The fight was first boy vs. second boy in the league table. The fight was in Mahi-Rat. The fight was between former and current captains of Team India. But who knew that the fight would be one-sided!
That is courtesy of one. He is none other than Rabindra Jadeja, one of the best all-rounders in the world. He set a new record with the bat. He picked up the wickets with the ball as well.
Dhoni (MS Dhoni) decided to bat first after winning the toss at Wangkhede. Chennai made a great start by batting first. Gaikwad and Du Plessis put on 74 runs for the first wicket partnership.Gaikwad was dismissed for 33, but Du Plessis scored a half-century. His collection is 50. Chennai lost a bit after Du Plessis' wicket. Raina and Rayudu didn't get runs that way. At one time it seemed that even with a good start,csk won't put a good total on the board .Just then ‘Sir’ Jadeja takes the charge upon on his shoulders. In the last over of Hershel Patel, one of the inventors of the tournament, picked up 37 runs. He also touched Chris Gayle's record of highest runs in an over in the IPL. Jadeja hit six off Hershel's first four balls. The third ball is no. As a result the next ball was a free-hit. He also hit six. After that, however, Jaddu could not hit six more in the next ball. Drink only two. After that, the last ball became four again for a short time. Chennai made a huge innings of 191 runs in this storm of Jaddu's last over.
RCB got off to a good start by batting in reply. But the break-up started when the captain was out for 44 runs.The way the RCB's middle order has failed in other years, it seems to have caught on. RCB could score only 122-9 from 43 without a wicket.
Washington, D'Villiers, Christian were failed. Jadeja also showed his skill with the ball. He took three wickets. Imran Tahir took 2 wickets. As a result, CSK won 4 out of 5 matches.The same situation is with RCB. However, Dhoni's Chennai topped the league in terms of net run rate.
Scorecard :
Chennai Super Kings: 191-4 (Jadeja 72, Duplessis 50)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 122-9 (Devdutt 34, Maxwell 22)
Chennai Super Kings won by 69 runs.