21 needed of 7.

Siraj bowls a wide now and already ten have come off the over.

Another wide! 19 needed now off 7. 

And another one as Dhoni tries to chase it. 

Dhoni gets 2 runs off the last ball as 14 come off the over.

23:39   Dhoni only hope for CSK now



CSK 176-5 (18 ovs) vs RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) Scorecard


45 needed off 3 overs as Anderson continues.

Rayudu starts the over with a single.

Anderson then bowls a wide. 

The ball was in the area to hit and Dhoni got under it and hammered it straight over the bowler for a six as he reached his 50 in 29 balls.

He then gets a single.

Short ball and Rayudu cuts it over point for a four to bring up the 100-run partnership.

Next ball yorker, Rayudu digs it out, the batsmen attempt a couple, but Umesh's direct throw from the deep finds Rayudu short of the crease and that is the end of his innings. He is out for 82.

Bravo is the new man in and gets off the mark with a single to sweeper cover.

Siraj continues and the batsmen keep the scorecard ticking with the singles and twos, boundaries are hard to come by.

But Dhoni cuts the last ball through backward point for a single.



Anderson comes back into the attack, induces Rayudu into a false shot but Umesh drops the catch to hand him a reprieve.

It proves costly as Rayudu hammers the bowler for 2 sixes as 16 come off the over.


Sixes coming every over here for CSK even as their run-rate creeps up to above 14 per over.

Siraj comes back into the attack and is hammered for a six by Rayudu as 9 come off the over.


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23:22   Rebuild the innings



CSK 126-4 (14 ovs) vs RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) Scorecard



Negi comes back into the attack and treated with disdain as he is clobbered for 2 sixes off and then Rayudu gets to his 50 with another 6 in the over. 19 big runs come in the over.

Chahal continues and gives just 6.

Corey Anderson comes into the attack and he gives 11 runs in the over, Dhoni again slamming a huge six in the over.


Chahal continues and 7 come off his over.


Negi comes back into the attack and is smashed for 9 runs, including a six off the blade of Dhoni.

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22:51   CSK four down


CSK 74-4 (9 ovs) vs RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) Scorecard




Chahal continues and after 2 dot balls, Rayudu slaps the ball over deep cover for a six.

He then takes a single to bring Jadeja on strike and the batsman is gone here. He tries to cut the ball, misses it and the ball crashes into the stumps.

Umesh continues and bowls superbly to give just 5 in the over.

Chahal comes into the attack and Billings sweeps him to the fine leg boundary for four.

Chahal has his man next ball, he gets some spin and bounce and Billings is foxed as he tries to come down the track and is stumped by the De Kock.

Billings is gone for 9 and CSK lose their 3rd wicket.

Jadeja is the new batsman and gets off the mark with a single.

Rayudu plays out two dots and a single to see off the over as 6 runs and a wicket come off it.




Yadav continues and he has Raina off the first ball. Raina getas the leading edge and is caught at backward point by Mandeep.

Billings is the new man in and he survives an LBW decision.

He then gets off the mark with a four. Billings ends the over with a single after 2 dot balls.



Rayudu is in great nick here and welcomes new bowler Siraj with 3 boundaries in the over, picking 15 runs off him.


Umesh continues and he is taken to the cleaners by the inform Rayudu who takes 11 runs, including a four and a six off him.
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22:16   RCB set CSK 206 for victory



CSK 24-1 (3 ovs) vs RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) Scorecard


Negi continues and Raina tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

A dot ball later, Rayudu slams the ball right over the bowler's head for a six.

He follows that up with another six over long-on. 

A dot ball later, he takes a single to end the over.

Raina is the new batsman in as Umesh comes in to bowl the 2nd over.

Rayudu plays out 2 dot balls before playing a single. 

Raina plays a dot.

Raina plays and misses! Wow what a ball! 

He gets off the mark off a chip to mid-wicket for a single. 


Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson open the batting for CSK while Negi opens the bowling as just 2 runs come off the first four balls before Watson launches into the bowler to smash the first six of the innings.

Next ball, Watson gone for 7, caught by Siraj at mid on as CSK lose their first.
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21:49   Mandeep accelerates innings at the death



RCB 205-8 (20 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard



There were 3 wickets in the last over but more importantly 14 runs were added as RCB reached 205 for 8 in their 20 overs.

Bravo comes to bowl the last over and De Grandhomme is run out off the first ball. 

Next ball, Negi is run out as Sundar and Negi look for the 2nd.

Wide ball and a dot later, another wicket goes down. Yadav plays a silly shot and is out for a duck caught by Billings.

Next ball is a slower one and  Sundar just launches it into the crowd for a six.

Sundar then takes a couple and finishes the innings with a boundary through the off side.

Thakur brouught back into the attack and Mandeep starts the over with a six. After picking 4 runs, Mandeep slams the bowler for another six, this time over long-off.

A wide ball later, Mandeep is out, caught in the deep, does not get the distance and is gone for a well made 32 off 17.





Bravo comes back into the attack and 9 including a four come off the over, De Grandhomme and Mandeep going well here.


Tahir continues and gives 7 runs in the over.
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21:30   De Villiers, De Kock gone after fine 50s




RCB 157-4 (16 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard



It's up to Mandeep and De Grandhomme to build the innings here now.

Jadeja continues and Mandeep takes to the attack and hammers him for 15 big runs, including 2 fours and a six in the over.

Tahir brought back into the attack and De Villiers takes a single and then Anderson takes a single to get off the mark.

They take another 2 runs and then De Villiers is gone here! De Villiers miscues and is caught at deep cover by Billings.

Next ball he has the wicket of Anderson, he has a slip in place and Anderson plays into his hands. Tahir gets some turn and Anderson gets the edge and Bhajji completes the catch at first slip.




Bravo comes back into the attack and he dismisses De Kock. Bowls  a slower delivery and batsman offers him a return catch, which he takes to send De Kock back for a well made 57.

Corey Anderson is the new batsman and that is a wicket maiden.





Thakur comes back into the attack and is hammered for three consecutive sixes to bring up his half-century and the 100-run partnership.

De Villiers and De Kock then takes a single each.


  
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21:02   RCB on song



RCB 118-1 (12 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard



Watson comes back into the attack and starts with a wide.

De Villiers then takes a single to long-on.

De Kock then reaches for the wide ball and sweeps it to deep square leg for a couple.

He then gets a single.

De Villiers survives after mistiming a shot as the ball falls just short of the incoming fielder from long-on. 

Last ball of the over and De Kock brings up his 50 with a huge six over mid-wicket. 


Tahir continues.

De Villiers takes his countryman to the cleaners, picking two sixes and a four off the first four balls in the over.

He then takes a single to mid-wicket.

De Kock then plays the ball to square leg and scampers through for a couple. 


Bravo comes into the attak and starts with a dot.

De Kock smashes Bravo for a second ball six.

A dot ball later, De Kock plays a couple to bring up the 50-run partnership.

De Kock then scampers throuh for a single.

De Villiers then digs out the yorker and gets a single to end the over as 10 come off it.
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20:48   RCB rally after losing early wicket


RCB 77-1 (9 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard


Tahir comes into the attack and De Kock gets himself in a tangle in an attempt to reverse sweep. 

He then gets a single to deep fine leg.

De Villiers then gets a single to the deep.

A dot ball later, De Kock tries to sweep and he didn't get a hold of it, gets a single for it.

De Villiers ends the over with a couple, nice fielding in the deep by Thakur to deny him the boundary.

Just five come off the over.


Watson brought into the attack and De Kock run for a quick couple.

He then cuts the wide ball through backward point to third man for a boundary.

Slower ball and De Kock tries to play cut shot, luckily he didn't get the edge as the ball carried to the keeper.

De Kock then cuts through to backward point for a single.

De Villiers then cuts the ball to deep backward point for a single.

De Kock then plays the ball to long on for a single.




Jadeja comes into the attack and De Kock takes a single off the 2nd ball.

De Villiers sweeps and sweeps it effortlessly over deep square leg for a six.

He then takes a single to cover-point.

De Kock then gets a couple to square leg.

A single to end the over as 11 come off it.



Bhajji continues and De Kock gets a single to the on side.

De Villiers dances down the pitch, plays with the spin and hammers the ball over long on for the first six of the over.

De Villiers slaps a flat six over covers 

Another four and this time he makes room and plays it over point to bring up the 50.



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20:27   CSK win toss, to bowl first vs RCB



RCB 35-1 (5 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard




De Villiers is the new batsman in and plays out two dot balls.

He then swings and misses! 

Another dot to end the over and that is a wicket maiden.


Just when RCB were building a partnership, Thakur strikes!

Thakur back into the attack and strikes off the 2nd ball.

Kohli comes down the track and tries to play it over mid-wicket but cannot get enough flight and Jadeja completes a good catch diving in front.

Kohli gone for 18.


Bhajji comes into the attack. 

Starts with a dot and then Kohli then plays him to long-on for a single.

Flighted ball and wide, De Kock facing turn and bounce twice.

De Kock then comes down the track and swings his arms as he hoicks  the ball over long on for a six

Chahar continues and Kohli taps it to point and scampers through for a single.

Short ball and De Kock gets a top edge, MS runs back and does well to clear the ball off the boundary, 2 runs to De Kock.

Another short ball and De Kock smashes the ball high and far over long for the first six of the match!

He then takes a single.

Virat then whips the ball off his pads to deep mid. Good job by Billings to cut the boundary, is that a boundary? Third umpire says its a boundary.

Next ball is a single as 15 come off the over.

Shardul Thakur is the new bowler and starts with a dot.

2nd ball, De Kock takes a single to the leg side.

Next ball Kohli smashes the ball over extra cover for a boundary.

What timing, Kohli plays it past covers for a couple to become the highest run-getter in IPL. 

Next ball is a dot. 

He ends the over with a single down to third man as 8 come off the over.

De Kock gets off the mark with a single off the 2nd ball.

A dot ball later, Kohli whips the ball off his pads to mid-wicket for a boundary, the first of the match, to get off the mark.

Two dot balls to end the over as 5 come off the first over. 

Quinton de Kock and captain Virat Kohli open the batting for RCB while Chahar opens the bowling for CSK.


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19:35   Bhajji, Tahir come in for CSK


Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to field first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.

Negi and De Grandhomme come in for RCB while Bhajji and Tahir come in for CSK.

Though Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK lead RCB 13-7 in the overall head-to-head record, both teams have won three games each out of the seven played at the high-scoring Chinnaswamy Stadium with one producing a no-result.

Dhoni's men have been much better than RCB in their comeback season, winning four out of the five games they have played so far. The Virat Kohli-captained RCB have won two out of their five matches and would be eager to maintain momentum after the win against Delhi Daredevils at home last week.


Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Tim Southee.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, K M Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan. 

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