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 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL 2022 match on the D.Y Patil Stadium, right here on Tuesday. CSK had been in a spot of trouble at 36-2 after 6.4 overs however Uthappa and Dube took RCB bowlers to the cleaners and stitched a whopping 165 runs off simply 74 balls for the third wicket, serving to the group put up an enormous complete.
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Meanwhile Uthappa revealed how he and Dube took centerstage and took the sport away from RCB.
“I just allowed him (Dube) to get in and get set. He has been hitting the ball well, I made sure to build a partnership with him. When Maxwell came in to bowl his third over, I felt it was the time to take him on even though it was the bigger boundary. An off-spinner bowling, so I decided to take him on. When the spinners were bowling, I tried to feed him (Dube) as much strike as possible, and when the pacers were back on, I told him to give me the strike back.”
Sri Lanka’s thriller spinner Mahesh Theekshana has been bowling very well and he went onto choose up 4 wickets. Uthappa mentioned the spinner is rising in confidence.
“He (Theekshana) has been bowling well, and he is growing in confidence with each and every game. It’s a relief to get the points, we have been working hard. There are a lot of young faces, we have injuries, and even Deepak’s not there. We have spent a lot of time together, we have gotten closer over the last few days. That was a result of staying together when we were down in the dumps.”
Put in to bat first, the out-of-form CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad acquired off to a superb begin however he couldn’t carry his innings longer and fell on 17 to Josh Hazlewood. Thereafter, Moeen Ali (3), who got here out to bat at No 3 then acquired run out courtesy of a horrible mix-up between two CSK batters and a sensational fielding effort from RCB debutant Suyash Prabhudessai.
Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 23 runs of their IPL match right here on Tuesday. Invited to bat, CSK posted a large 216 for 4 with Shivam Dube (95 not out off 46 balls) and Robin Uthappa (88 off 50 balls) sharing 165 runs for the third wicket, the best this season.
For RCB, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva took two wickets whereas Josh Hazlewood acquired one. Chasing the large goal, RCB had been restricted to 193 for 9.
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