Chennai’s Superb Kings rout RCB!

Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical allround show to humble Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets and claim the top spot in the IPL pecking order here on FridayRCB skipper Virat Kohli 53 and young Devdutt Padikkal 70 struck brisk halfcenturies in an impressive 111run stand but CSK pulled the strings to restrict them to 156 for six after electing to bowlThe inform Gaikwad came good again with a quick 38 while Faf du Plessis made 31 at the top to lay a strong foundation for CSK to chase the modest target in 181 oversThe win took CSK to the top spot with 14 points They overtook Delhi Capitals who also have 14 points but the yellow brigade has better net runrate of 1185 compared to 0613 of the Delhi teamAlso Read Hardik Pandya is getting closer to playing Shane BondSecond straight loss for RCBWhile it was the second consecutive win for CSK the RCB now have lost both the games post the leaguersquos resumptionGaikwad and Du Plessis added 71 runs in 82 overs and later Moeen Ali 23 and Ambati Rayudu 32 also got starts but could not convert those into big knocks Suresh Raina 17 and skipper MS Dhoni 11 ensured that there was no twist in the tale taking the side past the finish lineNeither Mohammed Siraj nor Navdeep Saini could trouble the CSK openers Whether the ball was pitched up short or bowled at good length Gaikwad and his Protea partner treated them with equal disdainGaikwad gets goingGaikwad punched the ball hard and even reverse swept with ease before Kohli pulled off a stunning low catch off wristspinner Yuzvendra Chahal Realising that spinners may turn the game around Kohli handed the ball to offspinner Glenn Maxwell and the Australian responded with the wicket of Du Plessis who was guilty of playing a loose shotHowever Rayudu and Moeen did not show any respect to the slow bowlers They worked the ball around to keep the scoreboard moving and also got the big shotsEarlier Kohli and Padikkal went hammer and tongs after being asked to take first strike but once the partnership was broken by Dwayne Bravo RCB lost the momentum Bravorsquos bowling made a huge difference as he conceded only 24 runs in his four oversBrief scoresRCB 1566 in 20 overs D Padikkal 70 V Kohli 53 D Bravo 324 S Thakur 229 lost to CSK 1574 in 181 overs R Gaikwad 38 A Rayudu 32 Du Plessis 31 by 6 wicketsAlso Read IPL 2021 RCB look to bounce back against CSKThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever