- BENGALURU — Ayush
Mhatre's 94 and Ravindra Jadeja's 77 not out went in vain as Royal Challengers
Bengaluru pipped Chennai Super Kings by two runs in their IPL match here on
Saturday.
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- Chasing 214, CSK scored 211 for 5 in their 20 overs.
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- Mhatre scored a 48-ball 94 with five sixes and nine fours
while adding 114 runs with Jadeja (77 not out off 45 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s) for the
second wicket.
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- For RCB, Lungi Ngidi returned with figures of 3/30.
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- Earlier, half-centuries from Jacob Bethell (55), Virat Kohli
(62) and Romario Shepherd (53 not out) took RCB to 213 for five.
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- While Bethell and Kohli put on 97 runs for the opening
wicket to set a platform, Shepherd blasted four fours and six sixes to make 53
not out off only 14 balls, recording the fastest fifty of the season and joint
second-fastest overall.
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- For CSK, Matheesha Pathirana found his rhythm and lengths to
return 3-0-36-3.
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- Brief scores:
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- RCB: 213 for 5 in 20 overs (Jacob Bethell 55, Virat Kohli
62, Romario Shepherd 53 not out; Matheesha Pathirana 3/36).
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- CSK: 211 for 5 in 20 overs (Ayush Mhatre 94, Ravindra Jadeja
77 not out; Lungi Ngidi 3/30).
