Chennai Super Kings register first win in IPL 2022

MUMBAI: Defending champion Chennai Super Kings registered first win in the IPL 2022 on Tuesday night as the beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 23 runs at the D.Y Patil Stadium.

After scoring huge 216 runs on board, CSK restricted RCB at 193 in allotted 20 overs. Spinner Maheesh Theekshana took 4 wickets for 33 runs while captain Ravindra Jadeja grabbed 3 wickets for 39. Shahbaz Ahmed scored 41 runs off 27 runs while Prabhudessai and Dinesh Karthik added 34 runs each. Glenn Maxwell contributed 26 runs, but Virat Kohli (1) and Fef du Plessis (8) failed again.

Earlier, sensational counter-attacking half-centuries by Shivam Dube (95 not out off 46) and Robin Uthappa (88 off 50) propelled Chennai Super Kings to a mammoth 216/4.

CSK were in a spot of bother at 36-2 after 6.4 overs but Uthappa and Dube took RCB bowlers to the cleaners and stitched a whopping 165 runs off just 74 balls for the third wicket, helping the team post a big total.

Put in to bat first, the out-of-form CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad got off to a good start but he couldn't carry his innings longer and fell on 17 to Josh Hazlewood. Thereafter, Moeen Ali (3), who came out to bat at No 3 then got run out courtesy of a terrible mix-up between two CSK batters and a sensational fielding effort from RCB debutant Suyash Prabhudessai.

After getting the big wickets of Ruturaj and Moeen, RCB were on top but Dube and Uthappa had other plans. The duo took their time to settle down as CSK reached 60/2 after 10 overs.

From there on, both batters decided to free their arms and scored 13, 13, 19, 13, 15 runs each in overs 11 to 15. With 8 wickets in hand, CSK batters were batting freely and it was getting tough for RCB to stem the flow of runs as many as 83 runs were scored in the last 5 overs.

During their important stand, Uthappa smashed 9 sixes and four boundaries while Dube hit eight sixes and five fours. Shivam Dube's knock of 95 not out has also become the highest individual score in a CSK-RCB encounter equalling 95 by Murali Vijay in IPL 2011 final in Chennai.

For RCB, Akash Deep conceded 58 runs in his four, while the otherwise economical Wanindu Hasaranga gave away 35 in his two overs and picked two wickets. The most economical on the night was Hazlewood (1/33), but even he went for over-8 an over.

Brief scores: Chennai Super Kings 216/4 in 20 overs (Shivam Dube 95 not out, Robin Uthappa 88; Wanindu Hasaranga 2/35, Josh Hazlewood 1/33) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 193/9 in 20 overs (Shabhaz Ahmed 41, Dinesh Karthik 34, Prabhudessai 34, Maheesh Theekshana 4/33, Jadeja 3/39).

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