RCB have turned the tide miraculously in IPL 2024. CSK, who looked a must to qualify for IPL Playoffs could not bring their A game on the most important night. Even though Ajinkya Rahane, Rachin Ravindra, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja tried their best, it just seemed too huge. RCB restricted CSK from getting to 201 runs with Dhoni looking completely determined to qualify.
RCB scored 218/5 in this important match a literal eliminator. CSK have put them to bat first upon winning the toss.CSK fielders have uncharacteristically dropped important catches and this did make it easy for RCB batters to continue make merry. In the chase, CSK lost their consistent batter captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for the first ball. This shocked and rocked the chase.Glenn Maxwell used the pitch pretty well to spin the ball.
Rachin Ravindra scored his maiden fifty in IPL 2024.He did put in great effort and he scored 61 runs from 33 balls. But he got runout at the wrong time as Shivam Dube struggled to put bat to ball. Ajinkya Rahane scored 33 runs from 23 balls. Ravindra Jadeja made up with bat by scoring 42 runs from 22 balls. MS Dhoni has come out at an important situation and gave CSK chance to qualify with 25 runs from 13 balls.
He could have taken CSK to Playoffs but got foxed by Yash Dayal slower ball. CSK ended scoring 191/7 from 20 overs 10 short of qualification. RCB kept themselves alive in this season with huge momentum on their side winning six matches on the trot. They would be looking meet SRH or RR at Ahmedabad in eliminator and carry this momentum forward.
