Bangalore hold nerve to beat Chennai by 13 runs, enter top-4

In the 49th match of IPL 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 13 runs. CSK had a target of 174, in response to which the team could only score 160/8 and lost the match. Devon Conway top scored with 56 runs. Fans were expecting a match-winning innings from captain MS Dhoni, but he was dismissed after scoring 2 runs in 3 balls. Harshal Patel took 3 wickets.

This is Bengaluru's first win after three consecutive defeats. In the tournament, RCB has won 6 out of 11 matches so far and the team has lost in 5. At the same time, this is Chennai's seventh defeat in 10 matches. The team has won only 3 matches.

Earlier, batting after losing the toss, RCB scored 173 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Mahipal Lomror top scored with 42 runs. Mahish Thekshana took 3 wickets for CSK.

Then said Conway's bat

Kiwi opener Devon Conway completed his second consecutive half-century in this tournament off 33 balls, batting brilliantly. However, he could not play a big innings and scored 56 runs in 37 balls and was dismissed by Hasranga. He scored 85 not out against Hyderabad in the last match.

• Ambati Rayudu departs after scoring 10 runs in 8 balls.
• Ravindra Jadeja became the victim of Harshal Patel by making 3 in 5 balls.
• Maxwell took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs.

Ritu and Conway Couple

Chasing the target, CSK started well. Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway added 54 runs in 40 balls for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Shahbaz Ahmed by dismissing Rituraj. He was dismissed for 28 runs in 23 balls. In the very next over, Robin Uthappa scored 1 run in 3 balls and gave his wicket to Maxwell.

Thikshana took 3 wickets in an over

In the 19th over of RCB's innings, Mahish Thikshana took 3 wickets in his name. He dismissed Lomror (42) on the first ball of the over, Hasranga (0) on the second ball and Shahbaz Ahmed (1) off the last ball. He took 4 wickets in 4 overs of the match.

• In the last 5 overs, RCB scored 50 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
• Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten on 26 off 17 balls.

Lomror's strong innings

Playing his second match this season, Mahipal Lomror scored 42 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 161.54. He got out on the first ball of the 19th over. Mahipal's wicket came in the account of Mahish Thekshana. Lomror was bought by Bangalore in the mega auction for Rs 95 lakh.

• Lomror and Karthik added 32 runs in 17 balls for the 5th wicket.
• Wanindu Hasaranga was out for a golden duck. He was dismissed by Thekshana.

Kohli could not play big innings

Virat Kohli got out after scoring 30 runs in 33 balls. He was clean bowled by Moeen Ali on his off spin ball. King Kohli hit 3 fours and a six in his innings. His strike rate was 90.91.

• Moeen dismissed Kohli for the first time in the IPL.
• This season the former RCB captain has scored 211 runs in 11 innings at an average of 23.44.
• Rajat Patidar scored 21 runs in 15 balls and was dismissed by Pretorius.
• Patidar and Lomror added 44 runs in 32 balls for the fourth wicket.

Maxwell's flop show continues

In this match, Maxwell was promoted to bat at number 3, but he was run out after scoring 3 runs in 3 balls. On the last ball of the 9th over, Kohli played a shot towards cover and ran for a run. Maxwell was thinking because there was no run. Meanwhile, Uthappa caught the ball quickly and threw it to Dhoni. Maxwell did not reach even half the crease and was run out.

Moin completed 150 wickets

Along with taking one wicket in the match, Moeen Ali completed his 150 wickets in T20 cricket. Moin became the 123rd player in the world to set this record in this format. He achieved this feat by dismissing Faf du Plessis. Ali took 2 wickets in 4 overs in the match. Apart from Faf, he also dismissed Virat Kohli (33).

Strong start for RCB

Batting first after losing the toss, RCB got off to a strong start. Captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli added 62 runs in 44 balls for the first wicket. Both the players were looking in good shape. This partnership was broken by Moeen Ali by dismissing Faf. He was dismissed for 38 runs in 22 balls.

• RCB's score was 57/0 till the power play.
• Faf has scored 316 runs in 11 innings of IPL 2022.

Dhoni's 200th match

This is MS Dhoni's 200th match in IPL for Chennai. He became only the second player after Virat Kohli to play 200 matches for any one franchise. Kohli has played 218 matches for RCB.

Playing XI of both the teams

RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.

CSK: Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Pretorius, Simarjit Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Mahish Thekshana.