Chennai Super Kings with the loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore are technically out of the playoffs contention. With 4 matches left all they can achieve is 14 points which are almost not sufficient to be in the playoffs. A lot has to go in their favor. On the other hand, RCB has now won six games. They have 12 points and are in the top 4.
Batting first, RCB posted a competitive total of 173. Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, and Dinesh Karthik were instrumental in getting the score. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings while chasing has got a decent opening partnership. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway posted 50 for their opening partnership. However, after that Maxwell’s double strike pulled CSK back.
Whenever Chennai tried to peak out, RCB bowlers pegged back. Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, and Harshal Patel bowled beautifully. As a result, CSK can only post 160 total.
