The 24th IPL 2023 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chennai won this high-scoring and exciting match by 8 wickets.
Talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore have invited Chennai Super Kings to bat first after winning the toss. Batting first, Chennai scored 226 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Devon Conway played a brilliant inning of 83 runs off 45 balls for Chennai. Shivam Dubey played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 27 balls.
At the same time, while chasing this huge target, the start of Bangalore’s batting was very poor. Virat Kohli got out after scoring just 6 runs in the first over. At the same time, Mahipal Lomror was also caught out in the third over. However, Faf and Maxwell continued to play aggressive shots. Maxwell played a brilliant inning of 76 off 36 balls. At the same time, Faf played an inning of 62 runs in 33 balls. RCB’s batting faltered after the dismissal of both of these batsmen. In the end, Chennai won the match by 8 runs.
After the match, CSK captain MS Dhoni said, “When you come to play in Bengaluru, you know what the wicket will be like. Also, there is a lot of dew here. You always want to score some extra runs. If you score 160-165, you know the match will end there.”
Regarding the batting of Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni said, “Shivam is a clean hitter. He is very tall, and his reach is also more. He can play good shots against the spinners. He was injured during our camp. He has to trust himself to score runs in the middle overs.”
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Dhoni further said that whenever you score 220, the opposition batters have to hit shots continuously. If Maxwell and Faf had kept hitting their shots, they would have probably won the match in the 18th over itself. There is a lot of pressure on the young bowlers. However, they need to work on their strengths while believing in themselves. Young bowlers are difficult to handle in the death overs. However, they are working very hard. Bravo is a specialist in such overs. Young bowlers will learn a lot from him.
