IPL 2018, RCB vs CSK: Player Ratings
Here are the player ratings from the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings chased down the target of more than 200 runs for the second time in this year's IPL to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets.
After being put into bat, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 205/8 in their 20 overs, courtesy AB De Villers 68 runs off just 30 balls and equally handy contributions from Quinton de Kock who scored 53 runs off 37 balls and Mandeep Singh who scored 32 runs of just 17 balls.
Chasing a huge target of 206, Chennai Super Kings were tottering at 74/4 in 9 overs, before Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni led a remarkable turnaround by adding 101 runs for the 5th wicket of just 47 balls to bring Chennai back into the match.
After Rayudu's dismissal for 82 runs in the 18th over of Chennai innings, MS Dhoni along with Dwayne Bravo put on an unbeaten 32 runs partnership of just 11 balls to help Chennai Super Kings win the match out of nowwhere, as RCB's death overs bowling got badly exposed once again.
With the match finally done and dusted, let us take a look at how players from both the sides fared throughout this thrilling match:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Quinton de Kock- 8.5/10
The South African wicketkeeper finally converted his good start in the tournament and scored 53 runs off 37 balls which included one four and 4 huge sixes, and also affected the stumping of Sam Billings of the bowling of Yuzvendra Chahal.
Virat Kohli- 4/10
RCB skipper, Virat Kohli got off to a good start with the bat, but failed to convert it into a big score and was dismissed in the 5th over by CSK paceman Shardul Thakur for 18 runs.
AB de Villers- 10/10
South African superman AB de Villers smashed Chennai bowlers all over the park on his way to a superb knock of 68 runs of just 30 balls. In his knock of 68 runs, de Villers smashed 2 fours and 8 huge sixes, with one of those sixes going out of the Chinnaswamy Stadium and measuring a huge distance of 111 meters.
Corey Anderson- 1/10
The New Zealand all rounder had a forgettable match with both bat and ball. With the bat, Anderson was dismissed for just 2 runs by Imran Tahir, and with the ball, Anderson failed to defend 16 runs off the final over and ended with expensive bowling figures of 3.4-0-58-0 which cost RCB the match.
Mandeep Singh- 8/10
Mandeep Singh played the role of a finisher to perfection and scored a quickfire 32 runs off just 17 balls by hitting a solitary four and 3 sixes, and also took a catch of dangerous Suresh Raina of the bowling of Umesh Yadav.
Colin de Grandhomme- 5/10
The New Zealand all rounder did not do much today, as he came into bat in the last few overs and scored a quickfire 11 runs off just 7 balls before being run out by MS Dhoni in the 19th over. Colin de Grandhomme did not get a chance to bowl despite the main bowlers leaking runs.
Pawan Negi- 3/10
Just like Corey Anderson, Pawan Negi who replaced Mannan Vohra in today's match had a horrible match, as he was run out for a duck in the final over of the RCB innings, and his bowling was smashed by Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni despite picking up a wicket of Shane Watson in the 1st over.
Washington Sundar- 4/10
The Tamil Nadu youngster scored a quickfire 13 runs off just 4 balls with the bat, but was expensive with the ball and conceded 14 runs in his solitary over, and was never brought back to bowl again by Virat Kohli.
Umesh Yadav- 4/10
The experienced Indian was dismissed for a duck and bowled an economical spell of 4-0-23-1. But Umesh Yadav cost RCB the match when he dropped a sitter of Ambati Rayudu of the bowling of Corey Anderson.
Mohammad Siraj- 5/10
The Hyderabadi pacer was unlucky to concede 48 runs off his 4 overs, despite bowling well in the death overs as most of his good balls went for boundaries courtesy of brilliant batting by CSK skipper MS Dhoni.
Yuzvendra Chahal- 8/10
The Indian leggie was RCB's best bowler in the match, as he conceded just 26 runs in his 4 overs and picked up 2 wickets.