IPL 2023 / Duplessy-Maxwell's uproar, RCB captain played in pain, still got defeated

IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by just 8 runs in a very exciting match on Monday. But Chennai did not get this victory easily. At one time, it seemed that Bangalore would easily achieve the target of 227 runs given by Chennai and it seemed so because the innings played by Bangalore captain Faf Duplesey and Glenn Maxwell took Dhoni's breath away. . But the failure of the rest of the Bangalore batsmen dominated the innings of these two and hence Bangalore had to face defeat. It was the luck of Chennai that both these batsmen got out, otherwise history would have been created in IPL.

Trembling Chennai bowlers

He did not get the kind of start that Bangalore wanted. Virat Kohli got out on the fourth ball of the very first over. After that Mahipal Lomrod's innings also came to an end. The Bangalore team was in trouble here but two stormy batsmen of the T20 world were present on the wicket. Maxwell and Duplessy did not give up. Huge scores and poor starts could not bother either of them. Both of them batted explosively.

Both of them rained heavily on the bowlers of Chennai. When both of them were batting, it seemed that every ball was bound to go outside the boundary. While Duplessy was scoring runs like himself, Maxwell showed his old style. Duplessy completed his half-century in 23 balls, while Maxwell scored a half-century in 24 balls.

Dhoni hunted

The way these two were playing, it seemed that before 20 overs, Bangalore would win this match. Both of them made a record by sharing 126 runs for the third wicket. This is the biggest partnership for this wicket in IPL. Earlier this record was in the name of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. On the basis of these two innings, Bangalore had crossed the 100 mark in nine overs. The score of this team was 121 in 10 overs, but as soon as these two were out, the game turned.

Maxwell tried to hit a big shot on Mahish Teekshana on the first ball of the 13th over, but the ball took the top edge of the bat and went into the air. Mahendra Singh Dhoni made no mistake in catching this catch. After this, on the last ball of the 14th over, Duplessi also tried to play a big shot on Moeen Ali but the ball took the upper edge of his bat and Dhoni caught his catch.

Duplesey tied a bandage on his stomach

During this, Duplessi was also seen troubled by pain. He was having some problem in the ribs. In such a situation, Duplessi called the physio on the field and tied a bandage on his stomach. He was not even looking at his problem to win the team, but still The team did not win.

Karthik-Shahbaz failed

When Duplessy was out, Bangalore needed 68 runs in 36 balls to win. This type of score is made in death overs in T20. And Bangalore had hitters like Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga. Karthik and Ahmed had played many such innings last season but this time both of them failed.