RCB vs CSK: In the first match of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. In this match, the bowlers and batsmen performed amazingly for CSK. This was Ruturaj Gaikwad’s first match as captain in IPL and he has won in his first match itself. RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, RCB scored 173 runs, in response to which CSK easily chased the target. A young player performed well in the match for RCB. After the match, captain Faf du Plessis praised this player.
These players showed their strength
Faf du Plessis gave a fast start to RCB in the match. He scored 35 runs in 23 balls. But after this, Mustafizur Rahman made Chennai comeback with excellent bowling. He sent Rajat Patidar, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell to the pavilion. He broke the backbone of RCB’s batting order. Due to this, the RCB team seemed to be confined to a low score. But after this, Dinesh Karthik and young Anuj Rawat played excellent innings for RCB. It is because of the innings of these two players that the RCB team was successful in making a big score.
Anuj Rawat played an excellent innings
Anuj Rawat played an excellent innings against Chennai Super Kings. He scored 48 runs in 25 balls, which included four fours and three sixes. He hit strokes all over the field. Anuj Rawat was bought by RCB team for Rs 3.4 crore. Anuj has skill and is adept at finishing the game with the bat. He was run out on the last ball against Chennai Super Kings. For this reason he could not complete his half-century. But he was successful in winning everyone’s hearts with his batting.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis praised
Chennai team is a very good team in the middle overs. You have to face their spinners. We probably fell short by about 15-20 runs, the pitch was not as bad as we played on in the first 10 overs. They were always ahead in the chase, we tried to get some wickets, but in the end we did not have enough runs. Anuj Rawat has performed well and has shown that he can do well going forward. A young batsman has shown patience.
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