IPL 2018, CSK vs RCB: Dhoni, Bravo star in hosts' 6-wicket win

Pune: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the Indian Premier League on Saturday to dash the latter’s hopes of qualifying to the playoffs.

Umesh Yadav struck early, removing Shane Watson for 11. This was followed by a cameo by Suresh Raina (25) as the hosts got back on track.

Ambati Rayudu (32), too, played a brave innings but was dismissed by Murugan Ashwin in the 12^th over.

Druv Shorey’s (8 runs) life at the crease was short-lived as he was dismissed by Colin de Grandhomme.

However, in the end it was MS Dhoni (31) and Dwayne Bravo (14) who took the visitors home and gave RCB their sixth taste of defeat.  

CSK 80-4 from 12.2 overs

WICKET! Colin de Grandhomme joins the party, this time Dhruv Shorey gifts it to Mandeep Singh at backward point. Dhruv departs for eight runs.

CSK 78-3 from 11.1 overs

WICKET! Ambati Rayudu was looking in good touch, but has been dismissed for 32 as Murugan Ashwin gets a wicket. 

CSK 62-2 from 8.4 overs

WICKET! Tim Southee takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Suresh Raina for 25, as Umesh Yadav strikes again.

CSK 18-1 from 3 overs

WICKET! Umesh Yadav has struck early as he removes Shane Watson for 11 runs.

RCB innings

Chennai Super Kings restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore to 127-9 in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.

The hosts were dominant right from the start, with Parthiv Patel (53 runs) being the lone fighter for RCB.

Hopes were pinned on Virat Kohli (8 runs) and AB de Villiers (1 run), but the experienced duo faile3d to perform upto expectations.

Ravindra Jadeja (three wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (two wickets) were the key performers for CSK, with David Willey and Lungi Ngidi taking a wicket each.  

RCB 89-8 from 15.1 overs

WICKET! Nothing is going right for the visitors as David Willey runs out Umesh Yadav for one run. The visitors are currently experiencing a nightmare. Where will Virat Kohli's men head to from here?

RCB 88-7 from 14.1 overs

WICKET! Colin de Grandhomme is the next in line to walk back to the pavilion, as Suresh Raina completes a catch at extra cover, courtesy David Willey's bowling.

RCB 85-6 from 13.1 overs

WICKET! What is happening here for RCB? Moments ago they lost in-form Parthiv, and now Murugan Ashwin for one run. Dhoni the man again, who does a splendid stumping, off Harbhajan's bowling.

RCB 84-5 from 12.5 overs

WICKET! CSK have got the big wicket of Parthiv Patel, who departs for 53.

RCB 74-4 from 11.2 overs

FIFTY! Parthiv Patel has played a fine innings to get to his 11th IPL fifty, his first this season. Can he stay till the end to guide RCB to a huge total?

RCB 73-4 from 11 overs

WICKET! Jaddu strikes again, this time sees off Mandeep Singh as David Willey takes a good catch at deep backward square leg.

RCB 56/3 from 7.3 overs:

WICKET! RCB in tatters! Harbhajan Singh has struck in his first over as AB de Villiers is out, stumped. He tries to play a reverse sweep, fails to connect and MS Dhoni does the rest with minimal fuss. Mind you though, it was not an easy stumping. But again, those Dhoni hands are just unbelievable!

RCB 47/2 from 6.1 overs:

WICKET! The big fish! Jadeja strikes on his first ball and RCB have lost skipper Kohli for 8. Jadeja's celebrations were subdued but that's big wicket.

RCB 9-1 from 1.2 overs

WICKET! Shardul Thakur takes a brilliant catch at mid-on to dismiss Brendon McCullum as Lungi Ngidi strikes. He had to put an extra effort in taking the catch, but just hung on to take a splendid stunner.

Toss update

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have elected to bowl first.

Both teams have made three changes.

For CSK, David Willey, Dhruv Shorey and Shardul Thakur have come in for Faf du Plessis, Karn Sharma and Km Asif.

The big news coming in from the RCB camp is that AB de Villiers replaces Quinton de Kock, whereas Parthiv Patel and Murugan Ashwin come in for Manan Vohra and Washington Sundar.

Here's the playing XI for both teams:

Preview

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will look to recover from their shock loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their last match when MS Dhoni and co take on Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday.

RCB, on the other hand, is coming back from a much-needed win against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Garden City.

Friends will once again turn foes when MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli lock horns, this time in CSK’s adopted home ground.

The last time the two teams met was in Bengaluru exactly 10 days back, when MS Dhoni’s and Ambati Rayudu’s heroics led the two-time champions to a thrilling five-wicket win.

In the overall head-to-head between the two heavyweights, it is CSK who have the advantage over RCB, holding a 13-7 win ratio. One match ended in a no-result.

For the visitors, it will be interesting to see if their big-hitter AB de Villiers would return for the key clash. The talismanic South African batsman had missed the team’s last two games due to viral fever.

In fact, it was the last time during the two teams’ face-off when de Villiers smashed a 30-ball 68 before he was dismissed by Imran Tahir.

Al in all, this South Indian derby will be a cracker of a contest to watch out for in the first of the two games on Saturday.

Squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore:Virat Kohli(captain), Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock(wicketkeeper), Brendon McCullum, , Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel, Pavan Deshpande, Aniruddha Joshi.

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni( Captain /Wicketkeeper) Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, , Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Lungi Ngidi, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, David Willey.

When is the match?

The match is scheduled to start at 8 P.M. IST on Saturday (May 5^th).

Where is the match?

The match will take place at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.

Live telecast and timings:

With Star India now acquiring the media rights from Sony Pictures Network India for the upcoming season, the matches will be telecast on various Star Sports channels.

Live streaming:

The matches can be viewed live on Hotstar.com or on the Hotstar app.