The Chennai Super Kings suffered their first defeat of the season in their second match as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru visited Chepauk on Friday, March 28.
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Batting first, thanks to the 51(32) for captain Rajat Patidar, a brilliant knock of 22*(8) from Tim David and other cameos from Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal and Jitesh Sharma, RCB put up 196/7 on the board.
In response, the home team crumbled like a pack of cards, finding themselves 99/7 at one stage.
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad fell for a duck alongside lackluster batting from Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda and others.
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A late flurry of 30*(16) from MS Dhoni was entertaining from the crowd but came too late as they were restricted to just 146 runs.
This was the second time that the Super Kings faced a defeat at the hands of the RCB at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. See when the last occasion was.
When did RCB last defeat CSK at the Chepauk Stadium?
The last time CSK was defeated by the RCB at home was in the match 46 of the inaugural IPL season on May 21, 2008 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.
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Batting first, the Royal Challengers asked the Super Kings to chase 127 runs in 20 overs after 47(39) from Dravid and 21(11) from Praveen Kumar.
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In response, Stepehn Fleming's 45(40) and Suresh Rina's 21*(20) went into vain as they only managed 112 runs in the 20 overs. Albie Morkel also scalped 4/32 for them.
The Player of The Match, Anil Kumble bowled an excellent spell of 3/14 in 4 overs alongside 2/28 for Dale Steyn.