
It's the southern derby! Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are facing each other in Match 24 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
Head to Head: RCB 10 - 19 CSK. While RCB won the last encounter between the sides, four of the last five clashes have gone CSK's way.
CSK win by 8 runs!
Pathirana caps off the match with a wicket. 1,
Prabhudessai c Jadeja b Pathirana 19(11) [6s-2]
Parnell flogs the ball and hits it straight down long-on's throat.
It was a dolly for Dube.
Parnell c Shivam Dube b Tushar Deshpande 2(5)
Shahbaz Ahmed lofts the ball and gets it off the bottom part of the bat.
Gaikwad comes in from long-off and takes it comfortably.
Shahbaz Ahmed c Gaikwad b Pathirana 12(10) [6s-1]
It was a low full toss outside off and Karthik shuffles across to slogsweep.
The ball goes straight to the fielder at cow corner.
Karthik c Theekshana b Tushar Deshpande 28(14) [4s-3 6s-1]
Another skier, and once again Dhoni gathers it safely.
This is big wicket and skipper Faf du Plessis gets a big top edge and departs.
du Plessis c Dhoni b Moeen Ali 62(33) [4s-5 6s-4]
The ball went a mile up and Dhoni asked Theekshana not to come close to the ball.
The keeper settled under the skier and safely gobbled it up.
Maxwell c Dhoni b Theekshana 76(36) [4s-3 6s-8]
Maxi brings up a 24-ball fifty!
Captain Faf du Plessis notches up a 23-ball fifty!
The dropped catch hasn't cost a bit!
Tushar Deshpande goes short and quick on off, and Lomror swung at it.
He, however, miscues it towards point and the fielder takes an easy catch.
Lomror c Gaikwad b Tushar Deshpande 0(5)
No Kohli special tonight!
Back of a length around off and Kohli swings hard.
But ends up getting an inside edge and the ball clips the shoe and ricochets on to the stumps.
Kohli b Akash Singh 6(4) [4s-1]
One of the loudest cheers of the night despite it being a wicket? It was all for MS Dhoni!
It was a tossed up delivery by Maxi and Jadeja lofted it high up in the nightsky.
But it was taken safely by the RCB fielder.
Jadeja c (sub)Prabhudessai b Maxwell 10(8) [6s-1]
A slower short ball by Vijaykumar Vyshak, and Rayudu swings across the line.
He gets a top edge that balloons right up in the air and Karthik settles underneath and completes a pretty safe catch.
Rayudu c Karthik b Vijaykumar Vyshak 14(6) [4s-1 6s-1]
Fifty for Shivam Dube, but he departs!
Dube swings the ball hard but gets if off the cue end.
Siraj near the boundary takes a well judged catch and manages to avoid contact with the cushions.
Shivam Dube c Siraj b Parnell 52(27) [4s-2 6s-5]
Much-needed wicket for RCB!
It was a slow yorker by Harshal Patel and the ball dips in front of the batter who gets beaten.
The stumps rattle and it's the end of a fantastic knock by Conway.
Conway b Harshal Patel 83(45) [4s-6 6s-6]
Conway went back and pulled it to the left of long-on and with that came the 50 for the Kiwi opener.
Hasaranga does the Neymar celebration!
It was flighted up nicely on off and Rahane went for the big slog over long-on.
However, he got beaten by the googly.
Rahane b Hasaranga 37(20) [4s-3 6s-2]
Siraj just loves taking wickets in the powerplay!
Gaikwad hoists his flick but did not get enough power behind it.
He get elevation but Parnell runs to his left from deep backward square leg and completes a fine catch.
Gaikwad c Parnell b Siraj 3(6)
Bangalore go with same team, Chennai make one change - Magala is injured and Pathirana comes in
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj,
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana