SCOREBOARD
GUJARAT TITANS
Wriddhiman Saha c Karthik b Siraj 1 (7b), Shubman Gill c Vyshak b Siraj 2 (7b), Sai Sudharsan c Kohli b Green 6 (14b), Shahrukh Khan (run out) 37 (24b, 5x4, 1x6), David Miller c Maxwell b Karn 30 (20b, 3x4, 2x6),
Rahul Tewatia c Vyshak b Dayal 35 (21b, 5x4, 1x6), Rashid Khan b Dayal 18 (14b, 2x4, 1x6), Vijay Shankar (Impact Player in place of Sai Sudharsan) c Siraj b Vyshak 10 (7b, 2x4), Manav Suthar c Swapnil b Vyshak 1 (2b),
Mohit Sharma (run out) 0 (1b),
Noor Ahmad (not out) 0 (0b);
Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-4): 7; Total (in 19.3 overs): 147.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Saha, 1.3 overs), 2-10 (Gill, 3.5), 3-19 (Sai Sudharsan, 5.3), 4-80 (Miller, 11.4), 5-87 (Shahrukh, 12.4), 6-131 (Rashid, 17.3), 7-136 (Tewatia, 17.6), 8-147 (Suthar, 19.1), 9-147 (Mohit, 19.2).
RCB BOWLING
Swapnil 1-0-1-0, Siraj 4-0-29-2, Dayal 4-0-21-2, Green 4-0-28-1, Vyshak 3.3-0-23-2, Karn 3-0-42-1.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS
Virat Kohli c Saha b Noor 42 ( 27b, 2x4, 4x6), Faf du Plessis c
c Miller b Little 2 (
Glenn Maxwell c Miller b Little 4 ( 3b, 1x4), Cameron Green c Shahrukh b Little 1 ( 2b), Dinesh Karthik (not out) 21 ( 12b, 3x4), Swapnil Singh (not out) 15 ( 9b, 2x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-1): 2; Total (for six wkts. in 13.4 overs): 152.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-92 (du Plessis, 5.5), 2-99 (Jacks, 6.5), 3-103 (Patidar, 7.3), 4-107 (Maxwell, 7.6), 5-111 (Green, 9.5), 6-117 (Kohli, 10.4).
TITANS BOWLING
Mohit 2-0-32-0, Little 4-0-45-4, Suthar 2-0-26-0, Noor 4-0-23-2, Rashid 1.4-0-25-0.
Toss: RCB.
PoM: Siraj.
RCB won by four wickets with 38 balls to spare.
Rachin, left, will be eager to have another go.
These are crucial times in the Indian Premier League, and Chennai Super Kings seems to have lost the momentum having suffered three defeats in its last four outings.
The reigning champion will be hoping to address its injury concerns and return to winning ways in the reverse clash against Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium on Sunday.
Despite Shikhar Dhawan’s absence, Kings earned a well-deserved seven-wicket win against the same opponent earlier this week, and they will hope to ride on that momentum. Bowling coach Sunil Joshi said that PBKS plans to eld an unchanged eleven, while changes are likely for CSK as injured Deepak Chahar is ruled out and concerns remain over the availability of Maheesh Theekshana.
However, CSK bowling consultant Eric Simons claried that Tushar Deshpande, who was down with u, has recovered and will be back in action.
An inconsistent middleorder has troubled CSK. The batting has so far revolved mostly around captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and the in-form Shivam Dube. However, as the race for the playos intensies, expectations will be high from M.S. Dhoni, while the seasoned Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja need to step up. On a surface that might help the seamers, Kagiso Rabada will look to bowl a tight spell with the new ball alongside Arshdeep Singh. The host’s batting looks steady with Prabhsimran Singh back among runs and Jonny Bairstow in good form.
However, at crucial junctures, Shashank Singh and Ashustosh Sharma need to keep the middleorder going.