IPL 2024: CSK start on a positive note, defeats RCB by 6 wickets

Pacer Mustafizur Rahman claimed the first fourfer of the Indian Premier League IPL 2024 as he helped Chennai Super Kings and their skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad make a winning start in the tournament beating Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets with eight balls to spare at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on FridayBangladesh pacer Mustafizur in his debut match for CSK was brilliant as he used the conditions well varied the pace mixed up slow balls well and destroyed the RCB middleorder for a brilliant haul of 429 in four oversAfter Mustafizurs 429 helped them restrict RCB to 1736 despite a superb rearguard partnership of 95 between Anuj Rawat 48 and Dinesh Karthik 38 not out Chennai made a poor start and lost a couple of wickets in the middle before cameos by Ajinkya Rahane 27 Daryll Mitchell 22 Shivam Dube 34 not out and Ravindra Jadeja 25 not out as CSK reached 1764 in 184 overs winning the match with a bit of fuel in the tankThis was CSKs eighth successive win over RCB at the Chepauk Stadium with RCBs last win over CSK at this venue coming over a decade backAlso Read Jadeja Dubes heroics guide CSK to sixwicket win in openerCSKs new skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra could manage only 38 runs for the opening wicket on a pitch that became slow as the day progressedGaikwad was out for a runaball 15 caught on the second attempt by Cameron Green at first slip off Yash Dayal Ravindra was in blazing form as he hammered 37 off 15 balls hitting three boundaries and as many sixes But he was out just when he was looking good for a big one going for a shot too much and holing out to Rajat Patidar off Karn Sharma CSK were 712 in the 7th overAjinkya Rahane and Mitchell kept CSK in the hunt but once they were out CSK were 1104 but still on course for victory Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja shared an unbeaten partnership of 66 runs that sealed victory for CSKDube scored 34 off 28 hitting four boundaries and sealing victory with a six while Jadeja struck 1 17ball 25 not out studded with just one six as Chennai gave skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad a winning startFor RCB Cameron Green claimed 227 in three overs but RCB bowling lacked the edge to slice through the CSK batting lineupEarlier RCB made a brisk start stumbled in the middle and then finished off in a canter as they reached 1736 in 20 overs thanks mainly to a superb rearguard innings by Aunj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik who added 95 runs for the sixth wicket partnershipThe brisk start was provided by skipper Faf du Plessis and the stumble was courtesy of the early dismissal of Virat Kohli 21 Rajat Patidar 0 Glenn Maxwell 0 Cameroon Green 18 and RCB slumped to 785 in the 12th over as Mustafizur Rahman knocked off three of those wickets and Anuj Rawat 48 and Dinesh Karthik 38 not out provided the final flourish as RCB reached a decent total in their opening matchSkipper Faf du Plessis hammered eight fours in scoring a 23ball 35 and with Virat Kohli going slow they reached 41 in the fifth over Faf waded into Deepak Chahar in the third over hitting him for 17 runs including three fours two of them off successive balls He fell in the fifth over hitting uppishly to Rachin Ravindra off Mustafizur Rahman who was making his CSK debut on FridayMustafizur struck again two balls later when Rajat Patidar nicked on behind to MS Dhoni beaten for pace Glenn Maxwell was out for a duck edging behind off Charar and when Virat Kohli and Cameron Green 18 fell off the third and sixth delivery of the 12th over bowled by Mustafizur RCB were in trouble at 785 and looking like they may struggle to reach 120However Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik had other ideas as they combined to blast 95 runs in the sixth wicket partnership as RCB hammered 84 runs off the last five over the matchRawat started slowly scoring mostly through singles but after he picked pace blasted 25 runs off the 18th over bowled by Tushar Deshpande hammering him for three sixes first punched over the bowlers head slogged over midwicket and a flat six over longon and a four off a slow bouncer In the next over he picked Mustafizur for a six and four Deshpande had the last laugh as he bowled a fine final over to concede only nine runs before Rawat was run out by Dhoni off the final delivery of the matchKarthik in the meanwhile three boundaries and two sixes as he remained not out on 38 off 25 balls proving an able foil for his young batting partner Though RCB reached a decent total it will still be 20 runs short of troubling CSK in their denBrief scoresRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 1736 in 20 overs Anuj Rawat 48 Dinesh Karthik 38 not out Faf du Plessis 35 Mustafizur Rahman 429 lose to Chennai Super Kings 1764 in 184 overs Rachin Ravindra 37 Shivam Dube 34 not out Ajinkya Rahane 27 Cameron Green 227 by six wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves 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