RCB vs CSK: Chennai hold their nerve as Bangalore fell short by 8 runs in a high-scoring thriller

Chennai Super Kings smashed 226/6 by batting first and it looked like Royal Challengers Bangalore might struggle to challenge in the chase at first. They made the four-time champions come to the edge but fell short by only eight runs of the target. Captain Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's sensational third wicket stand put the total well within grasp for the hosts. The pair smashed the ball to all parts of the ground before Maxwell finally fell on 76 off 36 balls. The partnership between him and Du Plessis produced a huge 126 runs in just 61 balls. Du Plessis eventually fell for 62 off 33 but RCB kept going with Dinesh Karthik coming into the party and smacked 28 off 14 balls. Somehow CSK managed to hold their nerve and clinched the victory by 8 runs. Read the match report of RCB vs CSK and share your thoughts in the comments.

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RCB vs CSK: IPL 2023 Match Report

CSK went off to a bright start despite loosing Ruturaj's wicket

RCB won the toss & decided to bowl first. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway opened for CSK, and Mohammed Siraj started the proceedings for RCB in the buzzing Chinnaswamy. Devon Conway who got back his form and confidence in the previous game, started brilliantly against the RCB bowlers. Siraj bowled his first two overs really well and also dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad for only 3 runs. His wicket brought Rahane on the pitch.

Inform Rahane built a partnership with Conway. He started the show in style with some big hits. CSK scored 53 runs after the end of the powerplay. Conway joined the show with Rahane and it looked like CSK declared no flying zone around the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. They smashed sixes for fun. Hasaranga spoiled the party by dismissing Rahane for 37 runs.

Back-to-back half-Centuries for Conway as He got there in 32 balls. CSK got past 100 in 10.4 overs with a huge six from Dube. Dube continued to make the bowls fly as he club the second ball of the 13th over long-on. Dube reached 32 off 17, Conway on 72 off 41. This inning went off into the stratosphere but one has to remember that this is the Chinnaswamy, the batter's paradise.

Moeen Ali and Ambati Raydu finished the inning in style for CSK as they put up a huge total of 226/6

Yorker from hell was the end for Conway in the 16th over—perfect delivery from Harshal Patel, a dipping yorker that made Conway lose his shape completely. The first ball of the 17th and Dube went big and completed the half-century in 25 deliveries. Parnell trapped him in the third delivery and dismissed him for 52 runs. Ambati Raydu played a good cameo of 14 before Vijay Kumar sent him home. Moeen Ali scored 19* in 9 to end the 20 overs by putting up a massive total of 226 runs.

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RCB vs CSK: Match Report

Faf Du Plessis & Glenn Maxwell destroyed the opposition bowlers despite loosing two early wickets

Akash Singh gave the early breakthrough with a huge wicket of Virat Kohli in the very first over. Theekshana drooped the catch of Lomror in the last delivery of the over. Although he was sent back home in the next over by Tushar Deshpande for a duck. It looked like it is over for them but Faf and Maxwell had planned something else for CSK.

The partnership between him and Du Plessis produced a huge 126 runs in just 61 balls. Captain Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's sensational third wicket stand put the total well within grasp for the hosts. They only believed in big hits and they did it in style. The bowl was just not sticking to the ground.

RCB came so close but CSK stood tall as they clinched the victory in a high-scoring thriller

They made the four-time champions struggle by slaughtering every bowler. Maxwell finally fell on 76 off 36 balls as Theekshana redeemed himself. Du Plessis eventually fell for 62 off 33 but RCB kept going with Dinesh Karthik coming onto the crease. He was playing his best cricket but an immature decision caused his wicket after scoring 28 runs. Impact player Prabhudessai almost completed the chase but Pathirana's last over was so good that RCB fell short by 8 runs.