RCB vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2023: Chennai beat Bangalore, Pathirana the hero

Indian Premier League 2023, RCB vs CSK Highlights: Matheesha Pathirana bowled the 18th and 20th and concded just 14 as Chennai defended 46 in last four overs, beat Bangalore by eight runs

11:29 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Match Summary

 

It was expected to be a high-octane encounter and it turned out to be exactly that as the Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs to win the match and get crucial two points away from home. 

 

Matheesha Pathirana was the hero for Chennai as rest of the bowlers were taken for plenty, but he conceded only 14 runs in the 18th and 20th over combined that he bowled and took two wickets as well. It becomes even more important if we add the fact that he had gone for 28 in his previous two overs. 

 

Earlier in the chase, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis added 126 off just 61 balls to tilt the game in the favour of RCB. However, with them getting out in quick succession, the match turned in the favour of the men in yellow. 

 

After being asked to bat first, Chennai scored 226/6 thanks to scintillating fifties from Devon Conway (83) and Shivam Dube (52).  

 

11:15 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: In Pathirana, Chennai find a new hero

 

Matheesha Pathirana has been entrusted to bowl the final six balls and he has to defend 18 runs to win and 19 to get it into the super over. He has gone for just two runs on the first two balls. 

 

Prabhusdessai has hit a six with reverse scoop. This is unimaginable but we are seeing it 

 

Yorker!! Can’t do anything to that one. 11 needed off 2 balls now and Prabhudessai could take only two runs off the fifth one. So now, it is nine needed off 1 and it will be very hard to get it unless it is not a legal ball now.

 

Wicket!! Matheesha Pathirana has done it and so have Chennai Super Kings. This guy went for just 14 runs in the 18th and 20th over combined to win this for his team. 

 

11:09 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: 19 needed off last 6 balls

 

Six!! Prabhudessai has hammered this between deep mid-wicket and long-on for a six

 

Two runs off the fifth ball and a single off the last ball makes it 12 from the over and now 19 runs are needed off the last 6 balls

 

11:05 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Bangalore 7 down, 29 needed off 10

 

It seems like Tushar Deshpande is under great pressure as he has bowled a very wide ball outside off to start the 19th over

 

And just as I type, Parnell has hit one straight to Shivam Dunbe at long-on who has pouched it

 

11:01 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Pathirana baffling Parnell

 

Matheesha Pathirana is bowling the best over of the game so far. It is outrageous to think that RCB sent Wayne Parnell and not Wanindu Hasaranga after the departure of Shabaz AHmed. Hasaranaga is a known batter and most importantly has played Pathirana before 

 

10:58 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Shahbaz Ahmed departs too, Pathirana has him

10:57 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Karthik gone, 35 needed in last three overs

10:53 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Karthik dropped by Gaikwad

 

Tushar Deshpande has been asked to bowl the 17th and after being hit for a four, he caret a chance and Ruturaj Gaikwad at third-man dropped a sitter

 

10:48 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Match gets interesting, Bangalore need 46 off the last four

 

The Bangalore side is now dependent upon the players who have not been needed so far in the league to win them this game. Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed are in the middle and the men in red and gold need 46 off 24 balls. 

 

10:38 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: du Plessis goes bang-bang and out

 

Faf du Plessis has gone bang-bang and hit Moeen Ali for back to back sixes. But it is Moeen Ali who has the last laugh as he has got the captain out

 

10:33 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Theekshana gets Maxwell

 

Maheesh Theekshana has resurrected himself as after dropping du Plessi on a caught and bowled chance, he has got Maxwell Caught behind by Dhoni

 

10:29 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: du Plessis dropped by Theekshana

 

Maheesh Theekshana has dropped Faf du Plessis on a caught and bowled chance

 

10:23 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Fifty for Maxwell as well

10:20 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Fifty partnership between du Plessis and Maxwell

10:18 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Bangalore cross the 100 run mark

10:16 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Fifty for du Plessis

10:01 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Maxwell, du Plessis making a match of it

 

Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis are making a good game out of this as they have added 60 off just 24 balls and helped their team score 75/2 in the powerplay. 

 

9:54 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Akash Singh bowled Virat Kohli

9:53 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Tushar Deshpande gets Mahipal Lomror

9:52 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Chennai off to an amazing start with ball too

9:43 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Chennai set the target for Bangalore

9:11 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Moeen Ali going great guns

9:10 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: The Dube show went like this

9:07 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: 200 up for the Super Kings

8:56 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Shivam Dube out after fifty

 

After hitting a 25-ball fifty, Shivam Dube has departed leaving two new men at the crease in the death overs 

 

8:52 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Conway misses out on a hundred

 

Harshal Patel has removed Chennai Super Kings’ opener Devon Conway and once again, his dream of an IPL century remains unfulfilled as the southpaw is out for 83 off 45 balls. 

 

8:43 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Shivam Dube gets going

 

The pitch here is producing runs in very large quantities and as a result the Chennai Super Kings have reached 165/2 in the 15 overs. Shivam Dube, who has joined Conway, has reached 40 in just 2- balls too while Conway is playing on 83 off 44 balls. 

 

8:32 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Fifty for Conway

8:22 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: Hasaranga gets Rahane

8:13 PM

RCB vs CSK Live Score, IPL 2023: It’s raining boundaries here

 

The Chennai team have really bounced back after the first five overs as they have added 45 -run in the next four overs and currently sit on 83/1 after nine overs as strategic time out has been taken. So far, five fours and five sixes have been hit