RCB vs CSK 68th Match IPL 2024 Highlights

Watch the highlights of RCB vs CSK 68th Match IPL 2024 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 68th T20 match played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 18th May 2024.

Faf du Plessis celebrates with his team-mates after RCB qualify for playoffs © BCCI / IPL

Yash Dayal holds nerve to conceded seven runs & took a world best finisher MS Dhoni wicket off last-over of the match as Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a thrilling 27-run victory over defending champion Chennai Super Kings, despite a Ravindra Jadeja's blitz and RCB win six in a row to qualify for the play-offs in a high-voltage game of the 68th match of a Indian Premier League.

Match Stats :

Royal Challengers Bangalore's 27-run win was their third largest victory by terms of runs against Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Virat Kohli became the first player to reach 9000 runs in India in Twenty20 matches history. behind only Rohit Sharma's 8008 T20 runs. 78 : Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis set up the second highest first-wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Chennai Super Kings in IPL, The highest is 111-run stand between Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal at Sharjah in 2021. 71 : Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green set up the fifth highest third-wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore's 218 was their joint ninth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their joint highest-score against Chennai super kings in IPL, jointly with their 218 at same venue in the last year. Royal Challengers Bangalore's 218 was their joint sixth highest total at Bengaluru in IPL. 37 : Virat Kohli hit the most sixes in the 2024 IPL season, beating Nicholas Pooran's 36-sixes. Chennai Super Kings' 191 was their joint sixth highest score against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League and It is their third highest total at Bengaluru in IPL. Ruturaj Gaikwad became the first Chennai Super Kings opener to fall for a first-ball duck against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League and overall the ninth CSK opener fall for a first ball out in IPL. 66 : Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane set up the fifth highest third-wicket partnership for Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. 61 : Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni set up the record seventh-wicket partnership for Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League, previously held by the unbeaten 59-run stand between these same pair against Rajasthan Royals at Chennai in the last year and the joint 13th highest seventh-wicket stand in IPL, jointly 61-run stand held by between Shreyas Iyer and Pat Cummins (Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) against Gujarat Lions at Kanpur in 2017.

* Defending champion Chennai Super Kings are eliminated after losing a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

RCB scored mammoth total of 218-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Faf du Plessis blasted a 54 off 39-balls, Virat Kohli hammered a 47 off 29-balls including 4-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 162.06.

Rajat Patidar blasted a 41 off 23-balls included 4-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 178.26, Cameron Green hammered a unbeaten 38 off 17-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 223.52.

Glenn Maxwell struck 16 off 5-balls included 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 320 and Dinesh Karthik hit 14 off 6-balls contained one-six & a four.

CSK best bowler by Shardul Thakur took 2-wickets and one for Mitchell Santner - Tushar Deshpande.

CSK scored 191-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Rachin Ravindra hammered a 61 off 37-balls including 5-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 164.86.

Ravindra Jadeja blasted a unbeaten 42 off 22-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 190.90, Ajinkya Rahane struck 33 off 22-balls included 3-fours & a six and MS Dhoni struck 25 off 13-balls contained 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 192.30.

RCB best bowler by Yash Dayal captured two-wickets, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj and Lockie Ferguson each took one-wickets.

Fat du Plessis named Player of the match for his brilliant fielding to took a one-handed stunning catch to dismiss Mitchell Santner after scoring a superb 54 off 39-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 138.46.

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