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So we have come to the end of our coverage for the opening game of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chennai Super Kings continued their dominance over RCB at Chepauk as they managed to win their 8th game against Bengaluru in the stadium. RCB recovered from a shaky start to post 173 but it wasn't enough given the pitch was a belter. Maybe Faf could think about the decision at toss in retrospect but it's just the start of the season and they shouldn't worry too much. Ruturaj Gaikwad has started his captaincy tenure with a resounding victory and that will certainly ease a few nerves. We will be back tomorrow for a doubleheader PBKS squaring off against Delhi Capitals in the afternoon game while Kolkata Knight Riders will lock horns against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the night game. A long day awaits us with some exciting games on hand. Do join us then but for now, this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) bidding adieu on behalf of my fellow commentators Shashwat Kumar and Sooryanarayan Sesha.

Mustafizur Rahman is the Player of the Match for his outstanding spell of 4/29.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru

173/6 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

176/4 (18.4)

Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings captain): Total control I would say right from the start. We would have loved 10-15 runs less but they batted brilliantly in the final overs. I feel it was a turning point to get Faf and Maxi out which was the turning point in the game which helped us to control the game in the next 5-6 overs, I have never felt any pressure while captaining. I have enjoyed it and not a single time I felt pressurized to be honest. Definitely I think everyone in our squad are natural strokeplayers. Jinx batted positively. The batters know their role perfectly which really helps a lot. Definitely lots of positives but we have a few areas to work on. This chase would have slightly more easier had there been a set batter.

It's time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Ravi Shastri.

Rachin Ravindra: I think it was a pretty complete performance by us. We had very calm heads (Rutu and Rahane) which allowed me to play my natural game. I wouldn't call myself a star just yet. We have four of five good days of training. It's more about bringing about the calming influence and there is so much to learn from this group. The wickets have been a bit different in training. Just trusting the work we have done and then playing your natural game. Just brings a familiarity with known faces around.

Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain: (On their batting collapse) When you play here, you feel like you have to get ahead of the game in the first six overs. Chennai is a very good team in the middle overs. They squeeze you with spin. We lost a few more wickets in the first seven and then the guys had to stabilise the innings. Felt we were 15-20 runs short. (On going to the short-ball ploy) They were batting at the pace where they were always in front of the game. We were trying to find opportunities to get wickets. With Dube, we saw he was not comfortable with the short stuff. In the end, we just did not have enough runs. If you look at the stats, it is very much in favour of batting first (at this ground). It (the pitch) looked on the drier side. For the spinners, the ball started to grip a bit. Someone like Dube is a really good spin-hitter and that is why we went back to pace. All said, batting first was the right decision. Really good for Dinesh (Karthik), setting up this season. For someone who has not played a lot of cricket, really important to start the competition with confidence. Anuj (Rawat) showed real promise towards the end of last season. Showed great composure and then showed us his power towards the back end.

Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets (with 8 deliveries to spare)

Rachin Ravindra 37(15) | Mustafizur Rahman 4/29(4)
Anuj Rawat 48(25) | Cameron Green 2/27(3)

It turned out to be a relatively straightforward run chase for the Chennai Super Kings despite being troubled in the middle overs. Ravindra Jadeja played a nice hand and calmed things down when a barrage of short deliveries had put CSK on the backfoot. With two short deliveries allowed in the season, the RCb bowlers went for short ball barrage which paid dividends on a few occasions but towards the end, the tactics just backfired. It was Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja who ensured that CSK reached the target of 174 without losing any more wickets.

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru needed to get some early wickets if they had to make a match of this. Newly appointed captain Ruturaj Gaikwad came out to open the innings in the company of Rachin Ravindra who was making his IPL debut. Both looked in good touch but it was Rachin in particular who looked like making a statement in his very first game. He kept plundering the RCB opening attack to all corners of the park while Gaikwad was finding it a bit difficult to negate the swing from Yash Dayal. He was eventually dismissed while playing away from the body and nicked off at first slip.

Ravindra ensured that the powerplay was a productive one for CSK before perishing at the hands of Karn Sharma after scoring a quickfire 37 off 15 deliveries. Ajinkya Rahane carried on from where he left in the last season and smoked a couple of sixes during his stand with Daryl Mitchell. The latter announced his arrival in style smashing Karn Sharma for a couple of sixes down the ground. However, it was a barrage of short deliveries which seemed to have changed the mindset of the CSK batters.

Dube struggled to get going initially while Mitchell found the long-on fielder as he wanted to club a short delivery. With four wickets back in the hut, RCB should have sensed an opening but Ravindra Jadeja ensured that CSK chased down the target without losing any further wickets. Dube also gained in confidence and defied the short deliveries to score an unbeaten 34 off 28 deliveries. Ravindra Jadeja also batted superbly, remaining unbeaten on 25 off 17 deliveries. Cameron Green was the pick of the RCB bowlers, finishing with figures of 2/27.

That should be the match here. Faf du Plessis has taken the review but it's more out of desperation. No way the ball is hitting the stumps. Shivam Dube took his time initially but towards the latter half showed why he is one of the most dangerous strikers of the ball. As I am typing, live visuals confirm that it was pitching well outside leg and that has run away to the fence eventually winning the game by 6 wickets. Still a long way to go in the season but Ruturaj Gaikwad can smile.

18.4 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

THAT WILL BE THAT! CSK WIN ON OPENING NIGHT AND THEIR TITLE DEFENCE IS UP AND RUNNING! RCB HAVE REVIEWED, THOUGH! Goes for the leg-stump yorker but errs in line a little. Dube, on first glance, seemed to have gotten bat on it but replays suggest it has not hit the bat at all. Flicked his leg but the ball pitched well outside leg. It will be four byes, and not runs, but CSK could not care one bit! Gaikwad has his first win as captain, and the show is on the road for the five-time champions!

That's what Shivam Dube is capable of. Absolutely dismisses that from his presence. Making a statement with that shot

18.3 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

PICK THE BONES OUT OF THIS ONE! No prizes for guessing this is short again. Dube has read this like the morning daily, though. Opens up his stance and whacks it a mile over deep square leg!

18.2 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

brutish delivery on middle and leg stump. Well-directed short ball and Dube cannot lay bat on ball. Whistled past his helmet

18.2 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

spears this down leg. Some more exercise for the umpire

18.1 Alzarri Joseph to Ravindra Jadeja

short on middle and off. Jadeja gets on top of the bounce and controls his pull towards deep backward square leg

That's the 18th over done and dusted and it seems to be all but over for RCB as far as the opening match of the 2024 IPL season is concerned. Shivam Dube finding the boundary twice to make the equation 10 required off 12.

End of over 18 (8 runs), Chennai Super Kings 164/4

Shivam Dube 28(25)
Ravindra Jadeja 24(16)
Mohammed Siraj 38/0

17.6 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

short and way outside off. Dube swishes at it and misses. Not called a wide

That has been thumped down the ground for a boundary. It's never easy hitting it down the ground from that length. The slower boundary and it's looking all too easy for CSK.

17.5 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

SHOT! Hard length outside off, designed to cramp up Dube. He somehow manufactures enough to free his arms and smites it over the bowler's head!

17.4 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

full toss just outside off. Dube is again late on it and scuffs it towards extra cover. Two dots in a row

17.3 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

slower delivery dug into the track outside off. Dube tries to ride the bounce and glide it but makes no contact whatsoever

Shivam Dube has played the situation here. A slower delivery into the surface and Dube whips it down towards the vacant backward square leg boundary. CSK coasting along here.

17.2 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

LOVELY! Half-tracker on leg stump. Dube picks the length, lifts up his front leg Calypso style and bashes this between deep square leg and fine leg!

17.1 Mohammed Siraj to Shivam Dube

borderline waist-high full toss on middle and leg. Dube is taken aback and jabs it out towards extra cover. Not given a No ball

Mohammed Siraj [3-0-30-0] is back into the attack.

That's the end of the 17th over and it's getting fairly easy for CSK to achieve this target. Some good deliveries in that over from Alzarri Joseph but the short ball tactics backfired, conceding an extra boundary to bring the equation down to 18 required off 18 deliveries.

End of over 17 (16 runs), Chennai Super Kings 156/4

Shivam Dube 20(19)
Ravindra Jadeja 24(16)
Alzarri Joseph 30/0

16.6 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

back of a length just outside off. Dube bunts it to mid off and scurries across to the other end

Anuj Rawat seems have injured his finger and will need some medical assesment from the physio.

That was a brute of a delivery from Alzarri Joseph. It passed Shivam Dube even before he could realise it. A steepler for Anuj Rawat and it has flown over his head for another boundary.

16.5 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

PALMED OVER THE BAR! Sharp back of a length delivery just outside off. Whistles off the surface and Dube cannot get anywhere near it. Rawat got a glove to it but only helped it on its way!

16.5 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

bumper on leg stump and this is misdirected as well. Too high and called a wide

That's nicely guided by Shivam Dube. Using the pace of the delivery, using the extra pace. He just needed to open the bat face and that screams across the deck and runs away to the deep point fence

16.4 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

SHOT! Short again but there is enough width on offer this time. Dube uses the pace and steers it with an open bat face past backward point. Third man is too fine and has no chance of getting there either!

16.4 Alzarri Joseph to Shivam Dube

too short outside off. Well above the batter's head and called a wide

16.3 Alzarri Joseph to Ravindra Jadeja

short outside off. Jadeja swats it down the ground to long on

16.2 Alzarri Joseph to Ravindra Jadeja

short ball on the stumps that gets very big on Jadeja. He splices it into the on side. Because he has hit it so badly, he can tear back for two. More importantly, Dube can get back too

That's sloppy work from Anuj Rawat. What was he trying to do there?

16.1 Alzarri Joseph to Ravindra Jadeja

dug into the track on middle and leg. Jadeja gives himself room and cuts it towards deep cover point. Some sloppy cricket (not sure what) leads to an overthrow and another run. Rawat was trying to catch Jadeja out at the bowler's end and missed the stumps, thereby conceding the extra run

Alzarri Joseph [2-0-18-0] is back into the attack.

CSK looking in a very comfortable position at the moment. Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube playing smart cricket in that over which fetched them 12 runs. It's a matter of two big shots and CSK could do this in a canter. However RCB would be hoping to break this partnership and even try and look to expose the lower order.

End of over 16 (12 runs), Chennai Super Kings 140/4

Ravindra Jadeja 19(13)
Shivam Dube 15(16)
Cameron Green 27/2

15.6 Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja

short and wide outside off. Jadeja backs away and drills it towards deep cover point

15.5 Cameron Green to Shivam Dube

hard length just outside off. Dube jams it off the inside edge into his body. The ball rolls away to the right of the pitch and that is enough for Jadeja to scamper across

15.4 Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja

back of a length outside off. Jadeja advances and slaps it towards deep cover point

15.3 Cameron Green to Shivam Dube

WHAT WAS THAT?! Dug in short outside off. Dube initially shapes for the pull but then decides very late he can just dab it over backward point. Does so awkwardly and gets three for his toil as the sweeper mops up

The first utility shot from Shivam Dube. Finally gets a boundary. He has put the pressure back on Green and the wide next delivery is a clear indication.

15.3 Cameron Green to Shivam Dube

bumper outside off that bounces waaayyyy over the batter's head Called a wide

15.2 Cameron Green to Shivam Dube

PICKS THE GAP! Short ball on leg stump, rather predictably. Dube does not try to smash the cover off this, and instead focusses on timing it. Splits the gap between fine leg and deep square leg!