Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Mustafizur Rahman dismantled Royal Challengers Bengaluru's top order in the first 10 overs in the opening fixture of IPL 2024. At the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday when RCB was in their 12th over, a tiki-taka catch between Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra at midwicket cost RCB their star batter - Virat Kohli.
After a slower ball delivery from Mustafizur Rahman, Kohli went for a pull shot and Rahane managed to take the catch at deep midwicket. However, Rahane handed it over to Ravindra before sliding into the boundary cushions and dismissed Kohli.
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RCB got off to a cracking start, with skipper Faf du Plessis leading the charge by notching 35 off 23 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries.
Chahar and Tushar Deshpande were messing their lengths, and new skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad brought about a fresh change by introducing Mustafizur Rahman into the attack.
Rahman unleashed a change of pace to force du Plessis into a mishit. The South African's shot landed in the hands of New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, who ran and dived to take an acrobatic catch.
Soon afterwards, Rahman pulled the length back, angling the ball away from Patidar and inducing an edge off his bat for the ball to stick into the gloves of MS Dhoni behind the stumps.
First Published: Mar 22, 2024 9:10 PM IST
