RCB's brilliant entry in the playoffs… captured the fourth position, the tables turned in the last over.

New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore has entered the IPL playoffs by winning 6 consecutive matches. RCB won the playoff ticket by finishing fourth by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs in the do-or-die match of IPL. In this high scoring match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB batsmen made big scores. After this, the bowlers forced CSK to defeat by taking wickets at regular intervals. RCB has 14 points from 14 matches and has overtaken CSK to reach fourth place in the points table. After the defeat, CSK's dream of reaching the playoffs for the 11th time was shattered. Yash Dayal turned the tables in the last over.

CSK had a very bad start while chasing the target of 219 runs. Team Chennai, captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, could score only 191 runs for 7 wickets. On the very first ball of the over, Yash Dayal sent Gaikwad to the pavilion by getting caught by Glenn Maxwell. Rutraj could not even open an account. Yash Dayal sent Daryl Mitchell to the pavilion on a personal score of 4 runs. Ajinkya Rahane was out after scoring 33 runs in 22 balls. Rachin Ravindra returned to the pavilion after scoring 61 runs on 37 balls. Shivam Dubey was out after scoring 7 runs in 15 balls. Mitchell Santner also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Siraj got him caught out by Du Plessis on 3 runs.

Virat Kohli made a series of records, reached par with Chris Gayle, crossed the 700 mark for the second time in IPL.

Entry at number 18 again in the RCB vs CSK match, play stopped after eighteen balls, rain caused disturbance.

RCB scored 218 runs
Earlier, due to the excellent performance of the top order under the leadership of captain Faf du Plessis (54 runs), RCB scored 218 runs for 5 wickets. Apart from Du Plessis (39 balls, three fours, three sixes), Virat Kohli (47 runs, 29 balls), Rajat Patidar (41 runs, 23 balls) and Cameron Green (38 runs not out, 17 balls) contributed to the strong score. . Of the host team. has contributed. Openers Kohli and Duplessis had made a good start and scored 31 runs without any loss, when due to rain the game had to be stopped for 40 minutes.

RCB scored 42 runs in powerplay
After the break due to rain, CSK used spinners and the ball started turning due to which the batsmen had difficulty in scoring runs fast. In the powerplay, RCB scored 42 runs without any loss. RCB's score dropped to 78 for one in 10 overs with the dismissal of Kohli, who hit two more sixes before being caught by Daryl Mitchell off Santner. Du Plessis scored 20 runs with the help of one four and two sixes in the third over of Ravindra Jadeja (40 runs in three overs) and then completed his half-century in 35 balls.

Du Plessis was run out in the 13th over.
Rajat Patidar (41) hit a six on Mahish Tishna. But luck did not favor him and Duplessis was run out in the 13th over. But Patidar continued his aggression and hit a four and a six on Simarjeet Singh. While Shardul Thakur gave 17 runs, Green completed the team's 150 runs by hitting a six on Longan. Gaikwad gave life to Green and Patidar continued to apply pressure and hit two sixes on Deshpande. After this, Green continuously hit sixes on Thakur. Thakur got Patidar caught out. Dinesh Karthik (14) and Glenn Maxwell (16) played brilliantly and helped in increasing the score.

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