IPL 2023, RCB vs CSK: The 24th match of Indian Premier League 2023 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings on 17 April. In this match held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, CSK registered a thrilling 8-run win over RCB. MS Dhoni's team scored 226 runs for 6 wickets while playing first. To achieve the target of 227 runs for victory, Faf du Plessis's team could score 218 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. The excitement was at its peak in the match played between Bangalore and Chennai. The batting of Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis was the centre of attraction in the match. But the real thrill of the match was something else
What was the real thrill of the match?
It is true that due to the century partnership between Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, Bangalore came back with a bang in the match. Both of them shared a partnership of 126 runs. When Faf and Maxwell were hitting fours and sixes, at one point it seemed that Bangalore would easily win this match. During the presentation ceremony, MS Dhoni himself said, 'If du Plessis and Maxwell had kept playing like this, the match would have ended in the 18th over'. But after the dismissal of these two, Chennai made a comeback. Du Plessis was dismissed for 62 off 33 balls and Maxwell for 76 off 36 balls. During this, Faf du Plessis hit 5 fours and 4 sixes, while Maxwell hit 3 fours and 8 sixes.
The real thrill of this match was seen in the 17th over. Dinesh Karthik, who came to play the role of a finisher at number six as usual, batted strongly. In front of him was CSK fast bowler Tushar Deshpande. Dinesh Karthik scored 10 runs in 4 balls in the 17th and turned the match towards RCB. Karthik hit 2 fours in this over. But Karthik could not control the fifth ball of the over which was a full toss. His catch was caught by Mahesh Teekshana at mid-wicket in the course of applying an aerial stroke. He was dismissed after scoring 28 runs off 14 balls. Karthik was the last hope of RCB.
As soon as Dinesh Karthik got out, there was no place for the happiness of the supporters of Chennai Super Kings present in the stadium. CSK players also looked very happy. After the dismissal of Dinesh Karthik, the match came into the hands of CSK. During the presentation ceremony, Captain Faf du Plessis said, 'I expected Dinesh Karthik to finish the match'. But this did not happen. After this, in the 19th and 20th overs, Suyash Prabhudesai hit 2 sixes and gave full strength to RCB to win the match but failed.
