Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) kicked off their IPL 2024 marketing campaign towards the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) with a cushty 6-wicket victory within the match opener on Friday, March 22 on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. It was an all-round effort from the Males in Yellow as Mustafizur Rahman’s four-wicket haul was key for CSK in limiting RCB to 173 regardless of the flourish on the finish after which ranging from Rachin Ravindra to Ravindra Jadeja, all performed their function, which was simply assault.
Since Rachin batted with a strike fee of 242, it turned simple for the opposite batters to play the sport, particularly for Shivam Dube, who has been given the precise function of hitting the spinners. RCB was additionally conscious of the identical and therefore deployed their sooner bowlers Cameron Inexperienced, Mohammed Siraj and Alzarri Joseph towards him with the short-ball plan. Dube, who’s susceptible towards short-pitched bowling did get troubled just a few instances however was capable of get via that and hit Alzarri Joseph for a six within the penultimate over of the innings.
Joseph bent his again to bowl a bouncer aimed in direction of Dube’s head and the left-hander pulled it ferociously for an enormous six to scale back the goal to simply two runs. Dube’s shot impressed even the previous CSK skipper Dhoni, who together with his facial expressions appreciated the hit. Watch the video right here:
Dube stitched an unbeaten 66-run partnership with Jadeja to see his aspect via as RCB’s bowling remained too one-dimensional. Regardless of getting a few wickets in fast succession within the center overs, RCB could not cease CSK from attending to the goal. RCB haven’t got a lot time to introspect as they are going to be again in motion at dwelling in Bengaluru on Monday, March 25 towards the Punjab Kings whereas CSK will host the Gujarat Titans in a repeat of final yr’s closing.
 opened their IPL 2024 campaign with a win against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as they chased down 174 runs without much discomfort. Shivam Dube stayed till the end for the Super Kings and despite being tested by RCB's short-ball plan.){kind=link}